Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Design of the fuel cell system and hydrogen storage system plays a critical role in achieving the cost reduction, Yokoyama said. Toyota is simplifying the design of its stack, resulting in downsizing and downweighting, and reducing the amount of platinum catalyst required. For comparable efforts by General Motors, see earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles. BladeBoost - A Novel Rotary Supercharger for Ultra-Efficient Downsized Gasoline Engines. eDCT - Low Cost High Efficiency Transmission Actuation: Electric Moving Magnet Linear Actuator.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. engine and 6-speed transmission. kWh, Ashton said. Both the 2.0

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2021

The very fast charge allows us to downsize the battery without incurring range anxiety. They suggest that with this self-heating method, they can use low-cost materials for the battery’s cathode and anode and a safe, low-voltage electrolyte. C for charge and discharge, and then cool down when the battery is not working.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This simple yet elegant technology delivers low-cost and easy tire traceability throughout its entire lifespan, enabling the management of inventory logistics, aftermarket maintenance, and recycling operations. Murata has extensive experience and knowledge of RF technology and downsizing.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

By combining its extensive experience in main drive and auxiliary drive transmissions, Torotrak has designed a variator concept with ratio spread of up to 12, operated by a low cost actuation system. the Torotrak V-Charge. Fuller said that electric vehicles could also benefit from the latest variator developments.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Applied to a turbocharged, downsized engine, MultiAir can contribute to up to a 25% reduction in fuel consumption over conventional naturally aspirated engines with the same performance, according to Fiat. Pollutant emissions are likewise reduced through combustion control.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

With the extended lean operation of the sleeve-valve engine, NO x emissions remain low for light to medium loads and rise back to typical levels during the brief enrichment periods required to maintain competitive BMEP levels at higher loads.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Coupled with further improvements to the base machine such as engine downsizing, hydraulic system improvements and ancillary load optimization, the fuel saved could be substantially greater than this. —Ricardo VP of Innovation David Rollafson. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Thus a compact and cost-effective battery that is capable of high charge and discharge power levels relative to its storage capacity (high C rates) is desirable. As there were no suitable low-cost, compact batteries able to deal with the necessary recharge and discharge cycles involving high currents, MAHLE Powertrain developed its own.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2013

In order to further reduce its CO 2 emissions in this vehicle class, the gasoline engine will require a low-cost, basic hybrid solution. This will be done with a broad range of efficiency-enhancing technologies, including the turbocharging of downsized engines. Automating the manual transmission, for example with the eClutch.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

The T-Hybrid (based on a Kia Optima) ( earlier post ) and the ADEPT (based on a Ford Focus) ( earlier post ) both utilize an advanced 48V lead-carbon battery system with bolt-on electrical components that allow for significant engine-downsizing without loss in performance. liter engine the performance of a 1.8

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

This concept system is expected to be ideal for heavily downsized applications and developing markets. Ideal for small-engine vehicles including non-automotive applications such as small agricultural and industrial machines, the technology provides a low-cost alternative to the high-pressure pump normally used on common rail systems.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Because of the ongoing emphasis on downsizing, these engines are expected to have high mechanical compression ratios, which should be considered. Applications are sought to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies that support commercialization of micro, mild, and full HEVs, PHEVs, and EVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2013

A low-cost, low-weight, compact design capable of being packaged in a vehicle exhaust train. The team developed three low-temperature ethanol reformer architectures (representing a design evolution) and tested them at automotive scale with exhaust from a V8 engine: shell-and-tube; finned tube; and “shoebox” reformer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The new system, where we have adopted a pretty radical change in the architecture itself, downsizes dramatically, takes 100 kg of the mass out, and takes the size down to half of that of the Equinox. The first generation fuel cell system (with fourth-generation stack technology) used in the Equinox. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

