More fuel efficiency in store for cars
- Book ID
- 104384112
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Weight
- 32 KB
- Volume
- 2003
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1351-4180
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β¦ Synopsis
A review of the changing fuel efficiencies of automobiles, with a focus on catalyst technology (fuel efficiency and pollution reduction), fuel-soluble catalysts (nano-sized cerium oxide from UK company Oxonica (partly owned by BASF Venture Capital)), catalytic converters (US company Catalytic Solutions Inc (partly owned by BASF Venture Capital)), and batteries.
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