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12 Oct '12, 7am

Huge breakthrough for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (such as the Toyota Prius Plug-in, pictured) are already noted for their environmental advantages and fuel savings – but now a new breakthrough technology could mean their fuel economy is boosted by a further seven per cent. The improvement has been discovered by the University of Stuttgart working in partnership with Ohio State University. They have created a simple organic rankine cycle waste heat recovery system that has the potential to recover up to 10 per cent of engine waste heat and deliver a fuel consumption reduction of seven per cent. Their analysis, which was presented as part of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference, took a student prototype plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and looked at the potential for engine waste heat recovery taking into account a number of driving cycles. From there, ...

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