2012 Downsizing Light Oil 
Green Car Congress
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 Weighing 220 kilograms (485 lb) including all key add-on parts, the V8 is comparatively light. The demand-controlled oil pump varies oil pressure in two stages.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 18, 2013
to hold warming to 2 °C as outlined in the IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (ETP) 2 °C Scenario (2DS). The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /TJ (2.37
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2013
The technical and macro-economic study, commissioned by the European Climate Foundation, focuses on light-duty vehicles. In addition, there is a new dimension from the substitution of oil, which is largely imported, with electricity and hydrogen, which are largely generated from indigenous energy resources.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 4, 2012
liter V6 remains rated at 270 hp (2012 kW) and 258 lb-ft (350 N·m) of torque. For this next-generation design, 70% of the parts have been redesigned, which, along with a downsized oil pump, lower oil level and low viscosity oil results in up to 40% reduction in internal friction (versus the previous design).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 11, 2010
The new Focus will be one of up to 10 unique models to be built from Ford’s new global C-car platform, which is expected to generate total sales in all regions of 2 million units annually by 2012—a doubling Ford’s 2008 C-car volumes. “People downsize cars, not expectations. liter engine.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2011
At the workshop, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Mazda Executive Officer in charge of project planning and development, suggested unofficially that Mazda engineers think they ultimately may be able to approach 60% thermal efficiency with combustion engines for light duty vehicles. Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2012
The results represent a light-load indicated efficiency improvement of 15-30% (up to 40.9%). The company presented these latest test results in a paper at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit. The sleeve valves have a short heat rejection path directly to lube oil. SAE Paper 2012-01-0378 ([link]. Active sleeve cooling.
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