Mazda bringing TAKERI Concept with SKYACTIV-D diesel engine at New York show
28 March 2012
Mazda’s TAKERI Concept will make its North American debut at the upcoming New York International Auto Show. TAKERI, the second concept to fully embrace SKYACTIV Technology, made its global debut at the Tokyo Motor Show. (Earlier post.)
Equipped with a SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter diesel engine, TAKERI features the i-stop idling stop system and i-ELOOP, a capacitor-based regenerative braking system. i-stop restarts in a single engine cycle unlike other stop-start systems, which require two cycles. At less than 0.4 seconds, i-stop achieves the world's fastest diesel engine restart time.
i-ELOOP efficiently converts kinetic energy into electricity during deceleration, which is stored in capacitors and then used to power the vehicle's electric equipment, reducing engine load and improving fuel economy by as much as 10%.
Mazda will provide more information on the TAKERI Concept as well as its global business plans during a press conference on 4 April.
0.4 sec is a fast start. However, when my father was supervising the work at a new nuclear plant, they had a pair of 4000 HP V-20 diesels with starters that could roll the engine to full RPM in 4 seconds and have them on-line at full power in 7 seconds. That was impressive.
Posted by: sd | 28 March 2012 at 08:47 PM