Looking To Better Engines Instead of Electric Vehicles 570
hlovy writes "Don Runkle thinks it's engines, not batteries, that will make automobiles cleaner and more efficient. 'We unabashedly say that we have the best solution,' says Runkle, the CEO of Allen Park, MI-based engine developer EcoMotors International. The startup, which brought in $23 million in Series B financing this summer from Menlo Park, CA-based Khosla Ventures and Seattle billionaire Bill Gates, has designed an opposing piston, opposing cylinder engine that uses fewer parts than traditional motors do and generates more power from each stroke of the engine, CEO Runkle says. He says the 'opoc' engine is smaller, lighter, and less expensive than the motors already out there, and a more viable option than switching automobile fleets over to electrical power."
Re:opposing piston, opposing cylinder engine (Score:5, Funny)
Re:opposing piston, opposing cylinder engine (Score:3, Funny)
I don't think it's part of the official achievements [slashdot.org] but feel free to mark it off on your score card. Good luck getting the coveted +5 Insightful post containing a goatse link though. That one's almost impossible.
Re:why not both? (Score:4, Funny)
Ah, very soon my super tanker mobile charging station of tesla coils will be realized.
Vehicles will merely pull along side one of the many banks of tesla coils for a quick charge and all without stopping their vehicles.
Who will charge the rechargers you might ask?
An even larger super tanker platform of tesla coils of course...