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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2017
has licensed its Nissan Machining Roughening Process (NMRP), a proprietary technology used in making automotive engines, to German machine tool manufacturer Gebr. To reduce engine weight and improve fuel efficiency, automakers have begun replacing cast-iron liners with 0.2 Left) A cast iron liner and conventional four-cylinder engine.
Green Car Reports
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
Infiniti bumps turbo fuel efficiency with a new variable-compression engine. Chrysler recalls Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivans—again. Faster charging is coming—but it won't come cheap. And we detail why the Hyundai Kona Electric is one of our three finalists for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2018
Seven of the top 10 brands in this year’s reliability rankings are from Japan and South Korea, including Subaru, Kia, Infiniti, and Hyundai. Consumer Reports’ survey also reveals that some automakers—striving for improved fuel economy—are clearly making more reliable turbocharged engines than others.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
We've had a run of European machinery in this series lately, with six of the last ten Junkyard Finds coming from across the Atlantic ( one from Sweden , one from Italy , two from West Germany and two from France ), so today it's the turn of that most Michigandic of machinery: A Chrysler minivan. liter straight-four engine or Mitsubishi 3.0-liter
The Truth About Cars
JUNE 28, 2024
Discarded examples of the first- generation Chrysler minivans have been much more difficult to find, but I ran across this '87 Caravan in Colorado Springs last week. The K-platform -based Chrysler minivan first appeared as a 1984 model, as the Caravan and Plymouth Voyager. four-cylinder with 150 horses tearing up the front tires.
Baua Electric
MARCH 4, 2025
Then last month, the same day the Honda plans officially fizzled, Nissan confirmed that the Rogue, which is primarily a North American vehicle, will get Nissans third-generation version of e-Power (along with, globally, its Qashqai crossover and a minivan). As of last October it had sold more than 1.5 Suffice it to say, U.S.-bound
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
It makes sense from an engineering perspective. In the case of America’s preeminent EV company, Tesla landed mid pack — sandwiched between Infiniti and Ram. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next. But it also left your author wondering why standard hybrids weren’t seeing the same number of problems.
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