With tightening fuel economy and CO2 emissions standards, carmakers around the world are resorting to turbocharged, downsized and down-sped engines that are beginning to see a shift from 4 to 3 cylinder architecture. This, in turn, is driving demand for new generations of turbochargers that come with custom aerodynamics and ultra-low loss bearings. However, 3 cylinder […]
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Audi has presented the latest generation of its V6 3.0l TDI engine at the 35th International Vienna Motor Symposium May 8 and 9. The V6 diesel boasts innovative solutions in several fields of technology. As Prof. Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, explains: “TDI engines are a central part of our technology mix for the
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Toyota Motor Corporation aims to further increase the environmental performance of its vehicles with a series of newly-developed engines that achieve improved thermal efficiency (Numerical expression showing how much of the thermal energy generated by burning fuel is converted into effective power). The new engines leverage combustion and loss-reduction technologies Toyota has refined in its dedicated
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Variable valve train systems are a central element for increasing the efficiency of modern internal combustion engines. Schaeffler supplies a range of different products tailored to customer requirements through to UniAir, a fully-variable electrohydraulic valve control system. The UniAir system – of which around half a million units have been supplied to date – has
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By means of a simple vehicle instrumentation, the system developed by CRMT (Research center for thermal machines) allows characterizing, in real time, parameters of the engine such as fuel injection timing (and the spark advance for controlled ignition engine), injection duration and air/fuel ratio in real driving conditions. A device for rapid acquisition of the
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