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Frankfurt Preview: Lotus develops a range extender engine

The latest product of Lotus Engineering's ongoing development work on alternative drivetrains is a new engine custom designed for use as a range extender in electric drive vehicles. The engineers at Lotus have developed an optimized architecture using a mono-block layout that combines the cylinder head, exhaust manifold and cylinder block into a single casting. Such an architecture allows for lower weight and reduced cost which is critical to making range extended EVs or series hybrids economically viable. Because the engine in these ... Read more →

ENVI boss Lou Rhodes talks about Chrysler's EV programs

When Chrysler announced the creation of its ENVI division to spearhead the development of electric vehicles back in September 2007, it was seen by most as a knee-jerk response to the introduction ...

Free piston engines could dramatically improve efficiency of ER-EVs

Over the last century and a half engineers and designers have created a wide array of different combustion engine designs. In spite of certain inherent advantages of some of these designs, the ...

Nissan hedges all-electric bet with range extender option

Nissan has been telling us over and over again that they will have electric cars for sale by 2010 and we are pretty darn sure they're serious about it. However, that doesn't mean that they are so ...

Videos: a very close look at the Opel Flextreme

The Opel Flextreme diesel electric concept got a visit from reporters in a studio setting instead of at a busy car show. The video above and the one below the fold are very quiet, thoughtful looks at ...



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