INDUSTRY UPDATE
First coast-to-coast crossing of the US by a fuelcell car; DaimlerChrysler’s new global engine generation; Ford raises diesel stakes; GM overhauls Ford in US productivity; Ricardo chief executive Rodney Westhead hails the successful i-MoGen mild hybrid programme
NEWS FROM RICARDO
Diesel Seminar is the first of a series of executive presentations; expansion plans at the Detroit Technology Campus; Ricardo Software moves into Japan; key role for Ricardo in the Queen’s brand new State Limousine Bentley
FEATURES
What the future holds
Technology specialist Jeff Daniels looks ahead to the ideas that will be ruling the roads in decades to come – and finds much to be optimistic about
Technology Roadmap
Ricardo experts Nick Owen and Peter Brown give their idea of what’s on tomorrow’s automotive agenda
Material gains
CGI is being hailed as the new wonder-material for engines but, as William Kimberley discovers in conversation with Ricardo specialists, there are many other more radical solutions too
I-MOGEN SPECIAL
Two’s company
Ricardo and Valeo technology directors Neville Jackson and Michel Lifermann talk to Jesse Crosse about the ground-breaking collaboration which led to the ambitious i-MoGen programme
Project overview
The key elements which enable Ricardo to meet the 4 litre/100km mild hybrid challenge
Engine downsizing
The key concept which dramatically boosts engine efficiency
Integrated Starter Alternator
Valeo develops the heart of the hybrid Powertrain
Thermal systems
Managing heat flow helps minimise parasitic losses
Exhaust aftertreatmant
Novel strategy provides the best of both worlds
Systems Integration
The patented brain which controls i-MoGen’s every activity
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Professor Wilfried Bockelmann
The man who masterminded Skoda’s technical renaissance was recently given responsibility for all future Skodas, VWs and Bentleys. Richard Feast caught up with him in a rare free moment
Thierry Morin
Taking the helm of i-MoGen partner Valeo at a turbulent time, new Chairman Thierry Morin explains his novel Domains strategy