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UPDATE: More news on Ford's forthcoming ethanol injected, turbocharged "Bobcat" V8
Pickuptrucks.com has been doing some digging in the U.S. Department of Energy's document treasure trove and uncovered some information on Ford's new Bobcat (no, not the Mercury). It turns out "Bobcat" is the code name for a new boosted and ethanol-powered engine being developed in Dearborn. The Bobcat engine is a new 5.0-liter V8 with gasoline port injection and turbocharging. A second set of direct injectors is used to feed a small amount of ethanol directly to the cylinders. The ethanol is used primarily for charge cooling, allowing the ... Read more →
Ford developing next-gen, ethanol-boosted engines under Bobcat codename Jeremy Korzeniewski
Ford has yet to release its first EcoBoost engines but is reportedly already hard at work on the technology's next phase. Rumors indicate that the new engine technology is codenamed Bobcat and uses ...
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UPDATE: More news on Ford's forthcoming ethanol injected, turbocharged "Bobcat" V8 5 months ago on Autoblog
Pickuptrucks.com has been doing some digging in the U.S. Department of Energy's document treasure trove and uncovered some information on Ford's new Bobcat (no, not the Mercury). It turns out "Bobcat" is the code name for a new boosted and ethanol-powered engine being developed in Dearborn. The ...
Ford developing next-gen, ethanol-boosted engines under Bobcat codename 1 year ago on Autoblog
Ford has yet to release its first EcoBoost engines but is reportedly already hard at work on the technology's next phase. Rumors indicate that the new engine technology is codenamed Bobcat and uses small amounts of ethanol injection to improve power and reduce emissions. Ethanol carries a very high ...
Hybrid fuel efficiency for one-fifth the cost, and no batteries? 3 years ago on Autoblog
MIT-based startup Ethanol Boosting Systems has another use for fuel that goes way beyond E85 fuel in terms of reduced emissions and increased fuel efficiency. Best of all, the added cost of the EBS solution is said to be less than $1,000. EBS uses as-needed direct injection of ethanol in a ...
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