“i-ELOOP” World’s First Capacitor-Based Regenerative Braking System for Automobile
MAZDA Motor has unveiled groundbreaking system which company calls it “i-ELOOP”, a world’s first automobile regenerative barking system that uses a capacitor. “i-ELOOP” is expected to improve fuel economy by approximately 10%. Mazda is planning to introduce this new technology in 2012 company’s models. Contrary to batteries, capacitors are capable of charging and discharging rapidly with a property of resisting against deterioration through prolonged use. “i-ELOOP” will efficiently convert the vehicle’s own kinetic energy into electricity as the vehicle goes through deceleration, and uses that electricity to power the climate control, audio system and multitude of other electrical components within vehicle. Regenerative braking system is gaining popularity as a fuel saving technology. Read more
Introducing a Highly Efficient Direct-Injection Gasoline Engine by MAZDA MOTOR
Mazda Motor Company has announced the development of SKYACTIVE-G 1.3, a 1.3-liter direct-injection gasoline engine. The newly developed SKYACTIVE-G 1.3 achieves high compression ratio of 14.0:1 and high efficiency especially under high load at low rpm. The SKYACTIVE-G 1.3 features number of new technologies such as piston cavities which are specially designed combustion, and multi-hole injectors capable of precise fuel injection control. Read more
