Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Develop and demonstrate an off‐board bi‐directional DC charging system for plug‐in electric vehicles and evaluate impact of grid services on PEV batteries. Develop a high‐efficiency, bi‐directional wireless charging system for medium‐duty plug‐in electric delivery vehicles and evaluate impacts on PEV batteries in this use case.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2018

Researchers at Tianjin University in China report that combing split injection to the Miller cycle with boost pressure can effectively decrease the knock tendency and increase the engine torque in a downsized spark-ignition engine. High boost pressure can compensate for the decreased intake charge of the Miller cycle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

Conflicting evidence does not support making a firm conclusion on the fuel consumption benefit of catalysed Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), according to a review of current studies by a team at the University of Bath (UK). As an example, one study found a decrease in fuel consumption of up to 2%, while another found an increase of 1.5%-3.5%.

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Fuel Exhaust Gas Engine 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

An increase in pumping requirements for any reason carries a fuel economy penalty. The company is working on a net-generation configuration combining VCR with stoichiometric charges and cooled EGR to improve part-load efficiency by means of both a reduction in heat and pumping losses. Low in-cylinder temperatures help.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

Future advanced engine and powertrain configurations must address emission and fuel economy requirements for worldwide applications, transition to bio-fuels, and synergies with future powertrain trends. improvement in fuel economy over the baseline engine for the Metro-Highway (M-H) cycle. improvement in fuel economy over the baseline.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Engine 278

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

The Freightliner SuperTruck uses a downsized and downsped 10.7-liter The SuperTruck also incorporates Predictive Hybrid Control, which optimizes hybrid battery-charging strategies to the terrain of the road ahead. The SuperTruck’s hybrid system takes kinetic energy generated from downhill braking to charge its battery.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

Ford’s approach to the project was to engineer a comprehensive suite of gasoline engine systems technologies, including: Aggressive engine downsizing in a mid-sized sedan from a large V-6 to a small I-4. Composite intake manifold w/ integrated air-water charge air cooler assembly. The engine uses a micro-stratified charge.

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Fuel Economy Economy Ford Engine 247

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The combination of electronics, advanced battery technology and charging techniques ensures the system can deliver the required rapid charge and discharge performance, while at all times maintaining a stable 12 volts to the vehicle’s main electrical system. Hence the industry trend to dual-charging systems, CPT notes.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) assisted with controlled boost, external EGR and fueling strategies for operation range extension. Two-stage boost—a small supercharger for HCCI, and a regular turbocharger for downsizing. Configuration of the ACCESS multi-mode combustion system. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy Gasoline Light Engine 218

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

In addition to demonstrating better fuel consumption results than current advanced gasoline engines, the Omnivore engine has successfully demonstrated homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) down to extremely light loads. Homogeneous charge compression ignition. Modified two-port two-stroke cycle. Combustion system.

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Fuel Economy Engine Light Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

A team at the Clean Combustion Research Center (CCRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, is proposing the use of terpineol as an octane booster for gasoline in a spark ignited (SI) engine. —Vallinayagam et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

The analysis used by federal agencies to set standards for fuel economy (CAFE) and greenhouse gas emissions for new US light-duty vehicles from 2017 to 2025 was thorough and of high caliber overall, according to a new report from the National Research Council. UMTRI Survey: US drivers want better fuel economy, don’t care how.

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Standards Fuel Economy Economy EPA 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

In 2010, The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Delphi, along with partners Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc (HATCI); Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants (WERC); and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) for a $7.48-million Earlier post , earlier post.). Earlier post.) These were two main consideration in base engine design.

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Green Car Congress

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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Gasoline Exhaust Downsizing Engine 225

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2017

At a compression ratio of 12:1, use of 98 RON fuels (including E20) yielded significant fuel efficiency improvements relative to 92 RON fuel, offering the possibility of fuel economy parity with E10 fuels for some driving cycles. Eight university teams will be working with Co-Optima researchers to carry out fundamental technical studies.

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Engine Fuel Downsizing Gasoline 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

A number of papers from Kalghatgi and his colleagues—and now other groups, including Tsinghua University in China and the Eindhoven University of Technology—have been published recently, exploring different aspects of this approach. Based on these engine studies, they installed a downsized four-cylinder 1.6-liter

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Were charging full-speed ahead before we know exactly what the investment is going to be, before we know whether we can make any money off it or not, before we know how many were going to sell," Lutz said. But I can tell you that this is a top priority program for GM, given the huge potential it offers for fuel-economy improvement." ( GM ).

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