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The power unit in the majority of passenger cars on the road today is still the gasoline engine. As the name implies, its primary function is to produce the appropriate power as and when the driver commands. However, the demands of the current political and economic climate have brought back into focus yet again the increasing need for this power unit to be an efficient one.
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Blackmore, D.R. (1977). Principles Governing Fuel Economy in a Gasoline Engine. In: Blackmore, D.R., Thomas, A. (eds) Fuel Economy of the Gasoline Engine. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03418-5_2
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