Aug

21

Big Change Coming to Internal Combustion Engines

August 21, 2019 | Leave a Comment

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) scientists have developed an innovative, electrohydraulically actuated valve train for internal combustion engines, that enables completely free adjustment of stroke and timing, while at the same time being robust and cost effective. This valve train was mounted on a serial production engine and has been running […]

Dec

3

Save Big With Aerodynamic Trucks

December 3, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Truck fuel consumption could be reduced by billions of gallons a year through the use of drag-reducing devices on semi tractor trailer trucks. According to new study presented at the American Physical Society’s Division of Fluid Dynamics (DFD) meeting in San Francisco the U.S. national truck fleet of more than 2 million tractor-trailer trucks that […]

Nov

29

Efficient Utilitarian Truck Looks Good

November 29, 2011 | 3 Comments

The “Trailer 2011” show in Belgium features an aerodynamic trailer by Mercedes Benz that offers a reduction in wind resistance by up to 18%, with an accompanying decrease in fuel consumption by almost 5%.  In the U.S alone that’s a big part of a million barrels a day of crude oil not used. And it’s […]

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