At this week’s 31st Vienna Engine Symposium, MBtech will be showing a new concept innovation consisting of a 4-cylinder, 6-liter natural gas engine meant for medium-duty applications and commercial vehicles. The engine is being developed to be considerably lighter and compact than current 6-cylinder medium-duty CNG and LNG engines. It offers lower friction loss and [...]
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City of Burbank CA Getting Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses
April 30th, 2010 
Aaron Turpen The infamous City of Burbank in California, home of Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, is getting two hydrogen fuel cell transit buses for its local area public bus routes. The buses, made by Proterra in Colorado, are technically hybrid-electric fuel cell buses, using an electric power train and lithium titanate batteries combined with a hydrogen fuel [...]
A Crash Course on Hybrid Powertrains
April 28th, 2010 Aaron Turpen by Aaron Turpen, EVMeme There’s a lot of misconception out there about what is a hybrid vehicle, what isn’t, and how “green” and efficient these vehicles really are (or aren’t). It’s really annoying for me as a writer about these things for public consumption, because what is popularly believed and what is actual aren’t always [...]
Race-car Tech for Trucks?
April 26th, 2010 Aaron Turpen A gas-electric hybrid race car from Utah does 0-60mph in 3 seconds and has a top speed in excess of 200 miles per hour. Yet that car’s core technology has spawned some exhaust-cleaning, fuel-saving device that Corsa Motorsports owner Seve Pruitt thinks could revolutionize trucking. Last year, Corsa debuted the world’s first hybrid-electric Le Mans [...]
