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MAY 31, 2024

The event was hosted by a trio of Japanese CEOs and their top engineers to explain to the world how they planned on tackling emissions regulations without being overwhelmingly reliant on battery electric automobiles. That was its plan for cleaner, downsized 1.4-liter liter and 2.0-liter

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APRIL 19, 2013

A study by a team from Ford Motor Company and AVL has concluded that a mid-level ethanol blend—greater than E20 but less than E40—appears to be attractive as a long-term future fuel for the US for use in engines optimized for the higher octane blend. In the face of increased regulatory stringency (e.g., Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Researchers at Brunel University in the UK, led by Professor Hua Zhao, Head of Mechanical Engineering and Director, Centre for Advanced Powertrain and Fuels (CAPF), are investigating optimizing the performance of controlled autoignition (CAI) combustion in a four-valve camless gasoline direct injection engine running in a two-stroke cycle.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Ford will upgrade its entire powertrain portfolio in China by bringing 20 advanced engines and transmissions to support its planned introduction of 15 new vehicles to China—the world’s largest auto market—by 2015. The global EcoBoost engine family is the cornerstone of Ford’s near-term sustainability plan.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

CPT says that the RegEnBoost system enables a typical family-sized car to achieve less than 100 g/km CO 2 with a 1-liter gasoline engine, but when required can offer the same lively performance and in-gear acceleration of a 2-liter naturally aspirated powertrain. Hence the industry trend to dual-charging systems, CPT notes.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ricardo will display the first functional integration prototype of the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) collaborative research project ( earlier post ) in public for the first time this week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV 2014) in the UK.

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JULY 12, 2013

The UK government and automotive industry are investing £500 million (US$755 million) each over the next 10 years in an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to research, to develop and to commercialize the technologies for the low carbon vehicles of the future. Government and industry expect the APC to open during 2014. million vehicles in 2012.

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

PureTech 3-cylinder engine. Citroën is introducing the first members of its new PureTech family of three-cylinder gasoline engines on the C3, DS3 and C-Elysée (for international markets) ranges. The design brief for the new-generation PureTech engines called for a clean break in powertrain development. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). Yes, behind my helmeted head there’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

Comparison of fuel consumption of Omnivore, homogeneous Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) and Spray-Guided GDI engines. The first testing phase of Lotus Engineering’s Omnivore variable compression ratio, flex-fuel direct injection two-stroke engine ( earlier post ) has been successfully completed on gasoline. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 23, 2017

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Cummins will display a new powertrain, configurable for either a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) or a range extended electric vehicle (REEV) incorporating a compact engine-generator. liter engine is downsized by about 50% in terms of displacement and can achieve up to 10 mpg, significantly lowering the carbon footprint.

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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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OCTOBER 8, 2013

liter turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine ( earlier post ) at the 22 nd Aachen Colloquium in Germany. The engine will debut in the Opel Adam next year, together with an all-new, six-speed manual gearbox. liter, naturally-aspirated engine, as well as the same 85 kW/115 hp maximum power output. liter engine.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

EBDI engine. Based on test work already carried out, Ricardo estimates that a fuel economy improvement of up to 30% is possible with no loss of power or performance, using a downsized EBDI engine in place of currently available gasoline powertrain technology. liter EBDI engine—resulting in up to a 16.8%

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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. ADEPT powertrain architecture. Development completed, testing ongoing.

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MARCH 20, 2013

A team from Brunel University, MAHLE Powertrain and University College London studied the combined effects of different inlet valve operating strategies on combustion, performance and emissions with different ethanol and 1-butanol blends with gasoline in a single-cylinder spark-ignition research engine equipped with a fully variable valvetrain.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the program could be expanded to provide power for charging electric vehicles. The RFS, in essence, mandated that the blend powering engines in the nation’s official service vehicles run on a certain amount of renewable fuel. It’s a program with decidedly mixed results. In 2016, a U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

From the top-of-cab solar panels powering its battery and interior lights, to its ultra-light aluminum frame and highly advanced 425 horsepower 11-liter proprietary engine, the SuperTruck concept vehicle allowed Volvo engineers to push the boundaries of heavy truck efficiency. for the D11 and 2.5% for the D13.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

However, they noted, graphene sheets have a high tendency to restack themselves during preparation and electrode production, leaving behind intergraphene pore sizes that are not sufficient for accessibility to the electrolyte and formation of EDL charges. in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University in 1985.

