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Mercedes' Cowell underlines power unit engineering prowess
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With the launch of Mercedes' 2016 W07, the team's High Performance Powertrains managing director Andy Cowell offers some insight into the latest iteration of the German manufacturer's power unit. "To get the performance out of this new generation of Power Units, you need to chase efficiency," Cowell insisted. "That's both combustion efficiency and efficiency in the various energy transition steps - i.e. MGU-H, MGU-K, turbocharger, power electronics and batteries. We're constantly working on every single piece of the puzzle to improve performance at the crankshaft, while also seeking to ensure we don't suffer any of the problems we had last year with reliability....
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