Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

Ricardo’s forthcoming IGNITE product is a physics-based system simulation package—operating in Modelica—that focuses on complete vehicle performance and fuel economy. Modelica has been developed by the (non-profit) Modelica Association since 1996 and has been in use in industry since 2000.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Global sales of passenger vehicles increased from 75.4 The auto industry’s production capacities are far from fully used; PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) estimates current global vehicle assembly capacity at almost 95 million, the report notes. Rising sales translate into an ever-expanding global vehicle parc. million to 78.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The new Duramax engine was engineered in Europe and the US, with global application as one of its developmental objectives. Better efficiency also means better reliability, economy as well as lower emission levels. —Nicola Menarini, Global Chief Engineer, GM Powertrain. liter variants. 2,000 bar common rail system.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

IHS Markit places the global peak for oil demand (gasoline and diesel) from LVs in 2019 when the demand averaged 29.1 Demand peaking is due to the impact of rising vehicle fuel economy and emission standards, and as time goes by, from more sales of electric vehicles. million barrels per day (MMb/d). In 2020, there were about 9.2

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

For the first time since UCS began the Automaker Rankings report in 2000, all eight major automakers reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions compared to their fleet averages from 1998, the model year examined in the first report. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 12, 2017

Steel’s strength has multiplied by almost 10 times over the past 20 years, from 270 to 2000 MPa tensile strength. Usibor is our key product in hot stamping and has been a major commercial and technical success in the global automotive industry. —Brian Aranha, executive vice president, global automotive, ArcelorMittal.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2017

Yet the growth in oil demand from trucks has outpaced all other sectors—including passenger cars, aviation, industry and petrochemical feedstocks—since 2000 and contributed 40% to global oil demand growth, a similar contribution as cars. The trucking sector can improve logistics and systems operations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2014

Murtaugh spent 33 years in General Motors, culminating in his position as Chairman and CEO of GM China Group from 2000 - 2005. By 2016, there will be 200 million motorcycles, cars and trucks sold each year globally, leading to great opportunities for improving the efficiency of the internal combustion engine.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

has globally endorsed the use of the Odyne plug-in hybrid system as the exclusively-approved PTO-based hybrid system for its 3000 and 4000 Series transmissions. Odyne continues to be the only plug-in hybrid system on a medium- or heavy-duty truck to deliver greater fuel efficiency both while driving and at the work site.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. If the 2000 market shares of hybrid cars were 14.1%, a one-year decrease in lifetime will reduce life-cycle CO 2 emission in 2000 by 0.6%. Credit: ACS, Kagawa et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2013

By 2040, hybrids are expected to account for about 35% of the global light-duty vehicle fleet, up from less than 1% in 2010. Hybrids are expected to account for about half of global new-car sales by 2040. Without the projected gains in efficiency, global energy demand could have risen by more than 100%. Source: ExxonMobil.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

Each Sprinter is at least 100% more fuel efficient than the most commonly found alternative it replaces. Since launching our first Sprinter in 2000, we have put close to 1.4 billion miles on these more fuel efficient vehicles, saving over 66 million gallons of fuel compared to their predecessors. and Jonesboro, Ark.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Using steels and technology currently available, ArcelorMittal’s global R&D automotive team has demonstrated that a 27% weight and cost saving can be achieved without compromising safety and structural requirements. ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel and mining company, unveiled its new ultra-lightweight car door solutions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

To bring propulsion solutions to market that will economically transport people and goods, while making a serious and practical impact on global warming, is an exciting and challenging opportunity that I look forward to helping advance. Don Runkle.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

At IAA Commercial Vehicles, Allison Transmission announced that it will offer its medium-duty, fully automatic 9-speed transmission globally, and that it has developed an electric hybrid system with purely electric extended range. The two-mode split parallel architecture improves fuel economy up to 25%.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. L/100km), if the vehicles were to meet this CO 2 level all through fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

Toyota plans to introduce 10 new hybrid models between now and 2012 in various global markets, with sales of one million gas-electric hybrids per year, worldwide, sometime early in the next decade. Toyota launched of the Prius in late 1997 in the Japan market, and in the US in July 2000.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Magirius also announced the expansion of GKN’s Shanghai Technical Centre originally established in 2000. This would make China the third largest concentration of employment within the global GKN Group. Quieter, due to reductions in driveline noise, vibration and harshness.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven. The retrofitted hybrid trucks are projected to improve fuel economy by 44%, decrease particulate matter by 96% and reduce NO x emissions by 75% compared to the standard FedEx Express delivery truck.

