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Date Issued 25th June 2015

Report RD.15/209301.1

Project Ref. Q008185

BMW B38 3-Cylinder Gasoline Engine(Engine Benchmarking Report – Sample)

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Important notice

• The purpose of this overview is to give an idea of the type and format of information included in

the full vehicle testing and engine mapping report

• The full report is much more comprehensive than this overview, and includes several hundreds of

pages with test results, benchmarking data and Ricardo expert comments

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Overview of Engine Technologies

The report includes a technology review, with pictures, comments

and schematics

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Vehicle coastdown testing and drive cycle emissions test results are

shown with expert analysis

Test results and analysis shown for:

• Cold NEDC

• Hot NEDC

• FTP75

• US06

• HWFET

Vehicle Drive Cycle Testing

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Full explanation of test cell installation and preparation, with images

and detailed diagrams of instrumentation layouts

Engine Mapping

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Engine Mapping

The report includes comprehensive test results from cold, warm &

hot engine mapping activity on testbed with expert analysis

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Ricardo Knowledge – Further Enquires?

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engineering challenges critical to your business through an efficient and convenient mechanism

• For more information, please visit Ricardo Knowledge or contact Glen Hall

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