Machines | Koenigsegg deescribes Freevalve - camless engine
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#Koenigsegg has been hard at work creating an engine without a camshaft. Christian von Koenigsegg founded the #FreeValve subsidiary and now has released a detailed video describing its advanced new engine
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I'm not an engineer. But the biggest problem I see is creating electronic components tough enough to withstand high temps and vibration. Both are death to electronics. Other possible problems are RF and magnetic fields interference.
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wow so many Internet automotive engineers. perhaps you should work at Koenigsegg and show him how is done?
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Seriously, Christian Von Koenigsegg has marked significant trails in automotive history with technologies never been seen, never even been thinkable by other automakers..
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With some great battery tech on the way...this seems like a waste of effort.
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Will this fit my Honda??
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think of the mileage increase. if it can be made for diesel. the whole trucking industry would change
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Extreme complexity!
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This is nothing new.. Formula one engines have been using pneumatic valves for years. Look up Renault engine during the V6 turbo era.
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Its nothing new, so what? Cam less motors have been for sale for years.
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I wonder how much more expensive these engines will be to repair/service.
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awesome! genius concept!
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An auto technician would also have to be a computer technician in order to adjust the valve timing on that engine!
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Imagine if this motor had accellorator chip's located in in the middle of the electronic connector's and had electronic wiring attached to the base of the router, and the router had a micro D shaped panel's to collect the energy that is collected from the base of the radial tire's, because the tires act like a ground to the energy of the car, thus giving the engine to the car more energy and more speed. This car would most likely Quad,double in speed and have more torque in braking speed. Just saying it is an ideal that just hit me after watching this video.
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Renault was doing this on race track over 25 years ago, so what's the big deal? Yes, Renault used electrically controlled (solenoid) pneumatic valve actuators over 25 years ago and the racing engines could rev to 20,000 rpm.
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The internal combustion engine is more or less as efficient as it was 100yrs ago, aprox 20%. Very little has changed since then. Getting rid of the camshaft may increase efficiency incrementally, but it's insignificant. The ICE needs to die a swift death and be buried in the annals of history, where it belongs. Electric cars are proving themselves to be infinitely more powerful and far less complicated. RIP
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I thought of this concept in the early 1990s. But never had the resources or inclination to develop it.
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will it have direct injection too so it can run as a 2 stroke if it had a supercharger
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This is timing beltless multiair.
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add this head package to Nissan's variable compression block where it can on the fly go from 8.5 to 1 to up to 14 to 1 compression and you have a serious evolution of the combustion engine maybe a would wide change
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This would have been great three decades ago! But at this point it is simply too little, too late. Electric cars will reach a tipping point sometime before 2025, and probably as soon as 2020 (the technology is already good enough to beat fossil cars even on cost, if production volumes were as high).