Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

In comparison, animals developed multi-segment legs, mechanical coupling between joints, and multi-segmented feet. Paper ] A millipede/centipede, despite its legs being small in comparison to the body, is able to stably traverse complex 3D terrain (i.e., terrain with concave and convex curves or slopes of varying degrees).

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San Francisco Mercury Phoenix 2001 91

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, pointed to the “ key role ” government policies such as fuel standards and greenhouse gas emission regulations, play in the development and support of Ford’s product and technology pathways. Earlier post.) annual increase. Sue Cischke.

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Ford Fuel Economy Future Energy 150

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

Based on the final Trends data through MY 2012, CO 2 emissions have decreased by 85 g/mi, or 18%, since MY 2004, and fuel economy has increased by 4.3 Light trucks (pickups, minivans/vans, and truck SUVs), accounted for 36% of all light-duty vehicle production in MY 2012, the second lowest level since 1993. mpg, or 22%.

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Fuel Economy 2012 Economy EPA 247

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Furthermore, QinetiQ estimates that significant cost savings are possible in comparison with current commercial production Li-Ion chemistries through cheaper raw materials and a more energy-efficient patented manufacturing process. Scattergood (2004) Lithium-ion/iron sulphide rechargeable batteries. Resources. Ritchie, P.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion PHEV 2004 218

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OCTOBER 12, 2010

Unfavourable mixtures of liquid fuels, water and air lead to degradation by local hot spots in the sensitive catalysts and to formation of unwanted by-products in the reformer. The conditions whether cool flames can be stabilised or not is related to the heat release of the pre-reactions in comparison to the heat losses of the system.

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Norway Diesel Fuel Hydrogen 199

DIY Electric Car

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

This was mild in comparison to the prior two recessions however there was still high unemployment and raising interest rates. During 2006 Oil was trading around $60/Barrel for most of that year going up and down but for the most part the oil price had been trending up since 2004?.but but gradually. This is also referred to as the ?tightening?

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USA Oil Prices Oil 2001 180

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Ford has also languished in negative territory from 2001 onwards, and only temporarily showed signs of recovery in 2004 and 2005 (although still not managing to create positive Sustainable Value). billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8

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Automobile Manufacturer Automobile BMW Manufacturer 278

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AUGUST 7, 2009

GHG emissions from foreign crop production (modeling and data used). Winrock International determined the extent of land use change using MODIS imagery from 2001 and 2004 and estimating emission factors for each type of land use conversion for a number of key agriculturally producing countries around the world.).

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EPA Renewable Standards Fuel 150

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MAY 14, 2015

Audi’s new higher-efficiency series-production 2.0 Audi initially deployed its turbocharged, direct injection TFSI technology in 2004; the second generation followed in 2007, followed by the third generation, currently on the market, in 2011. Audi’s new “rightsized” 2.0L 3B engine maintains the displacement of the 2.0L Earlier post.)

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Audi Exhaust Engine Gasoline-Electric 150

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Carbon Personal Store Emissions 150

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MAY 29, 2013

In addition to having a different test cycle and test procedure than in Europe, the US has an in-use compliance program to ensure that prototype/early-production vehicles chosen for type approval are representative of the mass-production vehicles that are delivered to customers later. Source: ICCT. —“From Laboratory to Road”.

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Europe Fuel MPG United Kingdom 199

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AUGUST 25, 2009

This project was terminated in 2004 due to cost overruns and opposition on environmental grounds. For comparison, upstream consumption for reformulated gasoline produced from conventional oil is ~0.2-0.25 More recently, OSEC has proposed using the Petrosix process, another oil shale retorting technology. MJ upstream. MJ/MJ fuel.

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Gasoline Oil Emissions Convert 239

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Both production and consumption of ethanol were basically flat for much of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The company offered a limited release of the Ranger EV in 1998, the Escape Hybrid in 2004 and the Fusion Hybrid in 2009. Ford draws on the data it collected from these previous-generation efforts, especially the higher volume production hybrids. —Mazen Hammoud, chief engineer, Electrified Powertrain Systems.

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Li-ion Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries Battery 281

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MAY 17, 2015

Combining Volvo’s new design language, advanced safety and in-car connectivity technologies, and the new strategic Drive-E powertrains, the XC90 is the first product based on Volvo’s new strategic Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). The XC90 was the Nº 1 selling European luxury SUV in 2004. Earlier post.) Top) 2016 XC90.

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Volvo Plug-in PHEV Engine 150

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JULY 18, 2012

In 2009, NREL expanded this CDP to include a comparison of the efficiency at full power, for which DOE’s target was 50% net system efficiency. The Learning Demonstration project began in 2004 when DOE competitively selected four automaker and energy partner teams. —Final Report.

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Gasoline Fuel Vehicles Hydrogen 306

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JUNE 30, 2013

Its purpose was to identify the materials or processes within a Li-ion battery’s life cycle that most contribute to impacts on public health and the environment, so that battery manufacturers could use this information to improve the environmental profile of their products, while the technology is still emerging. Life-cycle stages.

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Li-ion PHEV Batteries Battery 210

Plug In India

JUNE 10, 2022

The crash test facility was put up in 2004 – and off late, TML is taking the crash business very seriously – making safer cars – that have started denting Suzuki’s relatively light and fuel efficient cars. Just for comparison, TML is churning out about 550 per day of the Petrol and Diesel Nexons.

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Motor Motors Motoring Electric Cars 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Power and Associates 2004 report ]. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids. Unfortunately you can no longer buy a new highway-capable production electric vehicle in the U.S. Car and Driver s Patrick Bedard writes amusingly but tellingly about this issue.

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