Volkswagen introduced its Combined Combustion System (CCS) engine to the press this week in the newly restyled Touran. The CCS engine combines the best of a gasoline and diesel engines to produce an extremely fuel efficient yet clean engine. Here is how it works, "It was designed to meld the homogeneous combustion and low nitrous oxide emissions of a typical small capacity petrol powerplant with the self ignition and low fuel consumption properties of a modern day diesel – the aim being to combine the best attributes of each." Here is another great tidbit, "Volkswagen is predicting the CCS engine could be ready for inclusion in production cars from early next decade, if current initiatives to make synthetic fuel available on a large scale come to fruition. Together with the prototype we drove, VW also has turbocharged versions on test beds producing output figures similar to those of existing diesel units. The next step is to combine the CCS engine with electric drive to create a hybrid that Kohnen predicts will set a whole new standard for achievable environmental sustainability." Volkswagen says that its CCS engines will be out as early as next decade. Read the article for more information about VW's innovative CCS engine.
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