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JULY 4, 2010

to eliminate turbo lag—in support of aggressive engine downsizing. The electric supercharger operates independently of engine speed, making it suitable to maintaining vehicle transient performance and driveability. This can be achieved by varying charge air pressure via HTT’s integral control system.

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MARCH 27, 2015

Although the basic concept of the Class 1 Le Mans Prototype (LMP1)— a downsized turbocharged direct injection gasoline engine and two different energy recovery systems—was retained in the second generation, virtually every component was refined. System power now totals nearly 1,000 hp (746 kW). Recovered energy (MJ).

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AUGUST 16, 2016

These trucks haul 80% of goods in the United States and use about 28 billion gallons of fuel per year, accounting for around 22% of total transportation energy usage—presenting a significant opportunity for carbon emissions reduction and energy savings for a key segment of the US transportation sector. Navistar, Inc. 1,949,007.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Instead, Volvo says, the little electric SUV might be the first new car for a young professional or a new couple, or empty-nesters who want to downsize their second or third vehicle now that they’re done hauling kids and their gear. Kia and Volvo provided airfare, lodging, and meals to enable Charged to bring you this first-person report.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The HyBoost project ( earlier post ), a two-year collaborative research program led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, aims to demonstrate a very cost-effective, ultra-efficient gasoline engine in a C-segment passenger car.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

litre four-cylinder turbocharged direct-injection engine. Thanks to a new scavenging strategy the drive torque is comparable to one of an aspirated V6 engine which is almost twice its displacement. However, there are also significant efficiency gains through the downsizing. The new Lancia Delta from Fiat will boast a 1.8

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JUNE 4, 2010

Using a 2007 base vehicle, the committee estimated the potential fuel savings and costs to consumers of available technology combinations for three types of engines over that timeframe: spark-ignition gasoline, compression-ignition (CI) diesel, and hybrid. Engines and Technologies.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The successful application of the technologies would allow a global vehicle manufacturer to reduce its in-use carbon footprint of a typical vehicle by 50g/km—a 30% reduction on today’s baseline. Rick Quinn, senior manager for advanced engineering. SpeedStart.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Magnomatics was founded in 2006 by a group of engineers from the University of Sheffield (UK) to commercialize magnetic gearing and motor technology developed there. Magnomatics says that a typical installation would have MAGSPLIT mounted directly onto the crankcase of the internal combustion engine. Background. MAGSPLIT principle.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Antonov will showcase its new and advanced 2-speed and 3-speed technology ( earlier post ) at the UK’s low carbon vehicle event LCV2010 being held at Millbrook Proving Ground on 15-16 September 2010. Detailed 3D stereolithographic models will be on display of both the 2-speed and 3-speed transmission technologies.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

The central part of the method is a new fuel system including high-temperature fuel injectors and a common rail to deliver SC fuel-diluent mixtures for combustion over ranges of conditions which will significantly improve engine efficiency, reduce PM and NO x and mitigate the environmental thermal impact. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

Light naphtha has a boiling range between 30 °C and 90 °C and 5-6 carbon atoms. Heavy naphtha has a boiling range between 90 °C and 200 °C and 7-11 carbon atoms. It would be desirable to develop engine combustion systems that could run on naphtha. Heavy naphta is often upgraded further. —Chang et al.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The diversified manufacturer also said that in addition to boosting engine performance, its superchargers can provide up to a 5% fuel savings and reduce emissions compared to competing technologies. Eaton has developed a range of next-generation variable valvetrain systems for high-speed overhead camshaft engines.

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JULY 7, 2014

liter four-cylinder engine and the NX 300h hybrid with 2.5-liter liter Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine, which brings the brand’s number of hybrid offerings to six—the most among luxury brands. liter turbocharged gasoline engine has a combination water-cooled cylinder head, integrated exhaust manifold and twin-scroll turbocharger.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

This should include recognition of all alternative fuel pathways and all CO 2 abatement measures available, including application of carbon capture and storage (CCS). All these principal alternative fuel candidates can be produced from low-carbon technologies. unwanted effects on indirect land use change.

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JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Engineering Advantages of PHEV. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. Table of Contents. References.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. Theoretically, it should be easier to engineer a right-hand drive model from the factory, although clearly the numbers have to add up for someone to push the button.

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