Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

GM will focus its vehicle electrification efforts on three main technologies: light electrification, currently manifested in the eAssist systems; extended range electric vehicles (EREVs) such as the Chevrolet Volt; and battery electric vehicles (BEVs), such as the soon-to-be-introduced Spark EV. Source: Larry Nitz, GM.

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Extended Range GM Light Plug 286

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Honda announced that the upcoming Clarity Fuel Cell ( earlier post ) will be joined by two additional electrified variants, the Clarity Electric and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid, launching in the US in 2017. In addition to the Clarity series, a reengineered 2017 Accord Hybrid will go on-sale this spring. Accord Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. The near-term elements of GM’s fuel economy efforts he adduced are: Reduction in vehicle weight by up to 15%.

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Fuel Economy Economy GM Gasoline 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Berube went on to reference the importance of DOE’s major new Co-Optima initiative ( earlier post ), an effort to co-optimize new fuels and light-, medium- and heavy-duty engines which together could achieve very significant performance improvements. This fuel economy improvement is reduced to 3% in comparison to a modern CI (i.e.

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PHEV Engine Fuel Economy Economy 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

The Advanced Clean Cars program combines the control of soot, smog-causing pollutants (LEV III) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into a single coordinated package of requirements for model years 2017 through 2025. Projected targets for Light-Duty Vehicle gCO 2 /mile emission rates. This corresponds to US EPA Tier 2 Bin 2.).

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California Clean Cleaning Fleet 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The intended application is light-, medium-, and heavy-duty markets including hybrid architectures. Fuel impacts on catalyst light-off temperatures. Thrust 2, said Wagner, is facing a decision point in March 2017. What the program has not done to this point is add blended power or extended-range architectures (i.e.,

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