The sustainable future of mobility should not be viewed as the burial of the internal
combustion engine (ICE), nowadays the main source of vehicular propulsion. Even with the …

Confronted with the accelerated product obsolescence and the resulting waste of materials,
the concept of “optimised/increased/hybridised upgradability” is considered. In the literature …

Engine downsizing is a proven approach for achieving a superior fuel efficiency. It is
conventionally achieved by reducing the swept volume of the engine and by employing …

This work was concerned with study of lubricant introduced directly into the combustion
chamber and its effect on pre-ignition and combustion in an optically accessed single …

The paper describes the results achieved in an experimental study aimed at identify the
operating parameters, in terms of fuel injection characteristics, intake/exhaust conditions and …

Market demand for high performance gasoline vehicles and increasingly strict government
emissions regulations are driving the development of highly downsized, boosted direct …

Increasingly strict government emissions regulations in combination with consumer demand
for high performance vehicles is driving gasoline engine development towards highly …

With ever stricter legislative requirements for CO2 and other exhaust emissions, significant
efforts by OEMs have launched a number of different technological strategies to meet these …

Pressure and temperature levels within a modern internal combustion engine cylinder have
been pushing to the limits of traditional materials and design. These operative conditions are …

Full hybrid electric vehicles are usually defined by their capability to drive in a fully electric
mode, offering the advantage that they do not produce any emissions at the point of use …