Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The new Mondeo Hybrid is Ford’s first full hybrid car in Europe. Ford projects that two-thirds of all the company’s vehicles in Europe will be leaders, or among the very best, in terms of fuel efficiency by 2013. The Ford Mondeo Hybrid will be Ford’s first full hybrid-electric vehicle for Europe. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Magnomatics has received funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board (TSB) for a number of projects investigating the application of its technology in hybrid systems. million) funding to develop magnetically geared motors and generators for the hybrid and electric vehicle market. Source: Magnomatics. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Annual stop-start light duty vehicle sales by region, world markets: 2013-2022. billion total in 2013. of the market. The latest systems are starting to adopt some of the features that were first developed for full hybrid vehicles, Navigant notes. Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge. By then, 82.8%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

As recently as 2004, super segment sales were only 35% of the market. 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. —Amy Marentic, group marketing manager, Global Small and Medium Cars.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

The C 180 (115 kW) with manual transmission was taken as the base variant of the new C-Class at market launch for the lifecycle analysis; it was compared with the corresponding preceding model. It was not possible, however, to achieve the very good figure shown by the preceding model at the time of market exit, Mercedes-Benz said.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

Staggered implementation: 65% to comply with requirements in 2012; 75% in 2013; 80% in 2014 and 100% in 2015. Downsizing, gasoline direct injection (GDI), and start-stop will be the key technologies helping original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) achieve emission targets by 2015. ACEA says that the industry spends €20 billion (US$28.8

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

This unit is identical to the pre-production prototypes currently being prepared by Ricardo for delivery to key OEM and Tier 1 customers; these units are intended both for detailed evaluation and product integration, paving the way for rapid market introduction. Hybrids Vehicle Systems' —Ricardo VP of Innovation David Rollafson.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2010

As part of the new plan, Valeo will devote two-thirds of its advanced research investment to developing technology solutions for downsized internal combustion engines and for hybrid and electric vehicles. billion) by 2013 (10% of total sales) and then to boost that to more than €5 billion (US$6.8 billion) in 2020.

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MARCH 19, 2013

This first report (Phase I) examines only the impact of improving the efficiency of fossil-fueled vehicles, in which efficiency gains are delivered by the improvement of the internal combustion engine vehicle, including lightweighting, engine downsizing and hybridization.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2015

Knock and fuel octane rating are becoming increasingly important due to many powertrain design trends including downsizing, downspeeding, cylinder deactivation, and hybridization. … The vast majority (87%) of gasoline sold in the US in 2013 was regular grade, with 10% premium and 3% midgrade. In their study, Leone et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Hyundai is also displaying the diesel i40 48V hybrid concept, featuring a lead-carbon battery. 48-volt hybrid version of the i40. The i40 48V Hybrid reduces CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption significantly compared to the standard production model, yet only costs a quarter of a full hybrid solution to build. liter T-GDI.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

Nevertheless, with many fewer observations and the fact that DI engines are just beginning to enter the market, more tests are needed for DI-engine vehicles on low blends. Increased engine efficiency at high load for ethanol/ gasoline blends (as a result of their antiknock properties) could also be explored in hybrid-electric powertrains.

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

liter engine vehicles as well as a new front-wheel-drive parallel hybrid system using the one-motor, two-clutch design earlier applied in the rear-wheel drive Infiniti M35 ( earlier post ). New hybrid system for FWD vehicles. Nissan plans to release a new hybrid vehicle in North America in 2013, and later in global markets.

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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). Delphi has been developing a multi-cylinder engine concept for PPCI combustion with the current US market gasoline (RON91).… Honda 2.2L

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

In 2013 the European Parliament recommended an “indicative range” of 68–78 g/km for 2025, while holding out the possibility that even lower targets should be considered if justified. Under current European Union regulations, average new car CO 2 emissions must decrease from the present 120 grams per kilometer (g/km) to 95 g/km by 2021.

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APRIL 21, 2009

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Batteries not ready.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen unveiled the first model publicly shown based on the MQB: the Cross Coupé all-wheel-drive (AWD) plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV). Volkswagen has already announced the launch of the latter within the MQB in 2013 in the new Golf Blue-e-Motion. Earlier post. ). EA211 series gasoline engines.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. I4 initially for the C-MAX in European markets.

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