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Pretty awesome specs. I guess you could use slightly smaller, lower powered motors and a smaller battery in a sedan / hatchback form to make it appeal to a wider market.
Very clever making two electric motors into a gearbox, if you could fit one on to an ICE it could do the job of an eCVT
Furtive eGT electric sports car hits 240 km/h on the Nordschleife; small production series for 2013
On the Nordschleife. Click to enlarge. The racing driver Sabine Schmitz has tested the battery-electric Furtive eGT sports car from Exagon Motors (earlier post) on the Nordschleife (north loop) of the Nürburgring, achieving a top speed of nearly 240 km/h (149 mph) on the 20 kilometer long N...
If you knew you were going long distance and / or up hill you can start the range extender early, this way the battery would also be very rarely discharged increasing its life
SsangYong shows plug-in hybrid crossover with 1L, 2-cylinder range extender
Building on its previously seen XIV and KEV design concepts, SsangYong Motor Company is showcasing the e-XIV (electric - eXciting user Interface Vehicle) ‘range extended EV concept at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. e-XIV concept extended range electric vehicle. Click to enlarge. SsangYong dis...
NG dual fueling is great for diesels in marine or stationary power generation. Ideal for CHP too.
MAN Diesel & Turbo successfully tests new super-long-stroke, low-speed two-stroke diesel for container ships; 8.5 million N·m
MAN Diesel & Turbo announced that its first super-long-stroke, 90-cm bore Mk 9 engine has successfully completed test bed trials at Hyundai Heavy Industries Engine & Machinery Division. Physically the largest two-stroke engine ever designed by MAN Diesel & Turbo, the engine will deliver a massi...
Would be a great motor to drop in to drive a rear axle even just a mild hybrid on the front axle would give you ~200hp 4WD vehicle which would make up for the hybrid premium. It would also help that its not that fussy about cooling if its going to be rear mounted and only used when required
GE previews new high-efficiency traction motor for hybrid and electric vehicle applications
by Jack Rosebro The new prototype motor. Click to enlarge. General Electric engineers have successfully tested a prototype hybrid and electric vehicle motor with a peak power level of 55 kW and the ability to operate continuously at up to 105 °C (221 °F), using conventional transmission f...
You could offer a sliding scale of tax credits based on the mpg / electric range of a vehicle to offset a slightly higher price. Maybe $1k per kWh of battery capacity up to a max of $5k / 5kWh.
With regards to a small battery not being enough to accelerate the vehicle, I don't think it matters as you are carrying an engine with you which can provide acceleration and cruise while saving the battery capacity for 'city' situations
Researchers suggest subsidies and policies targeting plug-ins with small battery packs would produce more benefits at lower cost
Federal subsidies and policies to encourage plug-in vehicle adoption would produce more benefits at lower cost by targeting the purchase of vehicles with small battery packs, according to Jeremy J. Michalek, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University and his colleagues Mikhail Chester...
I think 20 miles range is about perfect. Using precious battery power for highway travel when your carrying an engine thats most efficient at a cruise seems strange to me, it makes sense to have a smaller battery and have it slowly charge at highway speeds so you can have the power on demand and leave the highway able to run on full electric for the next 20 miles of the journey.
Ford expects 95 MPGe combined fuel economy, 20-mile all electric range from C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid
Ford expects the new Ford C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid (PHEV) (earlier post) to achieve more than 20 miles of electric-only range and a 550-mile overall range on a single tank of fuel. Fuel economy is the equivalent of 95 miles per gallon (MPGe) (2.5L/100km equivalent) combined city/highway. T...
Natural gas injection should work and allow dual fuel operation.
Volvo Trucks introducing new Euro 6 engine
Volvo D13 Euro 6 with EGR and aftertreatment system. Click to enlarge. Volvo Trucks is introducing a Euro-6-compliant heavy-duty engine, with NOx emissions lowered by 77% and PM emissions halved compared to Euro 5. The first implementation of the new engine is the D13 460 hp (343 kW) unit. ...
Ideally you could hook up a CCGT nearby and use the CO2 for EOR / fracturing
New CCGT costs are lower as the gas and steam turbines can run on the same shaft / generator and electrical transmission should be cheaper and less lossy than gas distribution especially if its going to be turned into electricity andway
EQT launches pilot program to convert Marcellus drilling rigs to LNG
Appalachian area natural gas producer EQT Corporation launched a pilot program to begin converting drilling rigs to liquefied natural gas (LNG), displacing the diesel used to power equipment at the well site. This program marks the first LNG rig conversion in the Marcellus Shale and will provid...
Would it have enough power to merge on the highway?
DARPA launches Integrated Hypersonics program; targeting full-scale test flight in 2016
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has launched a new Integrated Hypersonics (IH) program, the purpose of which is to address technical challenges and improve understanding of long-range hypersonic flight through an initial full-scale baseline test of an existing hypersoni...
