Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The dual fuel system is available as an aftermarket upgrade for 2007 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. This system is installed on to the engine in less than 12 hours. The fuel tanks and connections are installed separately from the engine. The fuel system control unit constantly monitors the engine ECU and load conditions.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 3, 2021

Ahead of Tesla’s AI Day scheduled for August 19th, legendary mechanical engineer Dennis Hong has teased a picture of what could be Tesla’s Dojo Chip. In 2007, when the Urban Challenge was completed, Hong and Co. Interestingly, in 2011, Hong presented a TED Talk about the possibilities of making a car for blind people.

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Baua Electric

JULY 7, 2024

For over 15 years, it has been a breeding ground for budding engineers who go on to design, develop, and manufacture cutting edge products for two-, four-, or more-wheeled vehicles. When the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) approached NATRAX to host the Baja student offroading competition, we gladly agreed.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed an innovative aluminum piston design that can reliably withstand the mechanical and thermal loads produced by heavily boosted engines, thereby enhancing diesel engine performance and supporting diesel downsizing. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2012

liter natural gas engine designed to meet the increasing demand for on-highway vehicles powered by natural gas. G engine will be based on the Cummins ISB6.7 diesel engine and will use Cummins Westport’s proven spark-ignited, stoichiometric cooled exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) technology. The base engine is.a

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Increasing complexity of vehicle design is driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers. injector optimization at ORNL); and reduced models for design optimization and control strategies. Low emission, low temperature engine concepts of the future operate in regimes where combustion is poorly understood.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. HEI is an independent, non-profit research institute funded jointly by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the worldwide motor vehicle industry. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ford CEO Jim Farley noted during the automaker’s Q4 2023 earnings call that the company has a dedicated “skunkworks” team that has been developing a new electric vehicle platform focused on cost reduction. Recent reports have now indicated that Ford’s skunkworks team is being led by an alumni from Tesla, Alan Clarke.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2012

Vehicle efficiency improvements via effective standards and policies could reduce annual CO 2 e emissions from the US, China, and the EU by 1.3 In 2007, the global transportation sector accounted for approximately 25% of total energy-related CO 2 emissions&mdash almost 7 Gt, Of that, road transportation accounted for 5 Gt.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

A Stanford University research team is designing a high-efficiency wireless charging system using magnetic resonance coupling ( earlier post ) to wirelessly transmit large electric currents between metal coils placed several feet apart. Simplified schematic of the wireless energy transfer system in free space. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2013

liter turbo diesel engine with 88 kW/120 hp or 103 kW/140 hp enables CO 2 emissions as low as 99 g/km. mpg US ) over the combined cycle (according to Regulation [EC] No 715/2007), while the Sports Tourer achieves 3.9 Spark ignition engines: gasoline and LPG. turbo engine. Click to enlarge. liters of fuel per 100 km (63.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2011

Scania unveiled its new global engine platform that will be used worldwide for all emission standards: Euro 3, Euro 4, Euro 5, EEV and Euro 6. European markets also have access to an extended range of Euro 5 and EEV engines with SCR technology. The engines can operate on up to 100% biodiesel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

General Motors is adding a new $167-million investment in its Spring Hill assembly plant, brining the total spending on the plant to $350 million in support of two future mid-size vehicles. A second mid-size vehicle program with an investment of $127 million that will create or retain approximately 800 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

liter engine is a strong but smooth operator, yielding 203 hp at 6,600 rpm and 184 lb.-ft. The Camry’s four-cylinder engine uses a very high compression ratio (13:1) and Toyota’s innovative D-4S fuel injection, which employs both direct injection and additional port injectors. The Dynamic Force 2.5-liter Camry All-Wheel Drive.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

The Volkswagen Group laid the foundation stone for its new engine plant next to the Volkswagen vehicle plant at Kaluga. The plant is designed for an annual capacity of 150,000 units. The engine to be produced at Kaluga in the future will be a 1.6-liter The start of production is scheduled for the beginning of 2015.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved AMP’s E-100 truck as a zero emission vehicle and eligible for sale in California for the 2014 model year, which began this January. —Steve Burns, CEO of AMP Electric Vehicles, Inc. when fully loaded with a range of 100 miles on a full battery charge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Among the engine’s potential applications are power washers, electric generators, lawn equipment, welders, marine propulsion and possibly some hybrid vehicles. The engine incorporates a modified Brayton cycle ( earlier post ) into a continuous combustion engine system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2013

announced that the company will be ready with multiple, commercially-viable autonomous drive (AD) vehicles by 2020. Nissan said that its engineers have been carrying out intensive research on the technology for years, alongside teams from universities including MIT, Stanford, Oxford, Carnegie Mellon and the University of Tokyo.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The newly formed Engine Products Group (EPG)—comprising the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Alliance), The Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. The statute passed by Congress in 2007 states that fuels can’t be approved for the market that could cause any failures. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2013

