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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-10 01:19 PM
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11. Look! A rabbit!
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  -pint sized car engine promises fuel economy comparable to Hybrid @ 1/3rd to 1/4th the cost. Bill USA  Dec-18-10 04:37 PM   #0 
  - existing cars lines could borrow the ''idle off'' feature of hybrids  yurbud   Dec-18-10 05:11 PM   #1 
  - That sounds about right.  truedelphi   Dec-18-10 05:24 PM   #2 
  - Idle-off is also called Stop-Start in auto industry parlance  txlibdem   Dec-19-10 09:05 AM   #7 
     - ultra capacitors get around the charging time problem of batteries. how much do they cost to go the  yurbud   Dec-19-10 04:05 PM   #9 
     - Too much! They will only be used in conjunction with batteries  txlibdem   Dec-20-10 07:13 AM   #10 
        - good info--thanks!  yurbud   Dec-20-10 02:30 PM   #12 
           - Sorry, slight correction to my above post  txlibdem   Dec-20-10 05:40 PM   #14 
     - added to this ethanol direct injection engine you'd get a 47% increase in mpg!!  Bill USA   Dec-20-10 02:44 PM   #13 
        - THis is even more of a gas consumption savings than I have been estimating! This engine is kindof  JohnWxy   Dec-21-10 03:49 PM   #15 
  - K & R. n/t  truedelphi   Dec-18-10 05:26 PM   #3 
  - Not sure  Old Codger   Dec-18-10 07:10 PM   #4 
  - Turbines aren't very efficent - especially at light/no load  Mopar151   Dec-19-10 01:27 AM   #5 
     - Ok  Old Codger   Dec-19-10 08:08 AM   #6 
     - The old Joke about Turbines, they have two speeds, Fast and Off  happyslug   Dec-19-10 11:33 AM   #8 
  - Look! A rabbit!  Kennah   Dec-20-10 01:19 PM   #11 
  - here's the original paper by MIT's Cohn, Bromberg and Heywood:  JohnWxy   Dec-21-10 04:42 PM   #16 
  - sorry, HERE's the original paper on the Direct Injection Ethanol Boosted Engine  JohnWxy   Dec-21-10 05:04 PM   #17 
 

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