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BorgWarner providing BYD Auto with turbo technology for hybrids

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BorgWarner is supplying its advanced wastegate turbocharging technology for numerous hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) from BYD Auto Industry Company Limited. The turbochargers boost BYD Auto’s 1.5-liter In addition, BorgWarner also delivers its technology for numerous gasoline powered vehicles of BYD Auto.

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New Ford Escape launching with two new EcoBoost engines with standard Auto Start-Stop

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The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter liter EcoBoost with integrated exhaust manifold is projected to deliver horsepower and torque output comparable to the 1.6-liter—an

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Ford, GM and AVL researchers argue match-blending a flawed approach to evaluate ethanol-gasoline blends

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In their paper, the researchers from Ford, GM and AVL note that: Modification of gasoline blendstock composition in preparing ethanol-gasoline blends has a significant impact on vehicle exhaust emissions.

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

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The exhaust gas can reach temperatures greater than 900 °C, whereas the turbine upper functional limit is 850 °C. Considering that TIGERS is expected to harvest energy from the exhaust gas it is essential that it not only lives in this harsh environment it must also produce work with no impact on vehicle performance or fuel efficiency.

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Japan automakers going slow with biodiesel; JAMA maintains stance on B5 as maximum for now

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JAMA bases its postion on the results of study from the Japan Auto-Oil Program subsidized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). Impact on exhaust aftertreatment systems. Impact on stability. Impact on emissions. Impact on low temperature operability. Impact on engine oil. Impact on reliability.

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CRC Releases Summary of Status of 8 Projects Investigating Effects of Mid-Level Ethanol Blends on Non-FFV Highway Vehicles

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Testing is due to be complete next year, prompting the auto, oil and outdoor power equipment industries to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay action on its proposal to allow higher levels of ethanol in gasoline until that testing is done. Exhaust emissions on vehicles aged on mid-level ethanol blends.

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Opinion: Enablers of disruption in transportation

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The auto industry has known for a long time that business-as-usual was literally unsustainable. Globally, the automotive industry is being driven to provide more fuel efficient, less polluting and more electrified vehicles primarily by regulatory pressures, although consumer demand is playing its part as well.