Empa's low-cost FlexWork digital valve train uses up to 20% less fuel in testing

In this transitional period between the gasoline and electric ages, there's still plenty of room, and plenty of motivation, for last-gasp improvements to the combustion engine – and a Swiss R&D facility says its electro-hydraulic, fully variable valve system is already delivering up to 20-percent fuel consumption reductions in testing.

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Category: Automotive

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• Empa
• Engine Technologies
• Fuel efficiency
• Valve

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