I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
One of the reasons why the partnership between Chrysler and Fiat was viewed as highly beneficial was because Fiat owns technology that provides for more fuel-efficient engines. Automotive News reports that one of those Fiat advances could be installed in Chrysler vehicles relatively quickly and have significant benefits in terms of power and fuel economy:
Fiat Group’s new Multiair technology, which cuts emissions from gasoline engines, could be used on Chrysler cars with very few changes, said Lucio Bernard, director at Fiat Powertrain Technologies…
“It is low-invasive hardware that can be applied to existing engines,” he added…
The Multiair system gives direct control of air and combustion in engines, cylinder by cylinder and stroke by stroke without the use of the conventional throttle, which means it can save energy wasted in traditional systems.
Multiair “is a versatile technology, easily applicable to all gasoline engines,” Fiat Powertrain says.
According to Fiat, the Multiair technology increases power by 10% while simultaneously cutting fuel usage and reducing emissions from the car. That could be a huge boost to Chrysler, particularly in their midsized vehicles, mini-vans and SUVs. The additional power could allow them to power those larger vehicles with smaller engines while increasing the fuel economy of those vehicles. With federal mileage standards going up over the next few years, that technology could really help boost the Chrysler fleet’s overall fuel efficiency.
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