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Alternative Energy

PART 2: Would the depletion of fossil-fuel reserves and the ban on internal-combustion engines kill the car in its current form? (See Part 1 here)   T HE automobile symbolises freedom and ...
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Fuelling the future

PART 1: It’s the burning question: which fuels will power future internal-combustion engines? (See part 2 here)   MOST of the energy we use on a daily basis comes from the ...
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Tenneco on Tour

  First a bit of history: Monroe developed the first automotive shock absorbers – in 1924. This company started life in the USA, state of Michigan and the village of Monroe.  ...
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CAR magazine Announces Winner of Engineering Challenge

The CAR Engineering Challenge 2012, sponsored by Isuzu, concluded on Tuesday 22 January 2013 at GM’s Extreme Track facility in Port Elizabeth where three graduate engineering finalists battled it out for ...
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Remote Vehicle Diagnostics

The widespread use of connected-car functionality (Internet connection and smartphone integration) is still a long way off owing to its limited availability in new vehicles. To plug the gap, Delphi has ...
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Extending EV Range

Range anxiety is the Achilles’ heel of an EV, with only cars such as the Volt from General Motors offering a range-extender petrol engine to supply power when the batteries are ...
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Smart EV-Home Grid

Sitting in the dark at home during a power cut may soon be a thing of the past if you own an electric vehicle (EV). Denso and Toyota are developing a ...
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Accelerator Calibration: Performance Feel

You do not need huge power to make a vehicle feel responsive. Welcome to the black art of accelerator-pedal calibration. ...
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How a car is born

PART 1 CONCEPTUAL PHASE Creating an all-new new vehicle is one of the most daunting challenges for any company In our consumer-driven society, new or revised vehicles are launched on a ...
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Self-inflating tyre

Studies have shown that few motorists regularly monitor their vehicles’ tyre pressures. Therefore, Goodyear is developing a tyre that would keep itself inflated without the use of external pumps. It is ...
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Exhaust-insulation sleeve

Federal-Mogul has developed a special exhaust-insulating sleeve called Therm ex. The sleeve traps heat within the exhaust system to improve the efficiency of the emissions-control systems such as catalysts and diesel-particulate ...
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Shift-indicator light

It is well known that an engine uses more fuel at higher engine speeds due to increased engine friction and lower volumetric efficiencies. By shifting to a higher gear earlier, fuel ...
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