Freevalve Update Camless Engine -- /INSIDE KOENIGSEGG

It always makes me happy to see a CEO of a company actually know their products inside and out...makes for a great company and employees feel like they have a strong leader.

Christian: and we can shut down cylinders General Motors: heavy breathing

Damn. 1.6ltr turbocharged engine. 160hp - > 240hp. 240Nm - >320Nm + 15% fuel economy. This is witchcraft.

this guy is going to save the internal combustion engine when the world wants to end it

With emissions getting stricter and stricter, with engines becoming smaller and smaller, and with people who want cars to go faster every year, this guy has found a solution to everyone's problem. He's keeping the ICE alive for as long as it can.

I get goosebumps everytime he talks about new tech they're working on. Such powerful thinking.

Adam Savage in the background building a cylinder head.

Amazing how he can communicate such a complex system and make it seem so “ordinary” and do it speaking a secondary language at that!!! Props to what he has done as a person and what his company challenges their own workers to achieve!!

This is one of the biggest advancements in internal combustion engines in a very long time! I absolutely love this technology!

This needs to get to the market as soon as possible.

Would love an update now. It's been 2 years.

Serious genius. Hes also very humble. I watch Lenos garage all the time and hes been on a few times. Hes an amazing man. He deserves everything he has.

I was really sceptical when I read the title. Even though it's Koenigsegg, and they know pretty damn well what they're doing. Most of the scepticism was like "too many individual parts, how about long-term reliability". While that hasn't really been calmed down by Christian's explanations, the potential of the system is just way too enticing. "Hey, we can eliminate the wastegate. And the throttle body. And the pre-cat. And we can shut off cylinders so easily". We HAVE TO put a lot more effort and research into this. This is looking really good.

Years ago I asked a mechanic friend about using an electromagnetically opened and controlled valve train with pneumatic valve damping, He told me it would never work. Nice to see someone take this step in engine design. Imagine It. An engine that can idle smoothly at 650 to 700 and Produce GOBS of power on demand as needed. No more lumpy idle yet maximum horsepower and torque. The ULTIMATE sleeper.

Man just the reduction in mechanical friction and cams operating valves and stuff this has to free up a lot of horse power

3 years later and it's finally here...Gemera! :D

No cams, no timing belt, no throttle body, no valve lash adjustments... Holy moly that's a huge leap! MUCH easier to maintain... No timing belt breaking, no burnt valves from incorrect lash, no vacuum leaks, or oil leaks in the VVT system, soooo much headache will just disappear...

8:20 Koenigsegg is so into efficiency that they taped the edge of their office fan to make it work better.....

I was told years ago where automotive tech was headed. This was one of the technologies being researched back in 2002. Another tech area was cars with no starter motor. The computer would use the crackshaft position sensor to determine which cylinder was just past top dead center and give a double shot of fuel from that injector then fire the spark plug, which would then kick over the engine. Another bit of tech Honda was researching was a device that was installed between the engine and transmission. Apply voltage, and it act as a starter and cranks up the car. Once the key is released and the engine is running, then it acts as a generator/alternator. Saves some weight by not have both a starter and an alternator. They are also looking at electric water and power steering pumps...increasing HP and efficiency by reducing the workload on the engine.

Make motorbike engines like this ,we can get so much power and weight loss from these types of engines in motorcycles