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Advanced ADEPT 48V affordable mild hybrid on path to meet future ultra-low vehicle emissions

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The concept of “intelligent electrification” enables highly aggressive engine downsizing and down-speeding beyond what might normally be possible other than through more expensive hybridization approaches. Further energy recovery is achieved from CPT’s exhaust-mounted 48V turbine integrated exhaust gas energy recovery system known as TIGERS.

Emissions

Emissions Hybrid Affordable Future

HyBoost Project Aiming for 30-40% CO2 Reduction Without Performance Compromise

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

This is to be achieved through the synergistic application of an extremely downsized gasoline engine coupled with electrified boosting and exhaust gas energy recovery; micro-hybrid functionality with stop/start, torque assist and regenerative braking; and a novel energy storage technology. The £3 million (US$4.9 Earlier post.)

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Lead Acid CO2 Exhaust Gasoline-Electric

CPT developing 48-volt electric supercharger for micro-mild hybrids

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. There will be no torque deficit or other tradeoffs from essential engine downsizing and higher gearing, which now dominates the development of internal combustion engines.

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Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. Downsizing therefore isn’t vital and, due to the improved light-load efficiency and emissions performance we see with Omnivore, this technology approach and ‘upsizing’ could permit a more efficient engine.

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NRC report finds significant number of near-term technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

Others include: Stoichiometric direct injection typically affords a 1.5 Turbocharging and downsizing can also yield fuel consumption reductions. Downsizing is an important strategy applicable in combination with technologies that increase engine torque, such as turbocharging or supercharging.

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Fuel Downsizing Fuel Economy Diesel

NREL announces $18M investment in 9 new projects to advance medium- and heavy-duty natural gas vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

The selected projects will focus on reducing the total cost of ownership of NGVs, increasing vehicle efficiency, decreasing local air pollution, and advancing technology development to increase the use of more affordable medium- and heavy-duty natural gas engines and vehicles. Cummins Inc. Plug-in Hybrid CNG Drayage Truck “PHET”.

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Calls for an international 48V electrical standard for vehicles; looming WLTP implementation

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

This means that in addition the power demand is more difficult to achieve with engine downsizing and transmission down-speeding alone. Low voltage hybridization on the other hand, for a new class of 48V hybrid vehicle, provides an affordable compromise between efficiency and cost. Click to enlarge. The conference.

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Standards International Vehicles Hybrid

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Most of the projects will support the goals of EV Everywhere, an Energy Department program that aims to make PEVs as affordable and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles by 2022. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy.

Vehicles

Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal

Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

What fuel and engine combinations are sustainable, affordable, and scalable? Thrust 1 builds on the significant amount of work carried out over the past several decades, focused on building advanced boosted, downsized, and downspeeded spark ignition engines. How do engine parameters affect efficiency? Earlier post.)

Engine

Engine Fuel Vehicles Emissions

DOE to award $7M to accelerate fuel and engine co-optimization technologies; Co-Optima initiative

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million in project funding to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines as part of the Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines (Co-Optima) initiative. Earlier post.).

Engine

Engine Fuel Emissions Pollution

HyBoost project could cut emissions by 40 per cent

Green Cars News

DECEMBER 1, 2009

To achieve this, the partners will look into the synergistic application of an extremely downsized petrol engine as well as exhaust gas recovery, electrified boosting, micro-hybrid functionality with stop/start, regenerative braking, a novel energy storage technology and torque assist. . “The

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Emissions CO2 Lead Acid Petrol

Opel to launch 3 new engine families, 13 new engines by 2016

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Focused on meeting a growing customer demand for ‘downsized’ engines offering strong power with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the new gasoline and diesel powertrains are being progressively introduced across the Opel product range. The engine retains the proven concept of a turbine-integrated exhaust manifold.

Engine

Engine 2016 Fuel Economy Fuel

Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Automakers are finding it difficult to challenge those boldface numbers with internal combustion alone, especially as engines are relentlessly downsized to meet regulations. Eventually, people will want vehicles powered by internal combustion because they are quaint. A jaw-dropping weight-to-power ratio of 1.57 And don’t forget sound.

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid

EV Driven

Advanced ADEPT 48V affordable mild hybrid on path to meet future ultra-low vehicle emissions

HyBoost Project Aiming for 30-40% CO2 Reduction Without Performance Compromise

CPT developing 48-volt electric supercharger for micro-mild hybrids

Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

NRC report finds significant number of near-term technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars

NREL announces $18M investment in 9 new projects to advance medium- and heavy-duty natural gas vehicle technologies

Calls for an international 48V electrical standard for vehicles; looming WLTP implementation

DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

Update on DOE Co-Optima project to co-optimize fuels & engines; goal of 30% per vehicle reduction in petroleum

DOE to award $7M to accelerate fuel and engine co-optimization technologies; Co-Optima initiative

HyBoost project could cut emissions by 40 per cent

Opel to launch 3 new engine families, 13 new engines by 2016

Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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