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Diesel-Like Engine Could Boost Fuel Economy By 50%

Posted by Soulskill on from the then-they-can-justify-charging-us-double-for-gas dept.

bonch writes "Autoparts manufacturer Delphi has developed a diesel-like ignition engine running on gasoline, providing a potential 50 percent efficiency improvement over existing gas-powered engines. Engineers have long sought to run diesel-like engines on gasoline for its higher efficiency and low emissions. Delphi's engine, using a technique called gasoline-direct-injection compression ignition, could rival the performance of hybrid automobiles at a cheaper cost."

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  1. The engine is fantastic by smittyoneeach · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Except
    • You can't legally export it from far-off Borland.
    • The Kahn running that country is nutter.
    • Pascal is passé
    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear