Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

Cummins has developed an E-85-specific engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide emissions by as much as 80% compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. It delivers the power (up to 250 hp / 186 kW) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft / 610 N·m) of gasoline and diesel engines nearly twice its 2.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals. —David Brooks.

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GM Engine Future Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Audi has introduced a new low-displacement turbocharged gasoline engine in the A3 model line. TFSI engine generates 77 kW (105 hp), with fuel consumption of 5.5 mpg US); CO 2 emissions are 127 g/km (204 g/mile). Downsizing entails the replacement of engine displacement with turbocharging. Earlier post.)

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Downsizing Audi Gasoline-Electric Engine 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

A team of Penn State engineers has demonstrated a thermally modulated lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery to offer an adequate cruise range per charge that is extendable by a 10-minute recharge in all climates, essentially guaranteeing EVs that are free of range anxiety. A paper on their work is published in Nature Energy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This is equivalent to a half million mile range in which every charge is a fast charge. Our fast-charging technology works for most energy-dense batteries and will open a new possibility to downsize electric vehicle batteries from 150 to 50 kWh without causing drivers to feel range anxiety. Credit: EC Power.

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International Charging Power Powered 273

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines.

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Fleet Engine Fuel Economy Global 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan—the second-generation of the vehicle—is powered by the latest version of the EA888 four-cylinder engine, the 2.0L This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. TSI EA888 Gen3 B-Cycle (Budack-cycle, earlier post ), coupled with an 8-speed automatic.

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The H2-DI engine was estimated to exceed 2016 CAFE targets with engine out Tier 2 Bin 2 (SULEV) emission levels. The team sees further potential for fuel economy improvement with engine downsizing. The engine delivers peak BTE of 45.5% L/100km, respectively), with NO x emissions of 0.017 g/mile.

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Fuel Economy Economy 2016 Hydrogen 262

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Opel is launching three new engine families and 13 new engines between 2012 and 2016, renewing 80% of its engine portfolio. liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes. liter gasoline and diesel engines, together with next generation five- and six-speed gearboxes.

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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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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 97

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

liter, direct-injected and multi-port-injected gasoline engine as well as 1.6-liter, liter engine couples to an 8-speed automatic transmission for excellent efficiency and acceleration. liter engine provides quick and crisp shifts. Moreover, passenger volume increases by six cubic feet, to 108.2 cubic feet, to 38.7 cubic feet.

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Tucson Hyundai Plug-in Gasoline-Electric 221

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Port assisted direction injection (PDI)—a dual injection system for combining the benefits of port fuel injection (PFI) and direct injection (DI), and enabling a dual fuel system approach for high compression ratios and extreme downsizing on boosted engines. Emitec is heading up the work on aftertreatment design and improvements.

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Fuel Economy Gasoline Light Engine 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2012

Test results from that supplier have demonstrated potential fuel-saving, engine down-sizing and/or down-speeding opportunities without adversely affecting performance and drivability. band, particularly at low engine speeds. manufacturers can utilize smaller, more efficient engines with no loss in. V6 engine.

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Downsizing Engine 2008 Design 304

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

class gasoline engine. outlined its plans for next-generation automotive technology&madsh;which it is labeling “Earth Dreams Technology”—comprising a series of measures to improve the efficiency of gasoline and diesel engines, transmissions, hybrid and plug-in hybrid systems and electric powertrains. Gasoline engine.

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Honda Plug-in Hybrid Engine 246

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

A recent preliminary road test of the Raser Hummer H3E, an H3 converted with a range-extended electric powertrain ( earlier post ), demonstrated more than 50 miles of all-electric range. Battery range of this innovative vehicle was more than sufficient to exceed our performance target of 40 miles in all-electric mode. Jim Spellman.

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Hummer All-Electric Miles Range 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. In other words, while the use of GDI engines can reduce CO 2 , it also can increase BC—contributing to further warming.

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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

The 2024 Lucid Air Grand Touring is now being delivered, and once again it hits a 516-mile EPA range—the best of any EV. The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack. And why is each EV still losing thousands to full-line automakers?

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Mercedes Range Charging Downsizing 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Estimated range is 250 miles (402 km). Kona Electric estimated range is a segment-leading 250 miles (402 km), meeting the varying needs of owner lifestyles. cubic feet of rear cargo volume, exactly the same volume as the Kona with an internal combustion engine. The powertrain inverter has a power density of 25.4 kVA per liter.

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New York Hyundai Miles Market 191

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

Included in its product strategy are: Cleaner engines. Peugeot continues to improve engine efficiency with a downsizing strategy for its gasoline and HDi FAP diesel engines. The Marque is also developing a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine. 100% Electric vehicles. Full Hybrid. 100 km (62 mpg US) and 99g of CO 2 /km.

