Advanced combustion strategies enabled by the TPS Ignition System could result in fuel economy gains higher than 20 percent TORRANCE, California – 6/8/2022 New research confirms an untapped advanced ignition technology offers proven solutions for significantly cleaner gasoline engines that auto manufacturers can implement immediately. Transient Plasma Systems Inc. (TPS), … Read More

Bringing it Closer to Commercialization TORRANCE, California – 12/15/2021 Innovator of high-power plasma systems surpasses critical milestones in its plan to bring its technology to market across various applications, including vehicle ignition Transient Plasma Systems Inc. (TPS), which develops and markets nanosecond pulsed power systems that unlock the potential of … Read More

JAMES McCANDLESS – 9/14/2021 With all the talk about scaling up electric vehicle (EV) production, there has been relative silence on how to improve the internal combustion engine (ICE). Engineers have been working to improving ICEs for decades, improving fuel economy while simultaneously giving drivers access to more power. Dr. … Read More

LINDSAY CHAPPELL – 8/30/2021 Transient Plasma Solutions wants to make ignition more powerful. And by doing that, combustion engines could run cleaner. Dan Singleton was a graduate student on a research project a few years ago, showing the U.S. Navy how a powerful new technology called “pulsed power” could help … Read More

DAN SINGLETON – 8/30/2021 Automakers should also focus on making cleaner combustion engines. Electric vehicles (EVs) will play a huge role in creating a greener transportation ecosystem in the years ahead as more and more consumers purchase and drive them. However, EVs are not a complete solution. Cars and trucks … Read More

RYAN LUGO – 6/15/2021 Advancing technology can keep conventional engines humming for decades. Combustion engines won’t completely disappear any time soon, if ever. Certain transportation tasks or operating environments simply don’t lend themselves to battery- or hydrogen-powered electric propulsion. A century and a half of research and development has greatly … Read More

DANIEL OBERHAUS – 9/9/2020 Researchers have long experimented with “lean burn” engines, which boost efficiency and reduce the emissions from combustion. But getting them to ignite is tricky. THERE ARE SOMETHING like a billion cars on the world’s roads today and almost all of them are powered by internal combustion. … Read More

TOM QUIMBY – 6/18/2020 Could diesel particulate filter (DPF) regenerations become a thing of the past? A Southern California startup is gaining the attention of OEMs and believes it’s possible. For the past few years in Torrance, California, Transient Plasma Systems (TPS) quietly has been developing an after treatment emissions … Read More