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Bill Gate's Opoc Engine Vs Elio's Iav Engine?

Adamant

Adamant

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OPOC Engine: 2cyl, 100hp/100mpg

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Bill Gates is helping to fund this motor. It will be built in China.

MORE INFO:
http://www.ecomotors.com/opposed-piston-opposed-cylinder-engine

http://fuel-efficient-vehicles.org/energy-news/?p=1048


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3cyl; 55hp/84mpg

Seems like it's gonna be super efficient, but I wonder how it stacks up to the OPOC?




The OPOC engine should go into production in China later this year or next. I wonder how these two engines will compare and ultimately if an OPOC engine could be put in an Elio vehicle? If so, I wonder what the hp/mpg specs would be then? Probably pretty extreme.
 
Ty

Ty

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ecdriver711 said:
The OPOC links have the latest news over a year ago. Maybe it's failed to give the promised results???
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I was thinking the same thing. I also failed to see a Bill Gates connection. I wonder if the engine had technical hurdles that they couldn't overcome. There is a lot of rotational mass in that little engine.

I thought this was promising back in the day: http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/inside-bruce-crowers-six-stroke-engine

It uses the heat produced by the engine to flash water to steam in a second power stroke. Water turns to steam at a 1,600 to 1 ratio. A side benefit was the engine was self cooling mostly. We waste so much energy heating up our engines and more energy cooling them back down.
 
Adamant

Adamant

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ecdriver711 said:
The OPOC links have the latest news over a year ago. Maybe it's failed to give the promised results???
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Those are just articles with good info. If you look deeper into OPOC Engine info on google, it says they'll begin production in 2015 or 2016.
 
Adamant

Adamant

Elio Addict
Ty said:
I was thinking the same thing. I also failed to see a Bill Gates connection. I wonder if the engine had technical hurdles that they couldn't overcome. There is a lot of rotational mass in that little engine.

I thought this was promising back in the day: http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/inside-bruce-crowers-six-stroke-engine

It uses the heat produced by the engine to flash water to steam in a second power stroke. Water turns to steam at a 1,600 to 1 ratio. A side benefit was the engine was self cooling mostly. We waste so much energy heating up our engines and more energy cooling them back down.
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Bill Gates is one of the primary donors to the project.
 
W. WIllie

W. WIllie

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The OPOC looks complicated, and expensive to build, for a "two stroke" engine. Most two strokes engines are slowly being banned in the USA. Especially for highway use. I don't think I ever read anything about the "size" of the OPOC engine.

Willie
 
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