MRC Transport Partners
The Challenge
“The U.S. vehicle fleet pumps 1.3 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year and $820 million in capital is exported every day for the oil needed to do so.” (U.S. Department of Transport. 2009)
At MRC, the planned formation of strategic partnerships with U.S. vehicle manufacturers, particularly in the trucking and heavy equipment sectors, will underpin our firm’s strategy to address the crippling expense and carbon emissions confronting our country’s transport sector.
U.S. Trucking initiative
In July 2011, MRC launched its strategic collaboration program to be known as MRC’s U.S. Trucking initiative. The initiative was conceived as a strategy to enhance the engine efficiency of the American trucking fleet.
As part of this initiative, MRC’s engineers are building two special purpose engines that incorporate MRC’s patentable “multi-fire” technology. MRC is excited to embark upon the development of these special purpose engines for the heaviest classes of American commercial trucks (vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating above 22,000 pounds) and are confident that the superior power-to-weight performance of these special purpose engines will yield dramatic enhancements in fuel economy.
The idea behind this initiative was a recognition that to enhance engine efficiency in the trucking sector, a combination of the right technology and the right collaborative approach was essential. At MRC, in practical terms, this initiative translates to the engineering of engines incorporating “multi-fire” technology for the truck and heavy-vehicle market and taking active steps to realize strong collaborative partners with American’s truck and heavy machinery manufacturers.
Fortunately, collaboration already exists in this sector, and innovative organizations such as MRC will seek to continue this collaborative emphasis. Notable examples of collaboration include the Department of Energy (D.O.E), FreedomCar and Fuel Partnerships (for passenger vehicles), and the 21st Century Truck Partnership.
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Locomotive and light-rail for the Mega-cities of tomorrow
Whilst focussing on the U.S. trucking and heavy equipment sector in 2011, MRC intends to also seek out strategic collaboration partners within the locomotive sector- with a particular focus on the role of light-rail in the “mega-cities” of the 21st Century. After all, as the global population increases (and urbanizes), fuel efficient locomotive engines, be it diesel or electric- diesel, will increasingly dominate the global economy’s transport needs. With MRC’s engines producing over (3) times the torque-per-liter (of displacement) currently achieved by locomotive diesel engines, MRC’s executive team believe the company’s potential entry into this market will not only revolutionize the industry with significant retro- fit programs, but may well precipitate an expansion in rail infrastructure across America not undertaken since the 19th Century.
Government and transport
U.S. federal government targets and policy for the future domestic transport sector remain a useful source for assessing MRC’s potential effectiveness in helping to redress the economic and environmental reality of current transport challenges.
As noted by the Department of Energy:
“Although internal combustion engines have been used for more than a century, significant improvements in energy efficiency and emissions reduction are still possible. Because of their relatively low cost, high performance, and ability to use renewable fuels (e.g. ethanol and bio-diesels), conventional vehicles with combustion engines will likely dominate the market for at least the next 30 years.”
Targets set by the the D.O.E’s Vehicle Technologies Office include:
(1) demonstrate cost-competitive production-ready vehicles with advanced gasoline engines that are at least 25% more efficient than conventional engines by 2014; and
(2) demonstrate cost-competitive production-ready diesel passenger vehicle engines based on high- efficiency clean combustion technologies that are at least 40% more efficient than current gasoline engines by 2014.
Whilst MRC has targeted the transport sector as a natural focus sector (in part due to the benefit of extensive government coordination of R & D in this sector) a number of the strategic alliances we hope to form within this sector may facilitate MRC’s entry into other sectors such as military field-generators; all-terrain vehicles; and also the aircraft reciprocating engine industry. Such alliances may ultimately prove crucial in the agricultural sector where efficient (and easily maintained) internal combustion engines will help this industry face the global food shortage trends that have emerged in recent years.
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