An internal combustion engine (10) is provided with a crankshaft which may be split to support deactivation of some cylinders when the engine is operating at light load. Aspects of the present invention relate to apparatus to control the speed and position...

An internal combustion engine (10) is provided with a crankshaft which may be split to support deactivation of some cylinders when the engine is operating at light load. Aspects of the present invention relate to apparatus to control the speed and position...

The engine (10) has two cylinders (14) forming two groups, where each group comprises a cylinder portion activated in a load-dependent manner and deactivated, if a predefined load is undershot. The groups have different compression ratios, and the cylinder...

A vehicular accessories drive apparatus (1) includes a main engine (5), a subsidiary engine (6), and vehicular accessories (8a) that are driven by the main engine (5) or the subsidiary engine (6). Furthermore, a fuel consumption predicting portion (40b) pr...