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For
energetic, economic and environmental reasons, worldwide
carmakers have to respond to an increasing need
for reducing CO2 emissions and vehicle Fuel Consumption
and associate negative impacts. Following Kyoto
protocol, the ACEA (European Carmakers Association)
committed itself to reducing average fuel consumption
of new vehicles to 140g of CO2/km in 2008, with
an additional objective of 120g of CO2/km in 2012.
One year later, Japanese carmakers (JAMA) and Korean
carmakers (KAMA) committed themselves to plan equivalent
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Kyoto
protocol officially came into force on the 16th
Februray 2005. The principle is simple: those who
emit a large amount of CO2 will have to pay. On
the contrary, low CO2 emissions will be encouraged
by tax breaks and/or subsidies. For these reasons,
CO2 emissions standard could rapidly come into force
in Europe as it is the case in USA with CAFE standard
(Corporate Average Fuel Economy). As a result, both
CO2 and pollutants emissions standards could highly
determine the future of carmakers profitability
and market distribution.
Indeed, neglecting «potentially efficient
solutions» can be extremely penalizing for
carmakers’ future profitability and market
share. |
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That’s why most carmakers are interested in
strategies and associate technologies that present
an energetic-technical-economic compromise, which
can respond to future market and regulations demands
under good conditions. |
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The
MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Company relation with carmakers
is based on a simple principle: if VCR strategy
is a great solution to respond to future emissions
standards, the MCE-5 VCR engine block is a potential
technical standard for VCR implementation on future
SI engines. That’s why the MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT
Company proposes to carmakers to enter into both technical
and legal agreements related to the MCE-5 technology. |
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The
MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Company does not expect to invite
carmakers to immediately develop any plan to produce
the MCE-5 VCR engine block, but to take guarantees
on accessing the MCE-5 technology if needed in the
coming years. |
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To
permit carmakers evaluating under the best conditions
the appropriateness of the MCE-5 technology to their
technical and market requirements, the MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT
Company committed itself to deliver MCE-5 VCR vehicles
in 2007 ready for complete evaluation tests (Fuel
Consumption, «fun to drive», noise and
vibration levels, etc...). In addition, 4 cylinder
engines will be available for evaluations on test
bench.
All technical data and know-how related to the MCE-5
technology will be delivered to the MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT
Company’s clients, permitting them to acquire
a specific knowledge related to VCR control and piston-to-crankshaft
transmission by means of gears. |
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As
mass-production techniques and costs remain a major
question to decide producing or not a technology,
the MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Company - in partnership with
several European industrial partners - will provide
to its clients all answers concerning processes, costs
and subcontractors related to the MCE-5 VCR engine
block mass-production. |
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In
addition to technical data, the MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT
Company proposal is related to MCE-5 patent rights.
Contrary to most VCR designs, the MCE-5 is totally
original and its exclusive technical postulate makes
it impossible to counterfeit or copy MCE-5 until 2025.
As the MCE-5 VCR engine block is an exclusive technology,
worldwide patented, and with no anteriority, the MCE-5
DEVELOPMENT Company proposes to carmakers to enter
into lincense agreements. |
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This
will provide them all required guarantees on financial
conditions for an eventual future mass-production
with no time nor territory limit. |
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For
several reasons related to strategy, R&D and partnerships,
all carmakers wanting to access to MCE-5 technology
data, results, know-how and patent rights will enter
into agreements with the MCE-5 DEVELOPMENT Company
before October 2005. |
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To
reach this objective, the MCE-5 project is widely
supported by international and institutional trade
organizations.
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