Stellantis is launching an all-new 2.0L turbo 4-cylinder engine, called Hurricane 4, that will first debut in the new Grand Cherokee. Here Chief Engineer of that engine, Ashish Dubey, goes through the key pieces of technology that he thinks makes it “best-in-class.” That includes Turbulent Jet Ignition (TJI) that was first developed for Formula 1, then adopted by Maserati.
With the better combustion tech —- Miller Cycle, paired direct & port injection and turbulent ignition perhaps an NA or mildly turbocharged version of Hurricane-4 can be a better generator driving combustion motor in an eREV than the 3.6L V6. They should easily best the output and efficiency of the 3.6L V6 and possibly get a motor/generator pair transverse in an engine bay or a smaller output version into mid-size or compact vehicles.
F1 technology is built to have the entire engine dead, by the time the race or ‘requirements’ are over. In the REAL car world, that is known as the warranty. From my view, this is more deliberately planned obsolescence.
If you don’t believe me, what are they going to do about locations that have bad fuel? Ignore them? Tell them THEY caused the failure? My bet is they might do warranty claims, until the vehicle is OUT of warranty. This smells like hype, with no actual solutions for someone needing a long term vehicle.
And for WIW, EV tech is still advancing, despite what the pinheads in Washington want to sell you. LOEM’s are just as vulnerable as they have ever been. Adapt, or die. As the world transitions, LOEM’s that do this are all trying to appease a bought and paid for tangerine twit.
But seriously. Your democracy will fail far before the LOEM’s will. Just prepare for it.