Article Comments - Green Speed: Diesel Power Is Coming to Your Gas Engine

5 messages, Last post on Oct 16, 2008 at 10:09 PM

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Green Speed: Diesel Power Is Coming to Your Gas Engine - Mercedes-Benz's DiesOtto is two engines in one, the old two-for-one concept that has everlasting appeal to engineers of all persuasions. It is a spark-ignition Otto-cycle engine that runs on gasoline, yet it also has the capability to transition into diesel-type compression ignition for improved efficiency. (more)

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#1 of 5 Article Comments - Green Speed by KarenS HOST Nov 02, 2007 (6:30 am)
Heard of the DiesOtto? If not, check out the article and post your comments here. Green Speed: Diesel Power Is Coming to Your Gas Engine Replies to this message: texases (Nov 02, 2007 9:43 am) british_rover (Nov 02, 2007 10:11 am)
#2 of 5 Re: Article Comments - Green Speed [KarenS] by texases Nov 02, 2007 (9:43 am)
Replying to: KarenS (Nov 02, 2007 6:30 am) Looks like MB's the first to get "HCCI" to market. Seems like the Germans like to combine things - here's an article on VW's twincharger, which they also claim gets diesel levels of efficiency from gas engines: VW Twincharger Replies to this message: british_rover (Nov 02, 2007 10:11 am)
#3 of 5 Re: Article Comments - Green Speed [texases] by british_rover Nov 02, 2007 (10:11 am)
Replying to: texases (Nov 02, 2007 9:43 am) Three our four years ago people were doing that to the MINI Cooper S and getting stunning power levels with essentially stock internals.
#5 of 5 Here's hoping for the electric car~ by rightmove Oct 16, 2008 (10:09 pm)
The Green car is slowly coming...