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  Nissan’s Collision Avoidance System

  15 March 2006 / 7 comments

  Nissan is developing a safety feature for it’s cars to help avoid colliding with the vehicle in front in the case of a possible sudden brake situation. In Nissan’s accelerator pedal safety system, a combination […]

  
  

   

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  Bruce Crower’s 6 stroke Crower cycle engine

  14 March 2006 / 37 comments

  As we all know, the combustion engine does not really convert the potential energy in fuel to kinetic energy to move the car efficiently. We lose alot of that power – roughly 76% – in […]

  
  

   

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  2006 Honda Civic 1.8 SOHC i-VTEC engine

  13 March 2006 / 53 comments

  This is for those who appreciate the technology that goes into a powertrain. How does the new 1.8 litre SOHC i-VTEC engine in the new 2006 Honda Civic achieve good fuel mileage (Honda claims 1.5 […]

  
  

   

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  Students build hybrid sportscar powered by soybeans

  3 March 2006 / 32 comments

  A group of students from the West Philadelphia High School’s Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering have come up with a prototype hybrid car that runs on soybean fuel. And it’s a sports car, which […]

  
  

   

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  BMW Auto Park

  2 March 2006 / 19 comments

  Nice video on BMW’s prototype Auto Park system. The narration is in German though, so I don’t really have any idea what they are going on about. But it’s pretty cool watching the 5-series station […]

  
  

   

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  Project NEF – Lotus 3.0 liter supercharged V6

  26 February 2006 / 10 comments

  The Project NEF engine aims to produce a high performance prototype engine without the need to resort to exotic materials or manufacturing technology, ensuring the transition from prototype to production with ease and speed. It […]

  
  

   

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  Mercedes Benz Charged Gasoline Injection (CGI)

  25 February 2006 / 3 comments

  Mercedes Benz was the first car manufacturer to use direct fuel-injection in it’s road cars, putting a direct-injection engine into the 1955 300SL Gullwing. Back then, things like fuel economy and emissions were not really […]

  
  

   

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  How does Nitrous Oxide work?

  23 February 2006 / 18 comments

  When it comes to souping up cars, even laymen usually have two words in their heads – turbo and NOS. NOS, or its proper name nitrous oxide. Sounds cool doesnt it? Contrary to popular believe, […]

  
  

   

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  Citroen C6 dashboard meter

  22 February 2006 / 13 comments

  The car dashboard. You will spend most of your time as a car owner facing it. Many car companies have been trying to revolutionize the way dashboard information is presented to you. Honda has it’s […]

  
  

   

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  BMW N54 Bi-Turbo Engine

  20 February 2006 / 12 comments

  After testing their new turbocharged petrol engine on a modified BMW 5-series, BMW has officially announced their new turbocharged petrol engine, the N54 Bi-Turbo. The BMW N54 Bi-Turbo is expected to be installed for the […]

  
  

   

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