The wholly new computerized buncher control system is an real time buncher system. It changes vertical phase space of the ion stream and enhances the intensity of the ion stream.

The engine electronics system also controls the ion stream knock control that gauges the ideal ignition time of the individual cylinders, thus making full use of the engine's potential.

An exemplary ion source for creating a stream of ions has an aluminum alloy arc chamber body that at least partially bounds an ionization region of the arc chamber.