NEW ECONOMIC MERCEDES-BENZ FOUR-CYLINDER DIESEL ENGINE
Mercedes-Benz has invested €500m in a new four-cylinder diesel engine that has just gone into production at the group's Untertürkheim facility. The company claims that the new engine combines great performance with outstanding efficiency, boasting fuel-consumption figures of only 5.2 liters per 100 kilometers and carbon dioxide emissions of 138 grams CO2/km.
SAME GLOBAL TESTING PROCEDURES FOR DIESEL ENGINES
Recently, chief executives of the world’s leading heavy-duty engine and vehicle manufacturing companies met in New Orleans to discuss challenges facing the industry. The discussions focused on opportunities to address climate change and global energy security. The executives agreed that addressing those important topics would require developing effective fuel efficiency measurement metrics and methodologies and global fuel regulations, replacing the current European, American and Japanese rules.
ZF CLAIMS CONSIDERABLE SAVINGS POTENTIAL FOR ECOMAT TOPODYN COMBINATION
Published at 09.10.2008 in Components
ZF claims that a conventional driveline with her Ecomat transmission and the ZF TopoDyn shift program is more efficient in terms of fuel consumption than one hybrid system which is sold in the market today.
GOODYEAR AWARDED LONG-TERM TIRE CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT
Published at 08.10.2008 in Aftermarket, Components
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been awarded a seven-year contract to supply tires and business solutions to New York City Transit, one of the largest transit bus fleets in the world.
UCB RESEARCHERS SHOWCASE AUTOMATICALLY STEERED BUS
Published at 03.10.2008 in Components, Public transport
A special bus, steered not by a driver, but by a magnetic guidance system developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, recently performed with remarkable precision during its first test ride
