1. Jaguar Land Rover Will Use Flywheel Hybrid Technology in Road Cars
(English News/Vehicles and Powertrains)

... being led by Jaguar Land Rover and managed by Prodrive with advanced technology from Flybrid, Torotrak, Xtrac and Ford.  Ricardo is examining alternative flywheel concepts in parallel with ...

2. Xtrac gearbox is "Most Innovative New Motorsport Product of the Year"
(English News/Racing)

(Source: Xtrac) - Xtrac, the UK-based engineering design and manufacturing company, specialising in vehicle transmission and driveline technology, has received the “Most Innovative New Motorspor

3. Torotrak Announces Licence Agreement with Second Major F1 Team
(English News/Racing)

...l traction drive technology, which has been reinforced by Torotrak and its partners, Flybrid Systems and Xtrac, winning the Professional MotorSport World "Engine Innovation of the Year Award̶...

4. New Method Could Advance Development of Hydrogen-Fueled Cars
(English News/Energy and Fuels)

...predicting favored thermodynamic chemical reactions through which hydrogen can be reversibly stored and extracted. The new method was developed by Alireza Akbarzadeh, a UCLA postdoctoral resear...

5. Pennsylvania Town Teaches EMTs Hybrid Car Rescues
(News/Worldwide Newsflash)

...heast of Pittsburgh, how to disconnect the high-voltage systems that operate the vehicles and to safely extract passengers, especially those who may have been injured.The instructors taught rescue tea...

6. Study Finds Future Oil to Come From Environmentally-Damaging Sources
(News/Worldwide Newsflash)

...s that the world holds 3,600 billion barrels of unconventional oil and gas that need a lot of energy to extract.A report from Wood Mackenzie, the Edinburgh-based consultancy, calculates that the world...