The Chrysler Turbine Car's fuel economy issue was baked into the design because jet engines don't idle well and are infamous ...

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A new turbine nozzle design reduced the 7 second accelerator ... of the Chrysler turbine engine intended for use in cars. The engine was an improvement on previous iterations.

The latest Chrysler Corporation turbine engine delivers 130 horsepower, equivalent in overall car performance to a ... the rear dual "afterburner" design, and all 50 prototypes were finished ...

To extend the range without having to stop and wait for the batteries to charge, a pair of small gas turbine engines can supply 180 horsepower. While the car's ... in the design and barring ...

In the past, there have been several attempts to create turbine-powered cars, but they ... many years perfecting the design of the Tomahawk TX Trick-Cycle Turbine engine, and we believe that ...

The Chrysler Corporation began researching gas turbine engines back in the 1930s ... with existing models and create a new car around it. The design was handed down to ex-Ford stylist Elwood ...

That’s a good thing, Defoe says, because the turbine engine design is much better suited to this 21st-century task. Consider a car’s typical duties: It must stop and start continuously as the ...

In the 1960s, Chrysler built a handful of cars powered by aircraft-style turbine engines. And where does one take a turbine when it's in need of a rebuild? To the original manufacturer ...

How often have we heard something described as the car of the future? But in 1956, GM made a concept car that really did have ...

Before that, the planes that transported troops, carried weapons and conducted surveillance had piston engines (the same kind of engine found in most cars ... design is really that of a turbine ...