I'm trying to figure out this approach. Are they claiming that they get complete combustion at a lower temperature? How would that be beneficial? If less of the fuel's energy is lost as heat, that could increase the efficiency? Lower combustion = lower NO emissions? ------------- Max Charleston SC
On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 1:14 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Interesting - need to watch this . . . > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 10:15 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > EMISSIONSEx-Porsche CEO aims to save combustion engine from > > scrapheapPublished: > > Friday, December 14, 2018 > > > > As tightening emission rules force the car industry to embrace battery > > power, a German startup says it has the technology to give the combustion > > engine a reprieve. > > > > Using pulsed microwaves to ignite fuel rather than spark plugs or glow > > plugs, the engineers behind MWI Micro Wave Ignition AG say they can cut > > consumption of gasoline and diesel by as much as 30 percent, and > emissions > > by as much as 80 percent, because the fuel burns at a lower temperature. > > > > The company based in the small Black Forest town of Empfingen has won > some > > powerful backers. Among its shareholders is Wendelin Wiedeking, the > former > > chief executive officer of Porsche AG credited with reviving the iconic > > German sports-car maker. > > > > MWI has mandated Macquarie Capital to look for a buyer and international > > partner that can help to promote the new system and increase MWI's > > financial firepower, according to people familiar with the matter. The > > company has begun talks with large automakers from South Korea and China, > > one of the people said. > > > > MWI declined to comment. > > > > Wiedeking and a group of other private investors own about 20 percent of > > MWI, which is controlled by its founders, Armin and Volker Gallatz. > > > > "I am convinced that MWI is a disruptive innovation with a huge market > > potential," Wiedeking was cited as saying in a document shared by MWI. > > > > More efficient engine technology could keep traditional cars on the road > > for longer, shoring up industry profits as automakers spend heavily to > ramp > > up production of electric vehicles in coming years. Several manufacturers > > are still investing in better combustion engines. > > > > MWI's pitch is that it can be integrated into existing engine > architecture > > rather than requiring an all-new approach. > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of > our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
