Children’s car seats are historically bulky, hard to move and tedious to mount. This is why Volvo Cars has designed a lightweight and inflatable rear-facing child seat concept. The seat is designed to be safe, easy to pack and carry, and would enable parents to use it in situations not practical with the seats on […]
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Looking at the first 2014′ Formula 1 races, the Mercedes power unit is dominating the competition. Let’s better understand why this powertrain is so ahead of the other one: [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/cK9Vbtk9nYQ” fs=”1″ rel=”0″ showinfo=”0″]
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While the testing facilities at General Motors’ multiple proving grounds around the world are well spread, getting a test vehicle out into the real world is just as important as navigating simulated challenges. When testing for the effects of cold weather on the fuel economy of the Cruze Turbo Diesel, energy and powertrain integration engineer Tessa
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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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