This common core also provides greater confidence in the robustness of prototypes, while minimizing the cost of variants further supports the development of 48V systems. SR machines are ideally suited to this concept of low cost development, while reducing the cost of production components.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Among their general findings are: Increasing battery power in plug-in hybrids (10-, 20- and 40-mile AER, from low to high power) had little effect on fuel consumption results because the battery power can provide most of the driving on the test cycles, so the fuel economy only differs slightly.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

The vehicles on which the research was based were representative of current production models at the more aggressive end of the downsizing spectrum in terms of engine capacity and output, but modeled with a future three cylinder 1.5 liter diesel engine. —Ian Penny, managing director – engines business, Ricardo.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A multi-cylinder version is practical for a wide variety of vehicles and offers greatest benefit to C and D class passenger cars which can take advantage of the low cost architecture and significantly improved fuel economy and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Both Multec types of injectors feature best-in-class NVH (Noise, Vibration, Harshness), which is important because it saves the vehicle manufacturer the cost and weight of additional noise reduction materials. Delphi is developing an injector that is optimized for the unique chemical and physical properties of low lubricity methane.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2017

The extreme valve temperatures experienced on today’s highly boosted downsized engines can lead to reduced valve fatigue life and critical valve guide and stem seal temperatures, resulting in the need for expensive valve steel alloys.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2015

Aeristech’s 48v eSupercharger has already been demonstrated by MAHLE Powertrain UK in a D-segment appraisal vehicle using its downsized turbocharged 1.2 This patented control architecture delivers a controller efficiency in excess of 95% with low internal switching frequency and low-cost internal components.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Description. Federal funding. United States Automotive Materials Partnership LLC. Description. Federal funding. General Motors.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

As America downsizes and SUVs go unpurchased, GM’s diehards put inefficient if zero-emission H2/FCV Equinoxes in advertisements and a few dozen driveways to which they remain tethered by unavailable fuel. (By I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

High-research octane number (RON) fuels are known to enable more efficient, higher-performance SI operation via engine downsizing and boosting. Thes include: public perception and consumer acceptance; low cost; low GHG impacts; high volume; and infrastructure compatibility.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Electrek’s Take Although Ford is growing in The Middle East, the company is downsizing in other key regions. Ford is restructuring its business in Germany as it fights stiff competition, including low-cost Chinese EV makers. In Germany, Ford lost two of its most experienced leadership team members this month.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Due to their low cost, thin form factor, and pliability, flexi discs became the medium of choice for magazine publishers who wished to supplement articles with audio content. Recordings were not limited to musical performances. It therefore seemed extremely likely that a copy of the flexi disc could be found in our stacks.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The American automaker has drastically downsized leadership in Germany this year. Although BYD is best known for its low-cost EVs, like the Seagull , which starts at under $10,000 (69,800 yuan) in China, it’s quickly expanding into new segments like pickup trucks, mid-size SUVs, and luxury models. Can Ford turn things around?

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range. That becomes a low-cost way to generate big improvements in pack density and bolster the mileage of a vehicle,” Castillloux says.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

litre Z-series powertrain, which now features a three-cylinder layout for the petrol engine, christened Z12E, a downsize from the outgoing 1.2-litre, However, Suzuki is learnt to be developing low-cost series hybrid solutions for its small car portfolio, and that powertrain could see the light of day in the Swift around CY2027.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Steven Kaye: ONE’s anode-free cell advantages include high energy density (thin lithium metal anode), low cost (no anode present during cell assembly, low-cost liquid electrolyte), and abundant raw materials (mostly manganese, zero cobalt). The challenge is that anode-free cells still have low cycle life.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2013

The new engine will achieve high efficiency using the Atkinson Cycle with an 18:1 compression ratio, combined with aggressive engine downsizing. Engine downsizing is a key tool in improving fuel economy. The eccentric carrier design was chosen for its low cost and rigid support of the main bearings.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

A 10% reduction in vehicle weight offers fuel savings of 5 to 7% (in mpg), provided the vehicle's powertrain is also downsized, Frost & Sullivan notes. The adoption rate of plastics will be low in structural parts, which require robust impact resistance properties. —Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Sandeepan Mondal.

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