BMW new GS with ShiftCam !

[alprider]

very smart solution....

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https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/e...otor-drivetrain/twin-cylinder-boxer-1250.html

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[peterbaron]

very smart solution....

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https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/e...otor-drivetrain/twin-cylinder-boxer-1250.html

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Alprider
Good engineering, it could be something that is known for years with cars as CVVT..just different design.

 

[AndyHe_imp]

There is a clear path forward to camless internal combustion engines. This is just one more step along the way. Camless piston engine - Wikipedia
It should extend the life of the internal combustion engine for at least a few more years relative to electrics.

 

[alprider]

camless engine

Video shows inner workings of Koenigsegg’s camless engine

 

[egleaves_imp]

Here's another, the Coates Engine:

CSRV System

 

[rotor]

There is a clear path forward to camless internal combustion engines. This is just one more step along the way. Camless piston engine - Wikipedia
It should extend the life of the internal combustion engine for at least a few more years relative to electrics.

System engineering view of the "electric car" fad can be summarized as follows:

What is the power-plant in a vehicle is very much a secondary consideration. The primary consideration is how do we transfer vast amounts of energy from some stationary infrastructure to the individual vehicles. Performing an electro-chemical reaction on a part of the vehicle (i.e., "charging the battery") is so far behind in both the cost and practicality compared to the current system of pouring a energy-bearing liquid ("filling the tank") that "electric cars" are, outside of a very narrow use-case segment, nothing but an interesting engineering experiment with very little hard value.

Will this change? Possibly, but only when the system of energy transfer becomes the primary engineering problem to solve, instead of what it is now: an afterthought in a childish race for "electric car".