VW: Details on the engines of the future

VW has released how the future of their engines will look like.

In a recent presentation, VW showed off two new designs that promise higher fuel economy and lower emissions. The first of these is a diesel engine that mixes fuel and air 'homogeneously' inside the engine, which in effect removes any trace of soot and reduces polluting nitrogen oxides.

For petrol heads, VW has created an engine that works by using spark plugs for ignition during start-up and hard acceleration, but can then switch to sparkless compression ignition, like a diesel, during low load situations. The end result is diesel-like efficiency but with cleaner exhaust properties of gasoline engines.

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Source: Autoblog

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