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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedAlternative fuels won't kill current engines; Engines are being tuned to use multiple power sources.(News)
Automotive News Europe, December, 2004 by Weernink, Wim Oude
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Byline: Wim Oude Weernink
Existing internal-combustion engines require some modifications to operate on alternative fuels, but will not need to be replaced.
Instead of having to develop all-new capital-intensive powertrains, automotive researchers are focusing on tuning engines to burn new fuels efficiently.
Researchers expect the future to bring wider use of synthetic fuel blends - adding biomass-to-liquid or gas-to-liquid fuels to conventional diesel - to improve fuel economy and reduce emissions.
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They also expect that most current dual-mode solutions, such as ...
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