Nissan claims 50% thermal efficiency, from engine for e-Power hybrid system

Nissan developing engine with 50% thermal efficiencyNissan claims to have made a major efficiency breakthrough in efficiency for an internal-combustion in its e-Power hybrid system. The automaker announced Friday that it had reached 50% thermal efficiency, which is the percentage of energy converted to work within the engine. That’s a figure normally associated with Formula One racing engines; the…
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