The Next Wave? Delphi Developing Diesel Like Technology For Gas Engines

Agent009 submitted on 5/18/2012 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 4:27:09 PM

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Delphi, a major parts supplier to automakers, is developing an engine technology that could improve the fuel economy of gas-powered cars by 50 percent, potentially rivaling the performance of hybrid vehicles while costing less.

A test engine based on the technology is similar in some ways to a highly efficient diesel engine, but runs on gasoline.




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The Next Wave? Delphi Developing Diesel Like Technology For Gas Engines

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TehShibbs

Engines that run by heat-detonating the fuel mixture in a very controlled manner. Think controlled pre-detonation. This isn't new, but it is very very difficult to get to work in a real-world application with all the different octanes of fuel. More power to them if they get it to work properly.

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Posted on 5/18/2012 4:35:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

85bmw745i

Mercedes did this years ago.

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Posted on 5/20/2012 1:39:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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