Anno 01/01/2007: Van Powertrain kunnen we niets meer van horen omdat zij samen met MG Rover falliet zijn gegaan. (Powertrain ltd. leverde destijds de motoren voor de MG Rover auto's. Wel zijn veel technische mensen van Powertrain ltd. ovegestapt naar SAIC/Nanjing (of waren voor een tijd in dienst van SAIC/Nanjing).

Wel kan het zo zijn dat deze technische mensen van Powertrain ltd. SAIC/Nanjing hebben geattendeerd op de Antonov Automatische Transmissie technology. SAIC produceerd momenteel de Chinese versie van de MG Rover 75.

In de tijd dat MG Rover nog niet falliet was waren er vergaande plannen op de MG Roer 75 te voorzien van een Antonov DCA (Dual Clutch Antonov).

De Rover StreetWise en de City Rover zouden de AAD six speed krijgen. (Er rijdt nog steeds een MG Rover StreetWise rond met een AAD six speed als demo auto voor klanten). Historie zie hieronder.
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Het Falliet van Powertrain.
Startpagina Powertrain (nog steeds in de lucht 29-11-2005).
Ondanks het falliet van Powertrain (juli 2005) is de website nog steeds actief (althans op 1 okt 2005).

Het blijkt dat een aantal top ingenieurs over zijn gegaan van Powertrain naar SAIC.

Powertrain werd door het faillissement van MG Rover mee de afgrond ingesleurd. Echter is SAIC (zie de SAIC pagina) zeer geinteresseerd in de: (zie ook de berichten op de site van Antonov zelf.

1e AAD 6-speed (zou in 2006 leverbaar worden in een Rover StreetWise & CityRover)
2e K-engines.
3e Camles Engine Technology.
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M.B.T. AAD:
24 September 2004 - Antonov announces new product range and collaboration partner! Antonov, the developer of new transmission technologies, today announces that Powertrain Ltd, the leading independent UK engine and transmission manufacturer, has taken out an exclusive licence to produce a new 6 speed electronic automatic transmission and a new dual clutch transmission. Since signing a wide-ranging "Heads of Agreement" in February 2004 the two companies have worked together to develop the Antonov technology from the prototype stage towards production readiness.
A running demonstrator of the 5th generation 6 speed planetary transmission has now been fitted to a Rover Streetwise car. Over the next few months it will be tested by OEM’s and be ready for production in 2006.
In addition the 2 companies will complete the design and development work on an all new dual clutch 6 and 7 speed transmission systems and a running demonstrator will be available for OEM appraisal within 6 months.
Rouben Antonov, Chairman, said, "Our relationship with Powertrain Ltd has developed well over the past 6 months and their decision to take out an exclusive licence is a great testimony to our new technologies and their confidence in their benefits"
Fraser Welford-Winton, Managing Director Powertrain Ltd, said, "We have been very impressed with the technical and consumer benefits of the Antonov technologies. Working together with Antonov I believe we can bring to market products with a real competitive advantage and can win new customers over the next 5 years"
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M.B.T. K-Series Engine:
The award winning K Series engine is an all aluminium unit utilising through bolt technology and is available in four capacity variants: 1.1 litre, 1.4 litre, 1.6 litre and 1.8 litre. The engines are 4 cylinder water cooled naturally aspirated with 4 valves per cylinder and utilising multi-point fuel injection with sequential operating capability.
The block and liner construction is common across the range with the 1.6 litre and 1.8 litre using thinner section liners to increase bore size and hence capacity. All have direct acting overhead camshafts and hydraulic targets, toothed belt driver via an auto tensioning system arrangement.
The 1.8 litre engine offers a variable valve control derivative valve control derivative giving full performance potential from camshaft variables.
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M.B.T. Camless engine technology:
13 April 2005 - Powertrain presents Camless engine technology at the Detroit SAE Congress! POWERTRAIN LTD PRESENTS CAMLESS ENGINE TECHNOLOGY AT THE DETROIT SAE CONGRESS
Powertrain Ltd, today has given a presentation on Intelligent Valve Actuation (IVA), a technology critical to the development of its camless engine, at the 100 th SAE Congress in Detroit USA.
This follows on from an 18-month joint research and development programme with Camcon Technology, the UK inventor and developer of binary actuation technology. Since October 2004 Powertrain Ltd has had an exclusive licence agreement with Camcon to develop the technology in the automotive sector. The presentation of a technical paper at the global SAE Congress demonstrates the progress that has been made to develop a camless engine prototype.
Alan Warburton, Powertrain Ltd’s Engineering Director said, “IVA technology enables us to have precise control over combustion by allowing each valve of the engine to be independently controlled. Key achievements include providing a number of stable valve lift positions and high energy efficiency whilst also supporting improved durability and noise levels. We believe that we have provided an innovative system to overcome the critical objections to electromagnetic valve operation; namely, 12V system compatibility, low power consumption and variable lift control. We can now offer to OEM’s significantly improved engine combustion efficiency with enhanced engine performance and fuel economy, whilst at the same time reducing engine emissions”.
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