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The Achates Power Engine: A Game Changer for the Truck Industry?
As Americans are finding out that modern diesel engines are among the cleanest and most sustainable propulsion systems available in the market today, diesel engines are gaining momentum in the US. In...
View ArticleAre Electric Vehicles the next bubble?
The 1841 book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles MacKay, describes a variety manias and bubbles throughout history and is still considered by many to be important in...
View Article2015: A Look Ahead
2014 was a phenomenal year for Achates Power. To support the increased market demand for our technology, as evidenced by a 300% increase in revenue and customer base that grew by 3x, we hired more...
View ArticleThe Problem With Batteries
Our recent blog post compared the environment, economic, and convenience benefits of a very clean, very efficient internal combustion engine with an electric vehicle. This post dives into more detail...
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Achates Power Wins $14 Million Military Engine Project
Achates Power is pleased to announce today that we have been awarded a $14 million project by the National Advanced Mobility Consortium to support research and development work of the U.S. Army Tank...
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AUSA 2015
Heading into the Association of the United States Army’s (AUSA) Global Force Symposium and Exposition last week in Huntsville, Alabama, I had no idea what to really expect from the event this year....
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Achates Power Opens New Office in the Metro Detroit Area
Achates Power is pleased to announce our latest expansion into the Detroit metro region. While San Diego will still be headquarters for us, rapid growth and new customers have led to our expansion into...
View ArticleDefining Success
Recently, Green Car Reports ran an article, Fortune Puts Volt in ‘Dustbin of History’ Despite New Model Coming, which discusses the “success” (or lack thereof) of two different plug-in electric...
View ArticleThe History of The Achates Engine
Meet Dr. James Lemke – a serial entrepreneur with a passion for science, engineering and education and a track record of using scientific and engineering breakthroughs to create new products and...
View ArticleThe Reports of (Diesel’s) Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Speculation about the imminent demise of diesel due to the recent VW news is frankly, overblown. Not to dismiss any aspects of the current issue, but we think that this will be a turning point for...
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OPGCI: An Evolution that Revolutionizes the Internal Combustion Engine
By Fabien Redon and Steve Ciatti Automakers are working hard to meet pending fuel economy and emissions standards, like CAFE 2025 (54.5 mpg), and investing heavily in new technologies such as electric...
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Q3 2015 August
News and Events The History of The Achates Engine Dr. James Lemke Meet Dr. James Lemke – a serial entrepreneur with a passion for science, engineering and education and a track record of using...
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Q4 2015 December
News and Events U.S. Department of Energy Awards Achates Power Grant to Develop Gasoline-powered OPGCI In early November, Achates Power was awarded a $9 million grant from the U.S. Department of...
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2016 Spring News and Events
OP Engine Technology Showcased at ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Achates Power debuted a scale model of their Opposed-Piston Engine and a cutaway animation highlighting the OP Engine (see story below)...
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CAFE 2025 Regulations Are Achievable with Improved Gasoline Engines
In the recently released Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) draft Technical Assessment Review (TAR) the EPA concluded “the standards can be met largely with more efficient gasoline powered cars...”...
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Crank Phasing and the Impact on Engine Efficiency
In an Opposed-Piston (“OP”) Engine, two pistons come together within a cylinder and the piston crowns form the combustion chamber. The most common and widely deployed OP Engine, often referred to as...
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The Top Ten* Reasons the Opposed-Piston Engine is Naturally Low in NOx –...
For a Chinese language translation, please click here: 对置活塞发动机氮氧化物排放更低的十大根本原因 NOx is a generic term for oxides of nitrogen, nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). These gases are formed during...
View ArticleAchates Power remarks for NHTSA/EPS hearing on fuel economy standards
Achates Power remarks for NHTSA/EPS hearing on fuel economy standards. Dearborn, Michigan. September 25, 2018. John S. Major Jr., Vice President, Achates Power In 2007, the US passed the first increase...
View ArticleAchates Power and Cummins develop leap-ahead capability for the US Army...
A joint development team from Achates Power and Cummins Corporate Research and Technology has been running at full throttle for over a year to develop an opposed-piston Advanced Combat Engine (ACE) for...
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Under the skin: Why opposed-piston engines are returning to roads
Under the skin: Why opposed-piston engines are returning to roads Opposed-piston engines have 60% fewer parts than their conventional counterparts AUTOCAR by Jesse Crosse 10 May 2021 Teaching an old...
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