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Baua Electric

MAY 2, 2024

Options include matte paint and a rear seat entertainment bundle priced at $2000 and $4500 respectively. The MY25 Genesis GV80 ranges – which rivals the likes of the Audi Q7/Q8, BMW X5/X6 and Mercedes-Benz GLE Wagon and Coupe – adopts a revised global suspension tune adapted independently for the GV80 Coupe. litres per 100km.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2014

torque 230 N·m at 1500–2000 rpm. The optional 7G-TRONIC PLUS automatic transmission with torque converter is likewise designed for maximum fuel economy. The vehicle will follow in the footsteps of the Sprinter and become our second global model. Diesel Fuel Efficiency' torque 270 N·m at 1500–2500 rpm.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

liter 4-cylinder diesel engine producing nearly 200 hp (149) and more than 350 lb-ft (475 N·m) of torque, while increasing fuel economy 35% over a gasoline V6-powered 2014 Frontier 4x2. By January 2013, the new ATLAS engine was delivering 350 ft-lb (475 N·m) at 2000 rpm and 210 hp (157 kW) at 3200-3600 rpm.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

Recent studies have shown that even different volumetric units of fuel economy can be quite misleading and better public understanding in energy use and savings is required to realize the benefits of energy strategies. Standard deviations increase by >10% and >200% when used in high and low blends, respectively.

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JANUARY 24, 2006

The result is an 80+ mile-per-gallon vehicle — with even greater fuel economy possible utilizing bio-fuels. consumers purchased more than 200,000 hybrid vehicles, which have grown from two models in 2000 to 11 models today. Last year, U.S. are driven just 25 miles a day or less. “The

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Moving goods by road consumes about 50% of all diesel produced; 80% of the global net increase in diesel use since 2000 comes from road freight. Trucks represent the fastest growing source of global oil demand. They account for 40% of the expected increase in oil demand to 2050 and 15% of the increase in global CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

emissions (kg CO 2 person -1 yr -1 ) for a global sample of countries (2007) with a wide range of per capita incomes. find that innovation in a single area such as fuel economy does not offer a realistic, affordable, or resilient pathway to the LDV emission reductions necessary by mid-century. Sager et al.

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JULY 16, 2022

Built on a newly developed chassis based on Toyota’s New Global Architecture K (TNGA-K) platform, Crown has a raised overall height that’s nearly four inches higher than Camry. liter inline 4-cylinder turbo engine tuned to hit peak torque between 2000-3000 rpm, with a front electric motor that helps maximize torque production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

This makes it possible to significantly further reduce the untreated emissions from the engine across the entire engine map, with the center of combustion being favorable for fuel economy. From its 3982 cc displacement, the new V8 biturbo produces more than 350 kW (476 hp) with a maximum torque of around 700 Nm from 2000 rpm.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Dan Hancock, president, DMH Strategic Consulting, retired vice president, GM Powertrain Global Engineering, past president of SAE International, and a member of Achates’ Industry Advisory Board. Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) of 267 g/kWh was measured at the 2000 rpm-2bar BMEP global test point.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Finally, looking at the non-electric fuel, instead of using gasoline for long-trips, PHEVs could run on bio-diesel, cellulose ethanol, or other bio-fuels to further reduce greenhouse gases. If we optimistically assume the average US fuel economy is 25 miles per gallon, at $3.00 Using the average U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2016

The recommendations include: Improving the fuel consumption of mainstream vehicles is the primary nearer-term opportunity for reducing fuel use and GHG emissions. Market-based incentives should be implemented to support the US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) LDV requirements.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Lutz is a man given to hyperbole — called global warming "a crock of shit" — but in this case, hes right. If no one wants your car (because people think it sucks), then no one will buy it, regardless of how good the fuel economy may or may not be. We are facing a big problem with global warming.

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