Everybody is going green. Did you hear that? Everybody is going green at the Geneva auto show. In the past six or eight years, never has there been so much of a green talk. The 80th annual Geneva show has outdone all previous attempts. There are electric, hybrid and fuel cell cars like never before and everyone was exhibiting the green theme. Not just green, new technologies too were being showcased by many car makers. Let's see what Audi is doing.
The Audi A1 has suggested having an extra fitting under the cargo area floor. Wondering what it could be? Well, a tiny 254cc single-rotor Wankel engine may hide beneath the cargo floor area. Do you know what a Wankel engine is? For those who don’t, it is a four-stroke, internal-combustion rotary engine without reciprocating parts. Yes, Audi seems to be doing something interesting and will not tell us anything more about the special engine it is using. We do not even know who will be supplying the engine for the car.
There’s one thing I can tell you though. The engine’s weight; it is as light as 154 pounds. This includes the weight of the power generator and electronics. Remember the Mazda ads those days? How can anyone forget those. "Hummmmm" – that was how the engine would go. Yes, there is going to be no noise or vibration in the cabin. The spins are going to be smooth and consistent at 5000rpm and just 65 dBA when measured from outside and directly behind the car and hearing the exhaust. This little engine is very powerful too. The Audi engine is capable of churning out a power of 20bhp and can further extend the 50km range by 200km running on 12 litre of fuel.
Want some more insider information that I managed to get? Something cool? You just have to disclose your destination information to the navigation system. Audi’s three-dimensional database will immediately get into action. It will customize the range-extender control specially for you. If you tell the navigation system that you would be driving up that hill but will coming down soon after, it will not fire the engine. It knows that its share of regeneration will be offered on the way down. Not just that. The system is also intelligent enough to ensure that there is sufficient range to move silently in a combustion-free town centre at the end of your journey. Did I not tell you that the news would be cool? It is actually supercool, right?
That was the Audi's special Wankel engine for you. Everybody is showing off their new technologies and Audi A1 tried this. The light and smoothly spinning rotary engine originally invented by German engineer Felix Wankel in the 1950s seems to be working the wonder for Audi.
The Audi A1 has suggested having an extra fitting under the cargo area floor. Wondering what it could be? Well, a tiny 254cc single-rotor Wankel engine may hide beneath the cargo floor area. Do you know what a Wankel engine is? For those who don’t, it is a four-stroke, internal-combustion rotary engine without reciprocating parts. Yes, Audi seems to be doing something interesting and will not tell us anything more about the special engine it is using. We do not even know who will be supplying the engine for the car.
There’s one thing I can tell you though. The engine’s weight; it is as light as 154 pounds. This includes the weight of the power generator and electronics. Remember the Mazda ads those days? How can anyone forget those. "Hummmmm" – that was how the engine would go. Yes, there is going to be no noise or vibration in the cabin. The spins are going to be smooth and consistent at 5000rpm and just 65 dBA when measured from outside and directly behind the car and hearing the exhaust. This little engine is very powerful too. The Audi engine is capable of churning out a power of 20bhp and can further extend the 50km range by 200km running on 12 litre of fuel.
Want some more insider information that I managed to get? Something cool? You just have to disclose your destination information to the navigation system. Audi’s three-dimensional database will immediately get into action. It will customize the range-extender control specially for you. If you tell the navigation system that you would be driving up that hill but will coming down soon after, it will not fire the engine. It knows that its share of regeneration will be offered on the way down. Not just that. The system is also intelligent enough to ensure that there is sufficient range to move silently in a combustion-free town centre at the end of your journey. Did I not tell you that the news would be cool? It is actually supercool, right?
That was the Audi's special Wankel engine for you. Everybody is showing off their new technologies and Audi A1 tried this. The light and smoothly spinning rotary engine originally invented by German engineer Felix Wankel in the 1950s seems to be working the wonder for Audi.
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