General Motors recently renewed its five-year agreement with research partner Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh to continue developing technologies that could allow future production vehicles to drive autonomously. Boss” Kettering. The lab’s multiple projects are aligned with GM’s next-generation advanced crash-avoidance technologies.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2018

Blue Bird is providing the cleanest propane engine available for school buses on the market, with this version being 90% cleaner than the current emissions standard and 10 times cleaner than any non-Blue Bird propane school bus option available today. emission designation. emission designation. HD-OBD LPG with Ultra Low NO x 0.02

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

horsepower Honda gasoline engine, with a top speed of 6.5 I’ve now been driving electric cars for years, but the cars at Autopia still sputter with their little gas engines, filling the surrounding air with noxious emissions. The design is both retro and futuristic, retaining the same look as when it was first built.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. NO x engine is designed for medium-duty truck, urban bus, school bus and refuse applications and is available on the market today. Earlier post.). ISL G Near-Zero 0.02

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 20, 2024

I’ve now been driving electric cars for years, but the cars at Autopia still sputter with their little gas engines, filling the surrounding air with noxious emissions. horsepower Honda gasoline engine, with a top speed of 6.5 The Autopia cars aren’t the only transportation in the park being converted to zero or low-emission vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2016

Ford is tripling its fleet of fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles—making it the largest in the automotive industry, according to the company—and will use a new-generation sensor technology as the company further accelerates its autonomous vehicle development plans. Advances in sensing, software and hardware.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

Trax is named after a 2007 concept vehicle. Trax is Chevrolet’s seventh small-vehicle launch in less than four years. turbocharged four-cylinder engine coupled with a Hydra-Matic 6T40 six-speed automatic transmission with TAPShift control. Trax is powered by an Ecotec 1.4L

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

Ricardo’s forthcoming IGNITE product is a physics-based system simulation package—operating in Modelica—that focuses on complete vehicle performance and fuel economy. With a planned launch later this summer, IGNITE will allow engineers quickly to identify important variables and constraints and find optimal vehicle designs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and propane engine systems, will build and certify a multi-purpose 8-liter General Motors (GM) propane engine in partnership with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America. medium-duty engine, as well as a 6.0L

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

Reflecting the rapid evolution of the automobile as an application development platform, both Ford and GM announced programs to support third-party development of in-vehicle applications at CES in Las Vegas. Ford Developer Program. Music and Entertainment. Navigation and Location.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

a designer and developer of camera-based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for the automotive industry, introduced its 4 th -generation system-on-chip, the EyeQ4. The first design win for EyeQ4 in series production has been secured for a global premium European car manufacturer for production to start in early 2018.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2013

The goal of Ford’s relationship with the university is to analyze space-based robotic communications systems, with potential for developing vehicle mesh networks to aid in connected vehicle communications applications. As one example of the work with St. The research of fallback options and robust message networks is important.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The company envisions a not-too-distant future when dynamic charging will support moving vehicles (from taxi queues to roadways), and autonomous vehicles and robots will charge without human intervention. These investments enable WiTricity to capitalize on the incredible commercial momentum for electric vehicle adoption globally.

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Electra Vehicles

MAY 14, 2021

Collaborative Hypercar Project Showcases the Capabilities of Electric Vehicles with Multi-Chemistry Solid State and Capacitor Battery Pack Enabled by Electra’s AI Controls Algorithm. Fabrizio Martini, CEO and Co-Founder of Electra Vehicles, Inc., megawatts, or 2040 horsepower, leading the way in electric vehicle performance metrics.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 3, 2024

BS VI and the lockdown “We started as an injection moulding company in 2007 and decided to go all out as a fully integrated moulding player,” he continued. Its commercial vehicle clients include Iveco and Volvo. However, the first design approval for rotational moulding will come from Cornaglia since it owns the technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2009

Ford Motor Company began production of its EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) at Cleveland Engine Plant No. Ford invested $55 million to retool and reopen the plant, which had been idled in 2007. Approximately 250 employees are returning to the plant to build the new engines. million vehicles globally.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

million to further advanced ZEV and advanced vehicle technologies in the state. The first, Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Readiness ( PON-14-603 ), will award about $3.3 million to support planning efforts for plug-in and fuel cell vehicles. Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Readiness. Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2017

The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. Beginning in or about 2006, Audi was designing the new 3.0

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