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The Briggs & Stratton Gasoline/Electric Hybrid Car – In 1980, at the tail end of the energy crisis, Briggs & Stratton developed the first gasoline-electric hybrid automobile concept car. "The Hybrid" was designed by Brooks Stevens , had six wheels and was powered by a twin-cylinder 16 hp (11.9 kW) Briggs & Stratton engine and a large bank of ...
In 1996, the company was sold to GUD Holdings Limited, [16] who sold the Victa Lawn Care business to American-based Briggs & Stratton for A$23 million in 2008. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 3 ] As of 2024 [update] Briggs & Stratton owns the Victa brand.
Ariens entered the lawn and garden market in 1958 with its first riding lawn mower. In 1963 Ariens built and opened a 23,000 square foot manufacturing plant in Brillion, Wisconsin, to ramp up production. In 1977 Ariens built a new metal fabrication plant in Brillion, Wisconsin. Until 1982 Ariens had focused mainly on the residential mower ...
The engine is a V-twin four-stroke, 895 cc (54.6 cu in) or 993 cc (60.6 cu in) displacement, fan-driven air-cooled, gasoline engine design.The larger displacement is achieved by increasing the stroke from 78 to 87 mm (3.1 to 3.4 in), but using the same bore of 86 mm (3.4 in).
Companies like Briggs and Stratton were also producing lightweight air-cooled engines in the 0.5–2 hp (0.37–1.5 kW) range and used much lighter-weight materials. These engines also run at much higher speeds (up to approximately 2,000–4,000 rpm) and therefore produce more power for a given size than slow flywheel engines.
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when William H. Gray, III joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -17.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.
Not all small engine ignition systems are CDI. Some engines like older Briggs and Stratton use magneto ignition. The entire ignition system, coil and points, are under the magnetized flywheel. Another sort of ignition system commonly used on small off-road motorcycles in the 1960s and 1970s was called Energy Transfer.
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