CPT’s RegEnBoost system – how it works?
Remember CPT's VTES electric supercharger? It was installed onto a 1.2 litre turbo engine to complement the turbo and results were pretty impressive. The VTES has been positioned as a motor assist …
Lotus Omnivore 2-stroke HCCI engine – details
Click for enlarged image You remember the Lotus Omnivore project don't you? We first heard word of this project back in August 2008 and Lotus exhibited a concept engine at the Geneva …
BMW working on vehicle heat management to help reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
BMW is currently working on new technologies to better manage heat released from its vehicles. By improving heat management, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions can be reduced. Even a very fuel efficient …
Xtrac: F1 R&D does pay off in road cars
Alot are of the opinion that F1 technology rarely makes it into road cars because of the completely different way of doing things when it comes to racecars, but with F1's budget …
CPT’s VTES electric supercharger shows impressive results in a Volkswagen Passat!
For the longest time we've known the most common method of forced induction to be either supercharging or turbocharging. Supercharging uses a compressor that's powered by the engine crank while a turbocharger …
Lasers to replace sparkplugs in the future?
Sparkplug (bottom) versus optical laser plug (top) A Ford that shoots laser beams? No, we're not talking about James Bond's next Ford Fusion. Nor are we talking about Ford bringing back the …
US Government loans Ford US$ 5.9 billion to develop fuel-saving technologies
The US Government has loaned US$ 5.9 billion to Ford, for the development of fuel-saving technologies including hybrid-electric systems, alternative-fuel power plants, direct-injection as well as other developments that are related to …
Mercedes-Benz ESF 2009 Safety Innovations
Full details and photos of the new Mercedes-Benz ESF 2009 research vehicle have been unveiled. Based on the S 400 HYBRID, the Mercedes-Benz ESF 2009 essentially features 5 key new safety elements …
Preview: Mercedes ESF 2009 Safety Concept
Mercedes-Benz has taken the new W221 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid and modified it with experimental safety features. The new testbed is called the ESF 2009 Experimental Safety Vehicle. The features are quite interesting …
BMW Emergency Stop Assistant brings your car to a stop if you can’t drive it
BMW's Emergency Stop Assistant project is part of The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research's SmartSenior program, which aims to develop intelligent services to make the lives of senior citizens easier …
New BMW N55 single turbo Valvetronic engine
BMW's new N55 engine family's 306 horsepower and 400Nm power and torque output figures reminds us of the original moment when BMW first announced it was bringing back forced induction into the …
GM OnStar to include Twitter functionality?
I have a few friends (me included) who frequently log onto Twitter with Twibble on the Nokia smartphones (like my highly recommended Nokia E90) and gripe about the traffic jam they are …
Another first for Toyota: a rear center airbag!
In a car crash we have side airbags for side impacts but in cases where there are two or more passengers in the rear, they can end up hitting each other. Toyota's …
Fiat reveals a new engine technology: MultiAir
Fiat has revealed a new engine technology called the MultiAir technology which significantly reduces emissions, while improving fuel economy and power delivery. This rather complicated electro-hydraulic variable valve actuation technology is implemented …
Lotus Omnivore 2-stroke concept engine set for Geneva debut
Lotus has revealed some details about the Lotus Omnivore engine concept that it will be unveiling at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. The Omnivore runs on a two-stroke operating cycle that Lotus …
BMW Routes: load scenic routes onto your iDrive
The next time you plan a holiday in Europe, you may want to rent a BMW and make it a road trip holiday. BMW's new BMW Routes feature (currently still in testing …
2009 S-Class facelift to feature Mercedes-Benz SPLITVIEW Screen Technology
Click to enlarge image The 2009 Mercedes-Benz S-Class will debut an enhancement to the vehicle's COMAND navigation and entertainment system called SPLITVIEW. Yes, you got it right, it's going to appear in …
Silicon replacing graphite: the key to long range electric cars using lithium ion batteries?
Hanyang University of Korea's Professor Cho Jae-Phil claims his research team have discovered a way to produce lithium ion batteries that have 8 times more battery life than existing lithium ion batteries! …
New Nissan Cube to debut new catalyst with low precious metal content
Between 30% to 50% of the world's platinum output is used in automobile catalytic converters, and automobile-based usage are set to become even higher of fuel cell cars become more popular in …
New Michelin Lunar Wheel based on the Tweel
According to Michelin, the new Tweel-based lunar wheel maintains flexibility and constant ground contact pressure even at very low temperatures to enable moon rovers to navigate loose soil and lunar craters with …
