New engine shakes up auto industry

fadetogrey

greenman7 wrote: »

A new engine has no radiator, no pistons, no valves, no transmission, and no fluids, other than the fuel).The engine is only suited for hybrid-electric vehicles. The efficiency they are claiming: is over 3x what today's petrol engines produce. The developers, a team at Michigan State University, hope to have this engine on the market in the next two/three years.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42460541/ns ... nnovation/

its called a bicycle.:p

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fadetogrey wrote: »

its called a bicycle.:p

On a bicycle the engine is the human pedalling it, they do have valves, fluids and a radiator. Most bicycles have transmissions too.