Green Car Reports

MARCH 28, 2012

As carmakers work to satiate consumers' desire to downsize, it's becoming easier than ever to buy a quality car in the subcompact and compact classes. The 2012 Lexus CT 200h illustrates this perfectly.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

This is a downsized platform from the prior 5.2L The Audi S8, which will be launched on the market in spring 2012, features a new 4.0 Audi will present its new S models for the first time at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA). The new S6, S7 and S8 feature a new 4.0L naturally aspirated V10.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 4, 2011

The 2012 Chevrolet Sonic subcompact just going into production this month is the smallest car sold by Chevrolet in the U.S., but the bowtie brand isn't finished downsizing yet. Today, General Motors confirmed that the Chevrolet Spark minicar will be sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The survey shows continued growth in automaker’s overall use of aluminum reaching a high of 343 lbs (156 kg) per vehicle in 2012—up 5% from 327 lbs (148 kg) in 2009. Using aluminum will extend the efficiencies of other technologies, while enabling secondary cost-savings from downsized powertrains without sacrificing performance.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2012

Tuesday 24 July, 2012. Alfa Romeo has this week proven how to make downsizing fun, engaging and a treat for enthusiasts: it has launched the MiTo 875cc TB TwinAir 85. The Green Piece Column. As its name suggests, it is indeed a 0.875-litre engine – even more intriguing than that, it boasts just two cylinders, [.].

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Even in the BRICs, ICE downsizing has become a big deal. The survey found that most companies are hedging their bets and spreading funding across a wide range of areas, with ICE downsizing and plug-in hybrids expected to receive the greatest investment over the next 5 years. —“14 th Annual Global Automotive Executive Survey”.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

To achieve its goals, Peugeot is relying on a new products strategy that includes electric propulsion (the i0n i-MiEV-derived electric car) and E-Vivacity scooter from 2010; diesel hybrid in the 3008 from 2011 ( earlier post) ; e-HDi (microhybrid) from 2011 on the entire diesel range; and a plug-in diesel hybrid in 2012. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 5, 2017

As corporate average fuel economy requirements that started in 2012 continue to tighten, automakers have turned to an entire arsenal of tactics to reduce the fuel their vehicles burn.

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded its Prize for the Environment to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Controlled Power Technologies and Valeo engineers for their paper HyBoost—An Intelligently Electrified Optimized Downsized Gasoline Engine Concept. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JUNE 3, 2010

On the heels of the Indianapolis 500 last weekend, the IZOD IndyCar Series has released a new engine strategy that reflects the downsizing trend in the larger commercial market. The new engine platform, which will debut in 2012, will allow manufacturers to produce engines with a maximum of six cylinders as well as maximum displacement of 2.4

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Smaller engines with turbochargers have spread throughout new vehicles as a way to meet the increasingly stringent fuel-efficiency rules that started in 2012. But no maker has been as forward about marketing that technology as Ford, which now offers a range of downsized and boosted engines under the EcoBoost brand.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

TFSI twin turbo V8 for the upcoming Audi top-of-the-line S8 ( earlier post ), due on market in early summer 2012, develops 382 kW (520 hp), while consuming 10.2 Audi’s principle of downsizing: “ Forced induction replaces displacement ” One twin-scroll turbocharger per cylinder bank compresses the fresh air.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

The downsized engines will deliver a 35% reduction in fuel consumption and will feature extensive energy management and energy recovery systems, while maintaining current levels of performance. The WMSC also made several amendments to the 2012 Technical Regulations, including the inclusion of fuel compounds produced from biomass.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 12, 2012

Downsizing: The car industry's buzzword for both consumers shopping for smaller cars than their previous model, and carmakers equipping their models with smaller, more efficient engines. Both are linked to lowering the cost of driving, but the latter is most interesting from an efficiency perspective.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

With the entire concept of the Nissan ZEOD RC focussing heavily on downsizing and efficiency, Nissan turned to new lubricants partner Total to help develop the engine. The Nissan Deltawing made its debut in Garage 56 in 2012.). We’re aiming to maintain our position as industry leaders in focussing on downsizing.

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MAY 18, 2012

The technology was a finalist in the 2012 Automotive News PACE Awards. —Gian Maria Olivetti. Federal-Mogul’s Hybrid Liner is produced at its Powertrain Energy manufacturing facility in Friedberg, Germany. game-changing manufacturing or business processes that support the automotive supply chain.

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APRIL 18, 2013

to hold warming to 2 °C as outlined in the IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (ETP) 2 °C Scenario (2DS). In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. HEV sales broke the one million mark in 2012, and reached 1.2 EV sales more than doubled in 2012, passing 100,000. billion to US$4.2

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MARCH 5, 2013

EcoBoost technology combines direct fuel injection, turbocharging and variable valve timing to enable a downsized engine to reduce consumption by up to 20% over larger engines. liter EcoBoost engine was introduced in the Focus in 2012 and production has already been extended to include the new B-MAX, new Fiesta, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX.

