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- EcoMotors was an American company developing and commercializing an opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (OPOC) engine for use in cars, light trucks, commercial vehicles, aerospace, marine, agriculture, auxiliary power units, generators, etc. This engine was promoted to significantly improve fuel efficiency, and substantially reduce production costs when compared to convententional internal combustion engines. EcoMotors was founded in 2008. Its headquarters were in Allen Park, Michigan. As of 2013, the principal officers of EcoMotors were: Prof. Peter Hofbauer (chairman, chief technology officer and inventor of the OPOC engine), Donald Runkle (chief executive officer) and Amit Soman (president and chief operating officer). The two primary investors in EcoMotors were Khosla Ventures and Bill Gates. Vinod Khosla, who founded Khosla Ventures in 2004, was a co-founder and CEO of Sun Microsystems and formerly a general partner at Kleiner Perkins. In April 2013 EcoMotors announced a deal to have Chinese auto parts giant build a $200 million factory in the Anhui Province in eastern China. The factory hoped to produce 150,000 OPOC engines per year, with a further site reserved to take production to 400,000.The engine blocks would be made of CGI (compacted graphite iron) and would be produced at a fully automated Zhongding foundry in Anhui by a license from Sintercast of Sweden. The production was first announced to commence in 2014 but delayed to 2016. As of February 2017 the EcoMotors web site was defunct. It's intellectual property was put up for sale with closing date in Sept. 2017. (en)
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- EcoMotors was an American company developing and commercializing an opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (OPOC) engine for use in cars, light trucks, commercial vehicles, aerospace, marine, agriculture, auxiliary power units, generators, etc. This engine was promoted to significantly improve fuel efficiency, and substantially reduce production costs when compared to convententional internal combustion engines. EcoMotors was founded in 2008. Its headquarters were in Allen Park, Michigan. (en)
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