ARPA-E awards $2M to Achates Power for opposed-piston engine for hybrids; U Mich, Nissan partners
Achates Power was awarded $2 million in funding from the US Department of Energy’s...
Achates Power: Custom Machining Center, CAD/CAM Toolpaths Help Create ‘Green’ Engine
If Achates Power, based in San Diego, is ahead of its time now, it...
Engine Nerds: Wrap Your Head around This Headless Design
Clever refinements transform an old opposed-piston engine design into a promising new one. Mazda’s...
Achates Says Its New Engine Offers Ultra-Low NOx Emissions
Engine developer Achates Power said it’s moved a big step closer to commercialization of...
Achates Power remarks for NHTSA/EPS hearing on fuel economy standards
Achates Power remarks for NHTSA/EPS hearing on fuel economy standards. Dearborn, Michigan. September 25, 2018. John...
The Top Ten* Reasons the Opposed-Piston Engine is Naturally Low in NOx – *Updated with an 11th Reason
For a Chinese language translation, please click here: 对置活塞发动机氮氧化物排放更低的十大根本原因 NOx is a generic term for...
Cool Idea for Engine Design
Achates Power has developed a radically improved two-stroke opposed-piston internal combustion engine that increases...
Kelp Farms and Mammoth Windmills Are Just Two of the Government’s Long-Shot Energy Bets
Thousands of entrepreneurs gathered near Washington this week for an annual government conference. On...
AS ELECTRIC CARS SURGE, THE GAS ENGINE KEEPS GETTING BETTER
After more than a century of improvements, engineers say the internal combustion engine is...
More efficient gas engines as well as electric cars required to cut carbon emissions
As nations, automakers, and utilities contemplate how to tackle climate change in real terms,...