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Why China's GAC Tried Developing A 4-Cylinder Engine That Ran On Ammonia

A few years ago, in 2023, China's Guangzhou Automobile Group Co.

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The Core Event

(GAC) pioneered a four-cylinder engine that runs on ammonia.

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Key Facts

In part because ammonia, like hydrogen, can burn without generating carbon emissions, because it's composed of nitrogen and hydrogen (the chemical formula is NH3), so it doesn't contain any carbon atoms to emit.

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(GAC) pioneered a four-cylinder engine that runs on ammonia.

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