Downsizing Fuel Economy Honda 
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AUGUST 2, 2009
Changes in the attributes (clockwise from upper left, weight, power, fuel economy and torque) of the Honda Accord over time as an example of fleet trends in the US. In contrast, fuel economy actually increased by 15% during that period. Knittel, 2009. Click to enlarge.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2013
Honda Motor Co., The VTEC TURBO is a new addition to Honda’s Earth Dreams Technology suite. L 3-cylinder direct injection gasoline turbo engine. Click to enlarge. announced that it has newly developed the VTEC Turbo, a direct injection gasoline turbo engine family most suitable for small-to-medium-sized vehicles. engines: 2.0L
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MARCH 7, 2012
Honda’s new 1.6-liter liter i-DTEC engine in the new Civic will deliver CO 2 emissions of 95 g/km, according to Honda Motor Europe’s President, Manabu Nishimae, in his presentation at the Geneva Motor Show. It will be manufactured at Honda’s UK manufacturing facility in Swindon from the end of 2012. Honda Civic 1.6
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AUGUST 11, 2014
GMZ Energy and its partners are on track to deliver a 1 kW thermoelectric generator (TEG) for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle as well as to design and to integrate a light-duty vehicle TEG into a Honda Accord as part of a DOE-funded project. GMZ is targeting a fuel economy improvement of 5%. down-speeding, downsized engine, etc.),
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JULY 7, 2015
Honda has set a new Guinness World Records title for “Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)”, recording an average 83 mpg US (2.82 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). Earlier post.)
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APRIL 22, 2009
Engineers from Honda R&D Co., improvement in fuel economy in operation over the Japanese 10-15 cycle. When downsizing, Kato said, using a turbocharger or supercharger to offset the decrease in output can result in a fall in the knocking limit as the boosting pressure rises, causing the thermal efficiency to fall as well.
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MAY 27, 2014
In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Honda came in second, with Toyota, Nissan, and Volkswagen in a three-way tie for third place.
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