Toyota is hot on hydrogen fuel cells for its next-generation cars, but it’s not going cold on internal combustion just yet. The company’s R&D division has developed a Free Piston Engine Linear ...

Free-piston engine generators and linear machines represent an innovative departure from conventional rotary systems, offering high thermal efficiency and operational flexibility by eliminating the ...

Technically, the combustion engine in any hybrid vehicle is a range extender, but the term commonly refers to gasoline-fueled generators that are used to charge an electric vehicle’s battery pack but ...

It’s pretty obvious that electricity is the future for our cars. But as any EV owner now can tell you, it has some limitations. Range and charging times are their biggest limitations, but the Toyota ...

Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of the Hinduja group and one of the leading commercial vehicle manufacturers has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Libertine Holdings, a developer of ...

Solaiman Aldohish and the Libertine FPE team JVs provide foundations for global manufacturing and supply-chain aligned with intelliGEN Group’s licensing strategy Saudi Arabia’s industrial ambition and ...

Despite the recent advent of usable, talented electric vehicles, combustion engines are likely to persist for quite some time, often as a component in plug-in hybrid and range-extended electric ...

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has deployed a "linear generator"—a new mobile power generation technology using natural gas and directed renewable biogas to displace existing diesel ...

Antony Ingram April 30, 2014 Comment Now! The concept of range-extended vehicles--electric cars with a gasoline generator to extend their range--is an intriguing way of combining the benefits of both ...

A unique hybrid energy solution that ties in a rooftop solar array and a novel linear generator technology produces all power consumed at a Lineage Logistics cold warehousing facility in Colton, ...