Koenigsegg and NEVS announced a new technical partnership recently that also includes some swapping of cash for stock in various entities. Both companies are Swedish although NEVS (the National Electric Vehicle Sweden Company) is now owned by a Chinese parent. You may remember an article Motoring Weekly published recently about Koenigsegg’s camless engine and we have written … [Read more...]
The Camless Engine
A few years ago, Koenigsegg, the Swedish manufacturer of hyper-cars showed off a new style internal combustion engine: the camless engine. Specifically, it was a subsidiary called Freevalve that showed the engine. The idea is relatively simple - which is often the basis for many great ideas! If you remove the cams that open and shut the valves, you can not only lighten the … [Read more...]