New Gasoline Engine Prototype Claims 3X Current Engine Efficiency

Posted by Roblimo on Saturday April 9, 2011 @02:02AM from the shifting-into-a-higher-gear dept.

erfnet writes "A cool new high-efficiency gasoline engine prototype has no radiator, no pistons, no valves, no transmission, and no fluids (except for the fuel). At first glance it has a few similarities with the Wankel engine, but is more advanced. The engine is only suited for hybrid-electric vehicles, but that's okay. The efficiency they are claiming: is over 3x what today's gasoline engines produce. The developers, a team at Michigan State University, hope to have this engine on the market in the next two/three years."

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Re:Get ready to read another.... by c6gunner · 2011-04-09 04:08 · Score: 2, Funny

I had a grandfather who invented cold fusion and anti-gravity propulsion, but the goddamn feds confiscated all his plans and then used their mind -control satellites to make him never speak of it again. The bastards!