Britain's 106 MPG Car Engine Shakes The Entire Car Industry
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Britain's 106 MPG Car Engine Shakes The Entire Car Industry
A Geely hybrid just set a Guinness World Record at 106 miles per gallon, which converts to roughly 127 mpg in British imperial gallons, beating Toyota's legendary Prius by more than 10 percent. This video traces the London connection behind this breakthrough, from Mercedes-AMG's Formula 1 engine facility in Brixworth that first broke 50 percent thermal efficiency back in 2017, to Horse Powertrain, the London-headquartered engine joint venture between Geely, Renault, and Saudi Aramco that provided core technical support for this record-breaking 48.41 percent efficient hybrid system. We explain thermal efficiency in plain terms, break down the engineering behind Geely's "Fire Tornado" combustion system, and explore why full hybrids will remain legal to buy new in the UK until 2035, years after the 2030 petrol and diesel ban. You'll also see how rivals including Nissan's e-Power, Horse's H12 renewable-fuel engine, and Chinese automakers BYD and Dongfeng are racing toward the same 50 percent efficiency milestone. This is the story of how Britain's motorsport engineering legacy is quietly powering the next generation of ultra-efficient hybrid cars. Could this be the technology that changes what you drive after 2030?
Britain's 106 MPG Car Engine Shakes The Entire Car Industry
Blake Hammer YT
768 views
Britain's 106 MPG Car Engine Shakes The Entire Car Industry
A Geely hybrid just set a Guinness World Record at 106 miles per gallon, which converts to roughly 127 mpg in British imperial gallons, beating Toyota's legendary Prius by more than 10 percent. This video traces the London connection behind this breakthrough, from Mercedes-AMG's Formula 1 engine facility in Brixworth that first broke 50 percent thermal efficiency back in 2017, to Horse Powertrain, the London-headquartered engine joint venture between Geely, Renault, and Saudi Aramco that provided core technical support for this record-breaking 48.41 percent efficient hybrid system. We explain thermal efficiency in plain terms, break down the engineering behind Geely's "Fire Tornado" combustion system, and explore why full hybrids will remain legal to buy new in the UK until 2035, years after the 2030 petrol and diesel ban. You'll also see how rivals including Nissan's e-Power, Horse's H12 renewable-fuel engine, and Chinese automakers BYD and Dongfeng are racing toward the same 50 percent efficiency milestone. This is the story of how Britain's motorsport engineering legacy is quietly powering the next generation of ultra-efficient hybrid cars. Could this be the technology that changes what you drive after 2030?