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  Nissan develops nuclear “X-ray” for engine oil flow

  11 November 2008 / 30 comments

  Nissan has partnered up with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) to develop a new neutron imaging system which can be used to precisely visualize oil flow in an engine operating at high speed, allowing […]

   

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  Hyundai R-Engine all-aluminium turbodiesel

  4 November 2008 / 15 comments

  Hyundai has just announced a new all-aluminium diesel engine family, the R-Engine family which comes in two displacements – 2.0 litre and 2.2 litre. These motors are key to Hyundai and Kia’s continued efforts to […]

   

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  BMW Konfigurator powered by Microsoft Surface lets you configure your BMW, CSI-style!

  15 October 2008 / 25 comments

  Basically you have a 30 inch touch screen display on a table which you are able to interact with to configure your BMW car.

   

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  ZF’s quick shifting 6-speed automatic thanks to “twin torsional dampers”

  15 September 2008 / 9 comments

  Twin clutch and single clutch automated manual transmissions are catching up in terms of smoothness of shifting but the torque converter is also making progress when it comes to shift speed and fuel efficiency.

   

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  New Honda Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering

  5 September 2008 / 20 comments

  Honda has added a new safety feature to its Vehicle Stability Assist system called Motion Adaptive Electric Power Steering (Motion Adaptive EPS).

   

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  Technologies in the new BMW 7-Series

  13 August 2008 / 13 comments

  BMW’s Director of Functional Integration Dirk Hacker talks about the various technologies and driver aids in the new F01 BMW 7-Series such as the Integral Active Steering (rear wheel steering), Driving Dynamic Control, Integrated Chassis […]

   

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  BMW Highbeam Assist based on Gentex SmartBeam technology

  10 August 2008 / 9 comments

  How often do we use our high beams? Many of us barely use them, in fact whenever I turn on my high beams in areas where there is no oncoming traffic and no cars in […]

   

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  Lotus Sound Synthesis technology can give electric cars the rumble of a V8

  5 August 2008 / 23 comments

  Lotus used a Toyota Prius as a demonstrator vehicle and applied its new Sound Synthesis system to it.

   

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  Nissan develops “ECO pedal” for fuel economy

  5 August 2008 / 10 comments

  Most manufacturers encourage fuel efficient driving behaviour by rewarding the driver with a little indicator whenever the driver is driving in a fuel efficient manner. Honda uses a little green ECO light, and BMW has […]

   

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  Audi’s new supercharged 3.0 V6 TFSI engine

  30 June 2008 / 5 comments

  Audi has unveiled official details on its upcoming new supercharged 3.0 V6 TFSI engine, that will likely make its first debut installed in the upcoming Audi S4 and as an engine variant for the Audi […]

   

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  Production Mazda Smart Idle Stop System in 2009

  23 June 2008 / 12 comments

  Mazda has announced the world’s first idle-start-stop system that restarts the engine without the use of a special starter, and will put the system into one of its production cars in 2009. The proprietary system […]

   

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  Antonov Dual-Speed Ancillaries

  29 May 2008 / 6 comments

  We previously saw Antonov advocating the use of a dual-speed supercharger which allowed boost to be delivered effectively over a wider range of engine speeds. Antonov seems to be taking this dual-speed thing quite seriously, […]

   

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  Volkswagen teams up with Sanyo for battery R&D

  28 May 2008 / 10 comments

  Volkswagen is partnering up with Sanyo to jointly develop high-performance energy storage systems, or in laymen speak batteries that can store LOTS of juice. According to Vee-Dub, Sanyo is currently the world’s biggest supplier of […]

   

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  Ricardo 2/4SIGHT engine: switches between two stroke and four stroke cycles

  27 May 2008 / 7 comments

  Click to enlarge Ricardo Engineering Consultants (the company that designed and produced the Bugatti Veyron’s DSG gearbox and designed the JCB Dieselmax’s engine) has produced a prototype 2.0 litre V6 engine called the 2/4SIGHT, which […]

   

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  International Engine of The Year 2008 Results

  12 May 2008 / 27 comments

  BMW has conquered the 2008 International Engine Of The Year awards again, with the N54 Bi-Turbo in the BMW 335i and the BMW 135i taking home the overall award and the 2.5 litre to 3 […]

   

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