Engine Tech: A Look Into the Future of Engines and Transmissions
GM – Powertrain Europe’s comprehensive Tech Show provides answers about how cars will be propelled in the future
Component Connection: A Little Homework Goes a Long Way
A Study in Starter Failures – In the early days of the automobile, starting an engine consisted of first retarding the spark and adjusting the hand choke to optimum fuel mixture. The next step was to pull a cylinder onto compression stroke and “snap” the piston past top dead center with the hand crank. Modern starters, of course, use an electric solenoid to close the circuit between the battery and starter motor and to keep the drive pinion engaged with the flywheel until the engine achieves idle speed.
Service Advisor: No Escaping Hybrid Service
The hybrid Escape and Mariner vehicles are full hybrid vehicles, meaning that, at times, the vehicle will run 100% on electric power only. In fact, it is capable of traveling up to 25 mph (40 kph) without ever starting the engine.
SPECIAL REPORT: Future Shock – The Popularity of EVs
Electric Vehicle (EV) Technology is Back in the Limelight
SPECIAL REPORT: Future Shock: Charging Into the EV Market
More Players Are Heading Into the EV Race
SPECIAL REPORT: Future Shock – Toyota to Start Sales of Lithium-ion Plug-in Hybrids by 2010
The Toyota PHEV prototypes are powered by oversized packs of nickel-metal hydride batteries that effectively simulate the level of performance Toyota expects to achieve when it eventually develops its own more advanced, compact and powerful battery systems.
HEVy Metal
Service Tips for a Growing Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) Population
Undercover – Taking a Look into Muffler Technology
Adapted from Larry Carley’s article in Brake & Front End
Real World – MTEC Electrical Technology
One would not think that a group of high school students at a hardscrabble technical school in the heart of West Virginia coal country would be competing in the countrys premier electric vehicle education program, the EV Challenge. Not only are the high school students at the Monongalia County Technical Education Center (MTEC) competing, they
Piston Evolution: Survival of the Fittest
Adapted from Larry Carley’s article in Engine Builder