News tagged with automobile engine
Professor uses nanotechnology to prolong machine and engine life
Guojun Liu has discovered a way to use nanotechnology to reduce friction in automobile engines and machines.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 01, 2011 |
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New hydrogen storage material could be added directly to fuel tanks
(PhysOrg.com) -- If hydrogen is to ever play a role in powering vehicles on a large-scale, researchers must not only find a way to produce hydrogen, but also a safe method to store it. Currently, storing hydrogen ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 31, 2011 |
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Lead-free technology on its way
The change-over to lead-free products is in full progress. The problem is however that the environmentally friendly alternatives have to be as effi cient as the lead-containing variants. One example is the ...
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Electric drive concepts for the cars of the future
The prospects look good that wheel hub motors will successfully become the accepted drive concept for electric vehicles. German researchers are engineering these motors, which are integrated into the car's ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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Automobile control research opens door to new safety features (w/ Video)
Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a computer program that allows a car to stay in its lane without human control, opening the door to the development of new automobile safety features ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Prius problems put spotlight on car electronics
(AP) -- Your most expensive piece of electronics probably is not your flat panel TV or your computer. More likely, it's your car, which can pack 50 microprocessors to control everything from the fuel mix ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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GM says Volt will be landmark fuel savings vehicle
Troubled auto giant General Motors said Tuesday its new electric sedan, the Chevrolet Volt, will be marketed in 2011 as the first mass produced vehicle capable of achieving three-digit fuel savings.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 11, 2009 |
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ONR and GM partner to test advanced fuel cell vehicles of the future (w/Video)
As the global automobile industry considers alternative energy sources to replace the traditional internal combustion engine, Jessie Pacheco, a mail clerk at Camp Pendleton, has been making his rounds to Marines ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 18, 2009 |
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