Volvo Technology Award for wave piston design

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By mmillikinJun 23, 2017, 6:02 am75 ptsTrending
The Volvo Group’s new truck engines are more fuel efficient as a result of their new piston design which adds waves to the piston crown to improve the use of oxygen. (Earlier post.) The engineers (John Gibble, Frank Löfskog, Michael Balthasar, and Jan Eismark) behind the innovation have now received the…

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