Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2009

million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2016

High-efficiency gasoline engines, diesels and turbo- and super-charged engines, as well as hybrid or full electric powertrains, are examples of where HELLA’s new electric vacuum pump is designed to provide on-demand brake-system vacuum. Fuel efficiency and fully-independent vacuum generation were objectives for the development of the UP5.0.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The DAF CF Hybrid has been developed for driving electrically with zero emissions in urban areas, while offering a much longer range to operate beyond those urban areas, thanks to the latest, ultra-clean diesel technology. The DAF CF Hybrid features the very efficient 10.8 DAF’s heavy-duty market share in Europe grew from 15.3%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2010

VärmlandsMetanol AB has selected Uhde, a ThyssenKrupp company, as technology supplier and engineering partner for a biomass-to-methanol plant in Hagfors, Sweden, with an annual production of 100,000 tonnes of fuel-grade methanol from forest-residue biomass. In a 2005 paper published in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels , Yin et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

liter ( earlier post ) I-4 engines combine turbocharging and direct-injection technology to deliver fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions reduced by up to 20% versus conventional, larger-displacement gasoline engines with similar power output. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency. The all-new EcoBoost 1.6-liter liter and 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

The overwhelming majority (98%) still chose gasoline and diesel models.Gasoline was the fuel of choice for 56% of European drivers and nowhere was that more the case than in Russia, where customers chose 96% gasoline-powered cars, followed by the Netherlands (87%) and the Czech Republic (83%).

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 30, 2025

Of the five-digit sales markets, notable performances were recorded in Hungary (up 19.4%), Romania (up 17.3%) and Portugal (up 13.3%). Diesel carries the market Diesel powertrains carried the EU LCV market in the full year, accounting for 84.5% Diesel volumes increased by 10.5% with 149,119 diesel registrations.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Ulmis Horchidan, Autovista Group’s head of valuations for Romania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic speaks with Autovista24 editor Tom Geggus in a new podcast. Romania’s new-car market has experienced a rollercoaster ride so far this year. This illustrates the niche appeal of BEVs in Romania.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic (up 8.5%), Romania (up 7.9%), Austria (up 7.6%) and Denmark (up 2.5%) also increased volumes. It was the second worst-performing powertrain in the month and was outperformed by diesel in terms of volume. The technology sits just over 22,000 units behind diesel. was recorded in Romania.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Elsewhere, Poland (up 14.8%), Romania (up 8%), Portugal (up 2.5%), the Czech Republic (up 2.3%) and Denmark (up 1.5%) saw growth. The powertrain sat 3.2pp ahead of diesel, compared to 8.6pp 12 months ago. Damaging diesel performance Diesel was the second worst-performing powertrain in the month, declining 26.4%

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Baua Electric

MARCH 12, 2025

The same is true in Eastern Europe, with Poland, Romania and Hungary also seeing lower shares. Instead, diesel was calculated to have the best TCO at the set age and mileage. The fuel type was followed by the BEV option, then petrol, with the PHEV in last place. The BEV option was by far the cheapest choice followed by the PHEV.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Diesel, used by most HGVs, causes more air pollution per kilometer than other fuels such as petrol. Exhaust emissions from diesel engines were recently labelled as carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Costs are also high in Luxemburg, Germany, Romania, Italy and Austria, at around €0.08/km

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Conversely, deliveries dropped in Greece (down 16.4%), Belgium (down 13%), Portugal (down 7.8%), Romania (down 6.4%), Czechia (down 5%), the Netherlands (down 4.6%). Diesels EU drop Diesel was the worst-performing powertrain in January. Deliveries of the fuel type dropped 27% last month, with 82,942 units. year on year.

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