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MARCH 8, 2012

The new Yaris Hybrid—the first full hybrid vehicle to go on sale in the European B-segment—made its world debut at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The downsized full hybrid system combines the new 1NZ-FXE 1.5-liter Fuel consumption is 3.5 L/100km NEDC (67 mpg US), equivalent to 79 g/km CO 2. meters has been maintained.

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

At the 2012 São Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil, Volkswagen presented the world premiere of a newly developed compact SUV concept: the Taigun. Technically, the Taigun resembles the very contemporary New Small Family by Volkswagen, which it would round out in an upward direction if it were to be produced.

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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Developed for the latest 1-liter downsized gasoline engines. These EcoBoost engines are slated for installation initially in the 2012 Ford Focus and later, in the Ford C-Max and in the completely new Ford B-Max. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The first two engines will generate 74 and 88 kW from a displacement of just one liter.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

At the same time, you’re not about to downsize to a sub-compact in order to get good gas mileage. You’re an SUV owner looking to upgrade your current car, but you’re also getting tired of increasing gas prices and the way those hybrid and electric car owners look at you on the freeway. What do you do?

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MARCH 7, 2012

It will be manufactured at Honda’s UK manufacturing facility in Swindon from the end of 2012. By downsizing from the outgoing 2.2L Honda Civic 1.6 i-DTEC Earth Dreams. Click to enlarge. The application of new high-strength material in the cylinder head has enabled Honda to deliver the world’s lightest aluminium open deck 1.6-liter

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MARCH 4, 2014

In 2013 total Toyota Motor Europe sales reached 847,540 vehicles, an increase of 9,569 units from 2012, equalling a 0.2 In 2013, the B-segment Yaris Hybrid ended the year with sales more than doubling year-on-year reaching 49,774 units, an increase of 25,041 units from 2012. The downsized hybrid system combines a 1.5-liter

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JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. —2012 Sustainability Report. MWh/vehicle in 2010.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

The performance is projected to match that of a naturally aspirated engine and have a 20% increase in fuel efficiency compared to a turbocharged downsized engine, at a cost that is half that of a mild-hybrid system. The project— Split Micro-hybrid Boosting Enabling Highly Diluted Combustion —is headed by Anna G.

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APRIL 25, 2012

I3 Ford EcoBoost at the SAE 2012 World Congress. The EcoBoost engine represents one of the recent trends in the automotive industry, a move towards downsized and highly boosted engines that deliver higher power and better fuel economy than the larger engines they replace. FEV, Inc., is showing the 1.0L Earlier post.)

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APRIL 22, 2013

downsized, turbocharged) gasoline engine, as operating an engine with higher compression ratios at low load can increase fuel economy compared to operating an engine with fixed compression ratio. Haake (2012) Two-Stage Variable Compression Ratio (VCR) System to Increase Efficiency in Gasoline Powertrains. DEER Conference 2012).

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JUNE 13, 2012

GM says that the choice to use a small-displacement turbocharged engine for a more powerful Verano model is consistent with Buick’s effort to downsize its powertrains without sacrificing performance. Pricing will be announced closer to the start of production in late 2012. Verano’s standard Ecotec 2.4L L/100km respectively).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 26, 2012

If you answered yes, then you're in good company, as a recent JD Power survey shows that 27 percent of new car buyers have downsized in the last year. The 2012 U.S. Will your next car be smaller than your current one?

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MARCH 23, 2013

Ford expects more growth in the super segment, as baby boomers continue to downsize their vehicle purchases and first-time millennial buyers enter the market. From 2005 to 2012, Ford brand sales in the super segment were up 123%. Last month, Ford’s hybrid and EV sales captured 17% of that segment, up from 5% in February 2012.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2011

And now Mercedes-Benz has joined the gang: The luxury carmaker too will fit a downsized, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine to a. In this case, Hyundai's doing it. Chevy's doing it. Chrysler's going to do it. Even Porsche will be doing it.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Our system fundamentally increases life, reliability and energy output for ‘grid-scale’ batteries and solar fields, allowing our customers to either improve the performance of their existing devices or downsize to smaller, less costly devices. The planned installation of an 85 kW solar array is expected to be completed by the Q4 of 2012.This

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 30, 2012

At only one-liter in capacity, it's the smallest EcoBoost yet, and continues the downsizing trend seen with the other EcoBoost units. Ford of Europe has now confirmed that the engine will be launched in the 2012 Ford Focus, hitting.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

GDI technology provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Athanasios Mamakos, Christos Dardiotis, and Giorgio Martini (2012) “ Assessment of particle number limits for petrol vehicles ” (JRC report). Source: MECA, Ford Motor Company. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 25, 2012

The current 2012 powertrain consists of a 2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, a 40 kW (53 hp) electric motor and a proprietary hybrid control system that operate with the OEM internal combustion engine and automatic transmission. XLH engineers have already designed the next-generation release, in which the battery pack is downsized to 1.5

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. The OSU EcoCAR PHEV powertrain. —Skarke et al.

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