People often comment that carbon savings from gas are reduced if lots of methane leaks, while this could be an issue its in the interest of the producer to minimise this as much as possible. Its also important to also look at the upstream and downstream side of coal generation, mining, distribtuion and ash disposal have a lot of greenhouse gas and local pollutions associated with them too.
EIA: Monthly coal- and natural gas-fired generation in US equal for first time in April 2012
Preliminary electric power data show that, for the first time since the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) began collecting the data, electricity generation from natural gas-fired plants is virtually equal to generation from coal-fired plants, with each fuel providing 32% of total gener...
Good point Peter, a 4WD hybrid wagon with the turbo 4 would have a lot of interest in North Eurpe and North North America and Canada.
You could also run it front wheel drive when lower power / weather allow and get better MPG and also allows you to drop the drive train into the upcoming front wheel drive BMW's
BMW ActiveHybrid 3 to carry MSRP of $50,195; intelligent energy management with proactive route analysis
2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3. Click to enlarge. BMW’s 2013 BMW ActiveHybrid 3 will arrive in US showrooms this fall at an MSRP of $50,195 including destination and handling. (Earlier post.) The ActiveHybrid 3 blends BMW’s TwinPower Turbo 3.0-liter inline 6-cylinder engine and 8-speed Steptronic ...
This seems a good intermediate EV when the EV parts are fitted to an existing vehicle and the Fit/Jazz is a good choice for this. The next step is a vehicle desiged from the ground up to be an EV so the packing of the EV parts can be optimised along with cooling / aerodynamics.
I had to read this twice An interactive remote control with a range of up to 100 feet can also control charging and operation of the climate control system ...
2013 Honda Fit EV begins leasing 20 July in California and Oregon for $389/month
Fit EV. Click to enlarge. The battery-electric 2013 Honda Fit EV (earlier post) will be available for lease beginning 20 July 2012, with a three-year lease price of $389 per month. The Fit EV received the highest fuel-efficiency rating given yet by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...
I guess you could have a CCGT and grid connection off shore with a rig or two extracting the gas, creating electricity then using the exhaust as the source of the CO2
KAIST team shows direct recovery of methane from hydrates using CO2 or CO2/N2 mixture
Researchers at the KAIST Graduate School of EEWS (Earth, Environment, Water and Sustainability) in South Korea have demonstrated the direct recovery of methane from massive methane hydrates (MHs), artificial MH-bearing clays, and natural MH-bearing sediments using either CO2 or a CO2/N2 gas mix...
Thats the same sort of numbers as the old V10 TDI. With the 8 speed auto and all the low end torque you could set a shift point at 2k rpm when the power isn't required
Audi introduces first S model with diesel: Audi SQ5 TDI
Audi has introduced the SQ5 TDI—the brand’s first S model with a diesel engine. The biturbo SQ5 TDI accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.1 seconds, with an average fuel consumption of 7.2 liters per 100 km (33 mpg US). The SQ5 TDI. Click to enlarge. Boosted by two turbochargers, i...
If you took the 2 litre turbo block, removed the turbo and DI and switched it to atkinson cycle and used it instead of the 1.4 it should give much better RE mileage. A more efficient ICE could be used more often to supplement power from the electric motor which means you can reduce the size /weight/cost of the battery pack. If the Volt could hit 45mpg in RE mode you could then offer it with 20 or 40 mile range options
Ford 1L EcoBoost engine named International Engine of the Year 2012
Ford’s new 3-cylinder 1-liter EcoBoost (earlier post), which made its debut in the European Focus, has been named overall International Engine of the Year 2012. The engine also picked up the awards for New Engine and Sub 1-Litre categories in the annual event. In 2011, Fiat won the top spot w...
You could probably approach 50% round trip efficiency using electrolysis (~70%) and SOFC CCGT (~70%) which isn't great but if your using the existing gas network as storage you could store a lot of MWh's
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/06/mhi-20120601.html
Hydrogenics wins order from E.ON for power-to-hydrogen-gas energy storage project in Germany
Electrolysis company Hydrogenics Corporation has received an order from E.ON for a “Power-to-Gas” project in Germany. The 2 MW energy storage facility, to be located in Falkenhagen in northeast Germany, will use surplus renewable energy sources to produce hydrogen for storage in the country’s ex...
You could use a couple of kW CHP and then a couple of kW PV and export to the grid everything you don't use.
I wouldn't be too quick to count out renewables Dave as
"We are in fast changing and exciting times though, and we can't pick winners"
PNNL small solid oxide fuel cell achieves record efficiency; microchannels, external steam reforming and recycling
Power system configuration diagram. Powell et al. Click to enlarge. Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory report on a highly efficient, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system featuring PNNL-developed microchannel technology in combination with adiabatic, external steam ...
