The beginning of 2010 brought to the automotive scene rumor of an ongoing research within German manufacturer BMW’s engineering labs, aimed at developing a split engine hybrid for the future generations of BMW models. Rumored to have already filed a patent application for the technology, BMW has opened our appetite for digging a bit deeper into the technology and finding out the whys and hows of a split cycle engine.
WHAT IS IT
As you might have guessed, a split engine is a type of intern… (read more)