It’s Not Over Yet for Internal Combustion
Posted: June 14th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech
There has been a recent flurry of new hybrid vehicles, as the hybrid sales generated by Japanese automakers (Toyota and Honda) over the past couple of years have enticed American automakers who were once devoted to the internal combustion engine (ICE) to begin expanding their lineup of hybrid offerings. In fact, the ICE has [...]
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The Manufacturing Renaissance
Posted: May 24th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech
Manufacturing has been in the news of late, surrounded by optimistic musings of a manufacturing “renaissance”. Bloomberg’s Business Week devoted an entire section of the magazine to it and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) devoted an entire roundtable session to the idea. But what is a renaissance really and why is news of this phenomenon [...]
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New Automation Technology Needs Created by the Electric Car
Posted: February 15th, 2011 | By: Eagle Tech
Despite the rise in popularity and awareness for alternative fuels and motors that run on them, there is still interest in a car that uses no fuel at all. The electric car is that solution. It may seem simple, but there are many hurdles yet to cross before the electric car can become the standard [...]
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The Case For Hybrid Engine Block Heaters
Posted: December 17th, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech
Idling a car to heat it up on cold winter mornings is a practice that many people swear by, but few have properly tested for efficiency. In reality, idling a car for any amount of time before driving away will cut into your fuel economy much more than driving away immediately after starting the car. In very cold winter temperatures, the engine block heater is often the best option to avoid idling. A block heater has been proven the best choice for getting a hybrid engine ready for winter driving in many other ways.
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Parts: The Hybrid Motor’s Gift to the U.S. Economy
Posted: November 24th, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech
Hybrid motors are showing up in many of the new car models rolling off the assembly line today. In addition to boosting the automotive industry out of the financial crisis that they suffered in 2008, the hybrid motor has also revived industries that once thrived off of gas powered motor production. Motor parts production suffered [...]
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The Evolution of the Hybrid Motor
Posted: September 23rd, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech
The hybrid motor is the latest in a long line of innovations within the auto industry. However, it is the first to threaten the longstanding reign of an auto industry staple – the gas motor. The upset seemed to happen overnight, but the evolution of the hybrid motor actually began back in the early days, [...]
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How the Prius Revived the American Auto Industry
Posted: September 21st, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech
The gas engine nudged out its competitors in the beginning thanks to a lack of technology and the economically appealing fuel that was gas at the time. However after years of domination, 2008 saw an upset in the balance of things in the auto world. The entire billion dollar debacle that brought the American auto [...]
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Fall Into Hybrid Motor Winterization
Posted: September 7th, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech
Last week, we wrote about the effects of cold weather on hybrid vehicles. This week, we’d like to follow that story up with some tips on how to actually prepare your hybrid for the coming cold winter months.
The companies who work in hybrid motor manufacturing care greatly about how those motors perform after they [...]
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The Chilling Effects of Cold Weather on Hybrid Motors
Posted: September 2nd, 2010 | By: Eagle Tech
September usually ushers in the season of Fall in Michigan, the infamous home of the auto industry. However, the industry’s current popular cars, those powered by hybrid motors, may experience a little trouble running in the great state that gave us the American automobile. Hybrid motors do indeed have difficulty functioning in cold weather, the [...]
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Using Hybrid Batteries in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Posted: July 9th, 2010 | By: bfuller
There are two major types of hybrid batteries in existance for use in hybrid electric vehicles – lithium ion (Li-ion) and nickel metal hybrid (NiMH). Many battery subcategories can be found within each.
NiMH batteries were the primary battery source for hybrid vehicles until a few years ago. Today Li-ion batteries are being tested and developed [...]
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