Redefining Rail

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For further information contact: [email protected] www.jcbpowersystems.com (FRPD[$$GLQGG A Product of Hard Work contents Ricardo Quarterly Review Q2, 2010 10 16 The world’s fastest TheThe world’s world’sdiesel fastest fastest car, powered diesel diesel by car,car, the poweredpowered by the byJCB theJCB JCBDieselmax Dieselmax Dieselmax engineengine engine 350.092mph/563.418kph350.092mph/563.418kph BonnevilleBonneville Salt Flats,Salt Flats, USA USA - 23rd - 23rd August August 20062006 22 News Features 04 Industry news 10 Redefining rail Electric-car battle lines are drawn up as partnerships Inspired by career rail industry professional Simon Scott, proliferate; Scania tops truck power charts; emerging Ricardo’s sector-focused rail team has an exciting blueprint markets fuel post-crisis sales boom; EV prices revealed for technology-led services providing dramatically enhanced value to train operators, suppliers, regulatory 24 Ricardo news authorities and passengers Ricardo fronts consortium to develop next-generation low carbon power for shipping; revolutionary supercharger 16 Going clean – off highway will inspire downsized engines; wind energy marketing in With off-highway emissions set to tighten dramatically, the US; key orders for Ricardo-developed Ocelot military Jesse Crosse reveals the benefits of the Ricardo Twin patrol vehicle Vortex Combustion System that tackles heavy duty diesel emissions at source Questions and answers 22 Racing advantage 06 Ulrich Kranz The highly successful Ricardo GT transmission used by Toyota, Honda and Nissan Motorsport in the Japanese As head of BMW’s exclusive Project i megacity car team, Super GT race series is now available to outside customers, Ulrich Kranz plans to revolutionise not just the car but as Anthony Smith reports manufacturing, sales and distribution too. 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For further information contact: [email protected] www.jcbpowersystems.com Sales enquiries: [email protected] Tony Lewin: [email protected] (FRPD[$$GLQGG industry News Electric alliances prepare for battle n a rapidly evolving series of deals Iand partnerships the world’s leading automakers have been constructing alliances that will secure them competitive positions in the coming April 7th, 2010: decade’s volume markets for electric Renault-Nissan and low-carbon vehicles. and Daimler Daimler and its Mercedes-Benz and bosses sign Smart brands, which last year took a co-operation deal stake in California EV pioneer Tesla (below), in April announced a wide- Chinese market. At the same time partnership in place with SAIC of ranging tie-up with Renault Nissan, press reports began circulating that China, to build and market a minivan covering small cars as well as electric Daimler was to co-operate on fuel cell version of the Chevrolet Volt plug- technology for city vehicles. The EV development with Toyota. in hybrid, dubbed the MPV5. PSA following month Toyota, the world’s More recently still, Indian car and Peugeot Citroën has strengthened largest automaker, surprised the industry truckmaker Mahindra announced it its electric vehicle co-operation with by also acquiring a stake in Tesla, was buying the established Indian Japan’s Mitsubishi and will begin allowing Tesla to buy the shuttered EV producer Reva, supplier of the selling Peugeot and Citroën branded NUMMI facility in California to build its compact G-Wiz sold in London and versions of the i-MiEV in Europe late Model S electric sedan, but with little other cities: in the process, GM, which this year, and Nissan’s Leaf – the first obvious benefit for the Japanese giant. had an electric vehicle development dedicated volume production battery- A week later Daimler raised the deal with Reva, decided to pull out powered car – already has a long stakes with an electric car development of the agreement rather than see its waiting list in the US. deal with China’s BYD and the planned technology shared with a competitor. While analysts differ sharply in launch of a joint EV brand for the GM, for its part, already has a their forecasts of likely future EV sales volumes, Renault Nissan is installing an annual capacity of 500,000 batteries, Volkswagen is aiming for a 3 percent EV share of its 10m total volume planned for 2018. The very generous EV sales incentives of almost $9000 just announced for key Chinese cities are likely to trigger significant volume boost and thus allow the long- awaited economies of scale to kick in. EDCM Unit EVs: the world’s ‘most efficient’ (Invertor Charger) Gordon Murray Design claims its forthcoming T27 city car will be the most efficient electric vehicle in the world. The 2.5 metre Battery and Battery three-seater weighs 680 kg – including its 12 kWh batteries – and Management will have a range of up to 160 km. Murray estimates its effective 12v • CO2 emissions on the UK’s current energy mix at 48 g/km for the • Battery • • combined cycle. Full-cycle CO2 damage will be 42 percent less • than the average UK car, notes the company. Transmission Final Drive Motor Radiator Retrofit traction control EV safety training Design takeover Traffic light phase assistant BMW is offering retrofit traction GM’s Chevrolet and OnStar Volkswagen group has Audi is using its home city of control kits for certain models of brands are sponsoring a purchased 90 percent of Ingolstadt to trial a fleet of 15 its motorcycles already equipped programme in the US to Italdesign Giugiaro, the Italian vehicles linked via wireless LAN with Integral ABS. The ASC familiarise first-responder design organisation responsible and UMTS to the traffic light system reduces engine torque emergency services with electric for a host of classic shapes, network. The system tells drivers to improve stability and prevent and plug-in hybrid vehicles such including the first-generation what speed to maintain to News in brief wheelspin. as the Volt. Golf, Scirocco and Audi 80. ensure the next signal is green. 4 RICARdo QUARteRLY Review • Q2, 2010 more importantly, torque of 3500 Nm RicaRdo Scania tops from 1000 to 1350 rev/min. The typical QuaRteRly working pressure of the injection system Review truck power is 1800 bar, says Scania. The engine meets current Euro 5 The task of RQ is to highlight the latest thinking league norms as well as the tougher standards in global engineering and technology in the for Enhanced Environmentally friendly transportation, clean energy and related new top-line V8 and extra-high Vehicles (EEVs); it is pre-prepared industries. We aim to achieve this by presenting an up-to-date mix of news, profiles and pressure fuel injection have for Euro 6. While the top 730 hp unit A interviews with top business leaders, as well as allowed Scania to outrun fellow will appear in Scania’s new R-series – in-depth features on programmes – both from Swedish truckmaker Volvo to claim Truck of the Year 2010 – other versions within Ricardo and other leading companies. the title of the world’s most powerful will be available as loose engines truck engine. At the same time the to outside customers and for non- It is a formula that has certainly been a worldwide hit: in the nine years since RQ was revised engine family meets the highway applications, where strict launched we have had to increase our print run strictest upcoming environmental Stage IIIB and Tier 4 interim legislation to 14,000 copies to keep pace with the demand requirements in Europe and other comes into force next year.

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