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REPORT: New Grand Bentley will feature cylinder deactivation

The new Grand Bentley replacement for the Arnage will be making its world-wide debut in just a few weeks at the Pebble Beach Concours. Like every other upcoming model from the classic British luxury brand, it will be adopting technology to help reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Automotive News is reporting that the Grand Bentley will be the first model from the brand to use cylinder deactivation to reduce the number of active cylinders under light load conditions. Currently, this fuel-saving concept is used in ... Read more →

BMW likely to use KERS hybrid on next generation M5 Sam Abuelsamid

The crew at BWM's M division are all about performance and extracting all of it that they can from run-of-the-mill bimmers. However, they are not immune to the realities of the modern world and the ...

SEMA Preview: Hyundai experimenting with cylinder deactivation and supercharging Jeremy Korzeniewski

We've been hearing that Hyundai has big plans for its new V8 engine, despite the fact that fuel efficiency has just recently become paramount in the U.S. market. As the Korean automaker's first-ever ...

It's Friday: videos of variable transmission, cylinder deactivation, power grid Lascelles Linton

There are many green, automotive concepts - like variable transmission, cylinder deactivation and plugging into the power grid - that you might have heard about but have never seen. Want to see ...

A tale of deactivating cylinders: After 25 years GM finally succeeded with its Active Fuel Management Derrick Y. Noh

For the history-minded, there's a short, interesting article on AutoWeek's website about GM's early difficulties and eventual success with their cylinder deactivation system. The article starts with ...

REPORT: New Grand Bentley will feature cylinder deactivation 3 months ago on Autoblog Green

The new Grand Bentley replacement for the Arnage will be making its world-wide debut in just a few weeks at the Pebble Beach Concours. Like every other upcoming model from the classic British luxury brand, it will be adopting technology to help reduce fuel consumption and carbon dioxide ...

BMW likely to use KERS hybrid on next generation M5 4 months ago on Autoblog Green

The crew at BWM's M division are all about performance and extracting all of it that they can from run-of-the-mill bimmers. However, they are not immune to the realities of the modern world and the demands for improved efficiency and reduced carbon emissions. With the X5 M and X6 M launching this ...

SEMA Preview: Hyundai experimenting with cylinder deactivation and supercharging 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We've been hearing that Hyundai has big plans for its new V8 engine, despite the fact that fuel efficiency has just recently become paramount in the U.S. market. As the Korean automaker's first-ever V8, the company has plenty to learn. That's fine, since it appears as if Hyundai is truly serious ...

It's Friday: videos of variable transmission, cylinder deactivation, power grid 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

There are many green, automotive concepts - like variable transmission, cylinder deactivation and plugging into the power grid - that you might have heard about but have never seen. Want to see those concepts in action and not in a computer animation? Above is a video showing how a variable ...

A tale of deactivating cylinders: After 25 years GM finally succeeded with its Active Fuel Management 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

For the history-minded, there's a short, interesting article on AutoWeek's website about GM's early difficulties and eventual success with their cylinder deactivation system. The article starts with GM's failed attempt at rolling out their first production engine with the system installed under the ...


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