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– 新发动机突破
– 本田开发自主式全地形车
– 博格华纳帮助汽车制造商实现混合
– 麦格纳推出灵活的座椅系统
– 让你的汽车闻起来像巧克力一样
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新发动机突破
德国正在开发一种引人入胜的技术，可以为内燃机注入新的活力，这一切都与点火有关。脉冲微波点火，即，一家名为MWI的公司开发的一种在燃烧室中的多个点点燃空气-燃料混合物的方法。使用火花塞时，燃料在某一点被点燃，并且火焰前锋必须穿过腔室，然后能量转换成机械运动。通过微波点火，整个空气-燃料混合物同时点燃。这将促进更快，更完全，且更低的温度下的燃烧。MWI表示，它可以减少13-20％的燃料消耗，理论上甚至可减少达30％。它还可以显著减少NOX，CO，CO2，碳氢化合物和颗粒物质。重要的是，该技术可以在没有任何修改的情况下改装到现有的发动机上。MWI表示，它可用于所有类型的内燃机，包括汽油，柴油，二冲程和汪克尔。
本田开发自主式全地形车
本田向我们展示了自动驾驶技术不仅仅可以运用在运输人们的过程中。它可以创造一种基于全地形车的越野自动驾驶汽车。该车被命名为本田工作车，公司已在多个地方对其进行过测试。它可用于太阳能农场，以帮助割草。在农业环境中，该车辆可用于运输食物或给土地施肥。它也可以在对抗野火时帮助消防队员携带设备。
接下来……麦格纳为未来的移动性创建了可重新配置的座椅系统。
博格华纳帮助汽车制造商实现混合
即使汽车行业进入全电动汽车领域，内燃机仍将在未来很长一段时间内发挥重要作用。缩小差距的一种方法是实现车辆混动，对此供应商混合博格华纳有一个解决方案。其位于发动机和变速箱之间的驱动模块可提供全面的混合功能，占用空间更小，并且比其他单元更轻，这意味着集成它需要更少的投资。其内部有3个离合器模块：一个用于断开和重新启动发动机，一个用于奇数齿轮，另一个用于偶数齿轮。这有助于增强换档感觉并将阻力降低20％。为了提高可用性，驱动模块兼容自动，无级变速，双离合器和手动变速箱。
麦格纳推出灵活的座椅系统
供应商麦格纳分享了其灵活的车辆内饰愿景。座椅在轨道系统上滑动，能够旋转到多个位置，包括所谓的Campfire座椅。这是所有后排座椅彼此面对的地方，是一个能给家庭在长途旅行中提供娱乐空间的方式。其中还有一个汽车包裹递送共享货物模式。车内座椅可以移动或底部折叠，以提供最大空间给用户分段区域放置包裹。如果您想为商务会议做准备，座位会转移到所谓的会议座位，这样车内的每个人都可以互相看到并交谈。
接下来……你会想要你的车内饰闻起来像巧克力一样吗？
让你的汽车闻起来像巧克力一样
法国供应商法雷奥一直致力于汽车内饰。它拥有一项名为Smart Cocoon的技术，这一切都是为了让人们在上车时有更好的体验。
它使用了不同的技术，但最吸引我的眼睛，或者应该说是我的鼻子的是，他们正在改变汽车的气味。为了让你在寒冷的日子里感到温暖，它们让内部的气味闻起来像巧克力一样。那是因为我们会将这种气味与在寒冷的日子里喝热巧克力联系起来。
它还可以产生咖啡气味，而在炎热的天气里，它会产生绿橙色的气味。整个想法是使用嗅觉来改善你的情绪健康，你不得不承认只有法国人才会提出这样的想法。
本期Autoline中国的报道到这里就结束了。
Hello, I’m John McElroy, welcome to Autoline China, the show that covers some of the most important new technologies in the automotive industry.
NEW ENGINE BREAKTHROUGH
There’s a fascinating technology being developed in Germany that could breathe new life into the internal combustion engine, and it all has to do with ignition. Pulsed microwave ignition, that is. A company called MWI has developed a way to ignite the air-fuel mixture at multiple points in the combustion chamber. With a spark plug, the fuel is ignited at one point and a flame front has to travel across the chamber before that energy is converted into mechanical motion. With microwave ignition, the entire air-fuel mixture is ignited simultaneously. This results in faster, more complete combustion, and at much lower temperatures. MWI says it reduces fuel consumption by 13-20%, but theoretically can reduce it 30%. It also results in significant reductions of NOX, CO, CO2, Hydrocarbons and Particulate Matter. Importantly, this technology can be retrofitted to existing engines with no modifications. MWI says it can be used in all types of combustion engines including gasoline, diesel, 2-stroke and wankel.
HONDA DEVELOPS AUTONOMOUS ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE
Honda is showing how autonomy can be used for more than just moving people. Its created an off-road autonomous vehicle based on its All-Terrain Vehicle. Called the Honda Work Vehicle, the company has already tested it in several locations. It was used at a solar farm to help mow the grass. In agriculture settings, the vehicle can be used to transport food or fertilize the land. And it can help firefighters carry equipment while fighting wildfires.
Still to come…Magna creates a reconfigurable seating system for future mobility.
BORGWARNER HELPS AUTOMAKERS TO HYBRIDIZE
Even with the automotive industry making its push into the world of fully electric vehicles, the internal combustion engine will still play a big role for a long time to come. One way to bridge the gap is to hybridize a vehicle and the supplier BorgWarner has a solution. Its drive module that sits between the engine and transmission provides full hybrid function and takes up less space and is lighter than other units, which means it requires less investment to integrate it. Internally there are 3 clutch modules: one set to disconnect and restart the engine, one set for the odd gears and another for the even gears. This helps enhance shift feel and reduce drag up to 20%. And to improve useability, the drive module is compatible with automatic, continuously variable, dual clutch and manual transmissions.
MAGNA REVEALS FLEXIBLE SEATING SYSTEM
The supplier Magna shared its vision for a flexible vehicle interior. The seats slide on a rail system and are able to swivel into a number of positions, including what’s called Campfire seating. This is where all the rear seats are facing one another, which is a great way to keep the family entertained on a long road trip. There’s also a car sharing cargo mode for package delivery. The seats move to provide the maximum amount of space possible or the seat bottoms fold to give the user segmented areas to place packages. And if you wanted to prepare for a business meeting, the seats shift into what’s called Conference seating, so everybody in the vehicle can see and talk to one another.
Coming up next…how would you like the interior of your car to smell like chocolate?
MAKE YOUR CAR SMELL LIKE CHOCOLATE
Valeo is the French supplier company that works on the interior of cars. It has a technology called Smart Cocoon that’s all about making people feel better than when they get in their car.
It’s using different technologies but the one that caught my eye, or I should say my nose, is changing the smell in a car. To make you feel warmer on cold day, they made the interior smell like chocolate. That’s because we associate that smell with drinking hot chocolate on a cold day.
It also can generate a coffee smell, and for hot days it generates the smell of a green orange. The whole idea is to use olfactory senses to improve your emotional well-being, and you’ve got to give it to the French for coming up with an idea like that.
And that wraps up this edition of Autoline China.
John McElroy is an influential thought leader in the automotive industry. He is a journalist, lecturer, commentator and entrepreneur. He created “Autoline Daily,” the first industry webcast of industry news and analysis.