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Downsizing Plug-in Hybrid Concept 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

l/100 km) over 8,387 miles (13,498 km), in a 25-day drive across all 24 EU contiguous countries. The car achieved an average 932 miles (1,500 km) on each tank of fuel, at a total fuel cost for the whole journey of just £459 (US$716). liter i-DTEC engine. Earlier post.) Behind the wheel of a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 The new 1.6

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Honda MPG Diesel Miles 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Audi will initially offer the A1 with four engines; the two TFSI gasoline engines and the two TDI diesels cover a power range from 63 kW (86 hp) to 90 kW (122 hp). All of the engines employ direct fuel injection and turbocharging. The entry-level gasoline engine is the new 1.2 Audi offers two versions of this engine.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Daimler Trucks North America’s (DTNA) SuperTruck program has achieved 115% freight efficiency improvement (gallons of fuel consumed per ton of goods moved per mile traveled)—surpassing the Department of Energy (DOE) program’s goal of 50% improvement and exhibiting the best results of all reporting OEMs. engine brake thermal efficiency.

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

The report presents dynamometer test results and emission models from fully aged aftertreatment systems installed on heavy-duty on-road engines to offer several compliance paths that are achievable by model year 2024 without significant changes to today’s engines or aftertreatment systems. g/bhp-hr and a low-load cycle limit below 0.2

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Standards Diesel 2019 Emissions 191

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

mpg and 199 g/mile CO 2 in 2026. These innovative technologies include catalytic and evaporative emissions controls, advanced fuel injection, downsized GDI engines, turbochargers, cooled-EGR systems, dynamic cylinder deactivation, OBD systems as well as hybrid and fuel cell powertrain systems, batteries, electric components and controls.

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Standards Industry Industrial Downsizing 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2015

Employing original Honda technologies, the fuel cell stack for this model was downsized by 33% compared to the previous version of the fuel cell stack yet delivers output of more than 100 kW, with an output density of 3.1 V6 engine, enabling it to be packaged under the hood of a sedan-type vehicle for the first time.

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Honda Fuel Miles Range 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

liter, direct-injected and multi-port-injected gasoline engine as well as 1.6-liter, liter engine, with high-efficiency combustion, cooled EGR and an optimized ITMS cooling system, delivers 187 horsepower at 6,100 rpm and 178 lb. liter engine couples to an 8-speed automatic transmission for excellent efficiency and acceleration.

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Tucson Hyundai PHEV SUV 259

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine. On-road tests using a working prototype showed fuel efficiency improvements of up to 6%, according to Dr. Andreas Schamel, director, Ford Global Powertrain, Research & Advanced Engineering in Vienna last week. For the test, the engineers also developed a new dual mass flywheel.

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Ford Fuel Downsizing Engine 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

Delphi Automotive has developed a common rail fuel system technology for heavy-duty diesel engines that combines proven hardware with an innovative architecture, allowing vehicle manufacturers to meet Euro VI emissions standards without significant modification to their base engines. New high pressure heavy duty common rail systems.

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Engine Light Diesel 2000 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2016

hybrid vehicles, downsizing, plug-ins)—or under some specific operating conditions (e.g. during the cold start/warm-up phase, driving at extreme altitudes or when using the air-conditioning system)—the vacuum produced by the engine is no longer sufficient—or sometimes even available. miles per gallon.

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Fuel Romania Downsizing Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2015

A comparison of the benefits of two different cylinder deactivation operating strategies for downsized 3-cylinder engines such as the 1.0L liter EcoBoost engine recently received its eighth award in four years at the 2015 International Engine of the Year Awards. Even for an aggressively downsized engine such as the 1.0-liter

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Ford Fuel Economy Downsizing Economy 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Volkswagen says that its MQB strategy represents a turning point in the design and production of its future automobiles with transverse-mounted engines. One of the prominent characteristics of the Modular Transverse Matrix is the uniform mounting position of all engines. EA211 series gasoline engines. The engines, with a 10.5:1

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Green Car Congress

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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Engine Fuel Economy Energy Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

liter V12 engine car to run on pure gasoline or hydrogen or a blend of both. Austria-based Alset Global’s Hybrid Hydrogen system comprises a hydrogen fuel rail, storage tank and proprietary engine management system. This proprietary system is programmed into the vehicles’ ECU as a second engine management mode (Hydrogen mode).

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Aston Martin Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel 230

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

According to its estimates, adopting the full combination of improved technologies in medium and large cars and pickup trucks with spark-ignition engines could reduce fuel consumption by 29% at an additional cost of $2,200 to the consumer. —“Assessment of Technologies” Spark-ignition technologies.

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Green Car Congress

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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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 15, 2024

But the difference is pretty narrow and you’d be unlikely to notice any difference in your bank account unless you’re putting a staggering amount of miles on your truck every year. We’d argue that the real story is how little downsizing powertrains has done for the segment’s fuel economy. However, the company’s 2.4-liter

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Nissan Toyota MPG Fuel Economy 97

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2022

kWh battery with an energy density of 416 Wh/l, and drove it 752 miles on a single charge, as a proof of concept. Charged : Would it make sense to use this sort of dual-chemistry pack to create low- to mid-range EVs, with a range of, say, 200-400 miles, or does the cost/benefit math only work for super-high-range 500-800-mile EVs?

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Miles Range DC Battery 65