article thumbnail

California Legislature Considering Bill Requiring Smog Testing for Motorcycles

Green Car Congress

A bill under consideration in the California state legislature would require California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to include Class III (280 cc or greater) model-year 2000 and newer motorcycles in the state’s smog check program beginning 1 January 2012. Background. The original HC standards ranged from 5.0

article thumbnail

Motorcycles could face smog testing

Green Cars News

Motorcycles in California could soon be included under the state’s smog checking programme if a bill is passed. Currently there are around 575,000 motorcycles registered in California with the model year of 2000 or higher. There are fears however, that it might be affected by tampering.

article thumbnail

Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Val Miftakhov , also a member of the chapter, founded Electric Motorworks , where he first converted BMWs to electric and then moved onto manufacturing JuiceBox charging stations. He was pontificating on an all-electric composite Hypercar using rechargeable batteries back in 2000. And I would recommend Ian’s TedX talk.”

EV1 52
article thumbnail

2015 VW Jetta TDI: a more refined, powerful and efficient diesel within a nicely redesigned model line

Green Car Congress

Volkswagen raised the fuel injection pressure on the base engine from 1600 to 2000 bar. Volkswagen worked with Bosch to modify the injector for the system, which now contains a mini-rail—a small chamber with pressurized diesel so there will always be 2000 bar available. Characteristics of the integrated DPF/SCR unit.

2015 262
article thumbnail

Peugeot Shows Two HYbrid4 Concepts, New BB1 EV Concept at Frankfurt

Green Car Congress

It features a new generation ECCS (Extreme Conventional Combustion System) combustion chamber; a variable-geometry low-inertia turbocharger; and a high-pressure pump with a maximum pressure of 2000 bar combined with a common rail and solenoid injectors with 8 apertures. The power electronics act as an inverter and converter.

Concept 218