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Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2010
Toyota introduced the Auris Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) at the 2010 Geneva motor show, marking a significant milestone in Toyota’s planned deployment of the Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain across Toyota’s entire model range by early 2020s. liter diesel or gasoline hatchback. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 24, 2023
When the first gasoline-electric hybrids vehicles began arriving in 1999 and 2000, early adopters did their research and were quite knowledgeable about the then-new and revolutionary transportation mode. But the mass market was confused; these new cars had an additional battery to provide electricity to an electric motor.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2013
Not only is it more powerful and contains up to 30% better efficiency than traditional gasoline, etc. Do they receive HOV access for their improved fuel economy and ultra low emissions? Fuel cells are seen as hitting 1% by 2025; extended range electric vehicles, 3%; and battery-electric vehicles, 4%. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
At the Tokyo Motor Show, Toyota highlighted its own new FCV Concept with a world premiere. Currently, there’s an ongoing debate about the future of the electric vehicle, which Hyundai condensed into two approaches: Store more electricity on-board using more/larger batteries. HYUNDAI TUCSON FUEL CELL. —John Krafcik.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2014
GDCI engine was significantly better than advanced production spark injection gasoline engines, and comparable to very efficient hybrid vehicle engines at their best efficiency conditions (214 g/kWh). This early work established that gasoline-like fuels with high resistance to autoignition are preferred for PPCI. Combustion stability.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
As Toyota learned with the introduction of the Prius and its efforts on the 2002 RAV4 EV, O’Brien said, it is difficult to force technology adoption by consumers. We believe at Toyota that hybrids have successfully passed the threshold into the early mass market, perhaps the first advanced [vehicle] technology to achieve that goal.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2013
The A4 of model year 2000 with a 1.8 Improvements contributing to this better fuel economy come from many areas. This is the first implementation of such a system in a turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder gasoline engine, noted Lemke. While the actual fuel economy varies by model, the Jetta equipped with the 1.8T
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