I'd guess a supercharger is cheaper to add than a turbo / cooler and maybe we will see it mated with the 50kW hybrid system Infinity/Nissan is using on other vehicles
Details on Nissan’s I3 1.2L supercharged direct-injection gasoline engine
In 2011, Nissan launched a version of the Micra city car equipped with a new supercharged gasoline direct-injection engine (HR12DDR). The 1.2-liter, inline three-cylinder Direct Injection Gasoline-Supercharger (DIG-S) engine, assisted with a stop-start system, produces 72 kW (97 hp) and 142 N·m...
I'm hoping it's been designed to be eAssist compatible
Opel introducing new 1.6L SIDI engine with start-stop system; 3 new engine generations over next 12 months part of major turnaround plan
Opel’s first new engine for a revamped portfolio is a turbocharged 1598 cc, four-cylinder gasoline unit with direct injection and Start/Stop. Click to enlarge. Opel is fundamentally renewing its engine range over the next 12 months with the launch of three completely new gasoline and diesel...
I appreciate the optimism Dave, but a range extending H2FCV seems even less useful that a pure H2FCV. You are proposing adding a new fuel, storage system, production, distribution etc to supply a smaller amount of total miles driven.
I see long distance trucking using natural gas / diesel dual fuel and personal transport switching to hybrids with varying plug in ranges depending on personal requirements
We may well end up wtih SOFC's in transport but they will probably be running on diesel so no need to generate or store hydrogen.
Fuel cells are good, hydrogen storage / production is a bit of distraction IMO
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Mercedes-Benz eyeing introducing a sedan model hydrogen fuel cell vehicle around MY 2017
The 2011 F-Cell. Click to enlarge. Mercedes-Benz, which has begun leasing of the limited production B-Class F-Cell hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (earlier post) in California, is on track to roll out a MY 2015 next-generation B-Class F-Cell in much larger quantities for sale, and is considering...
Very clever tech, I wonder if you could also use valve control to replace the throttle giving a bit more gain.
You could also use a large single cooler with water pipes to the turbo/intercooler and EGR cooler.
BorgWarner suggests Valve-Event Modulated Boost system can offer 6-17% fuel economy benefit over already downsized and turbocharged engines
The VEMB system uses a concentric camshaft, blow-down manifold and scavenge manifold to separate the exhaust event into two phases: high-energy blow-down to the turbo without pumping losses, and high-hydrocarbon scavenge to the EGR system. Source: Borgwarner. Click to enlarge. BorgWarner sa...
No USB option?
If the 100 mile range can be increased to 150 it would allow you to travel 130ish miles, stop for a coffee and a quick charge, stop for lunch and a slightly longer charge and have covered 400 miles by the afternoon. Long distance EV travel is a bit of a red herring (multiple car ownership, most journeys below 100 miles etc) but it will increasingly become an option
8 automakers to demonstrate DC fast charging with Combined Charging System at EVS26
Combined Charging System – Plug for DC-charging up to 100kW. Click to enlarge. Eight global automakers will participate in a charging display and will demonstrate a harmonized single-port DC-fast charging technology at the upcoming EVS26 event in Los Angeles. The system is intended to optim...
Its interesting, but you could just replace the NG used in building heating with high COP airsource heat pumps. With a simple control logic to run at a higher power when more renewable energy is available they would be a good fit for wind power when most energy is generated in the winter, day to day generation can vary but is predictable a few days in advance
Hydrogenics and Enbridge jointly to develop utility-scale renewable energy “storage” via natural gas; “Power-to-Gas”
Hydrogenics Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation and fuel cell products, recently entered into an agreement with Enbridge Inc. jointly to develop utility-scale energy storage in North America. This relationship also includes an equity investment of CA$5.0 million in ...
I agree with EP here and in most cases.
Using NG as a fuel hybrid best case efficiency would be about 40% well to wheels (50% efficient engine and 80% efficient compression) While an EV could hit 50%+ (60% CCGT with 85% transmission/charging losses) H2FCV would be no better than the hybrid.
Back to turbo v superchargers, I think the beltless turbo option is a better option. Ideally with an electric motor on the engine crankshaft to increase the response and low engine speed response. I like the idea of a small electric supercharger for diesel engines when they are caught off boost
Fallbrook Technologies Inc. developing variable speed supercharger drive using its CVP technology
Performance of supercharged Mustang with and without NuVinci CVP; variable ratio vs. 1:1. Source: Fallbrook. Click to enlarge. Fallbrook Technologies Inc. is developing a variable speed supercharger utilizing its NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) technology. (Earlier post.) Fall...
Its amazing to have that much torque at such low rpm. The next step would be to integrate an electric motor into the crankshaft to replace the start / alternator and dual mass flywheel. Remove the belts and increase the valve timing range until the engine can cruise on an Atkinson cycle
BMW applies N20 4-cylinder TwinPower Turbo with Auto Start/Stop to the X3; ECO PRO mode
BMW 4-cylinder gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo. Click to enlarge. BMW of North America is introducing the new TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder engine (N20) to the X3 xDrive28i; the new engine replaces the outgoing inline 6-cylinder engine (N52) as the next step in BMW’s EfficientDynamics str...
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