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MARCH 11, 2012

In terms of market share, gasoline direct injection doubled in MY 2010 (from 4.2% In terms of market share, gasoline direct injection doubled in MY 2010 (from 4.2% Conventional gasoline vehicles continue to account for more than 95% of all light-duty vehicles. MY 2010 adjusted composite fuel economy was 22.6

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JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. The extent of fuel-air mixing can be affected by injection system design.

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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2012

The new Note is a successor to the current model, which has sold 940,000 units since its launch in 2005. Two new engines will be available to customers in Japan, including the new three-cylinder, 1.2L gasoline direct injection supercharged HR12DDR (DIG-S) ( earlier post ) and the HR12DE, which has received acclaim in the Nissan March.

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Nissan Engine Global Fuel Economy 231

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MAY 27, 2014

has launched the New Skyline 200GT-t (the next-generation turbo model) featuring a high-power, fuel-efficient lightweight turbocharged gasoline engine with maximum power output of 155 kW?(208 With the addition of the new engine, Skyline now has two powertrain choices, including the hybrid version. km/L (32 mpg US, 7.35

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Japan Nissan Fuel Economy Economy 262

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Infiniti will introduce a production-ready variable compression ratio engine VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) at the 2016 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l’Automobile) in September. Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years. Earlier post.).

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Infinity Engine Motor Motors 150

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AUGUST 6, 2013

The vehicles also exceed the MLIT fuel efficiency standard for 2015 by 20% and achieve emissions levels 75% lower than the 2005 standards under the MLIT''s Approval System for Low-Emission Vehicles, making them eligible for tax reductions under the Japanese government’s tax incentive program for environment-friendly vehicles.

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Japan Hybrid Toyota Fuel Economy 294

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Audi is now refreshing its A1 models, including the offer of six engines—gasoline and diesel—that are new or that have been intensively further developed. For the first time, Audi is offering completely new three-cylinder engines: the 1.0 TFSI gasoline engine and the 1.4 TDI diesel. Earlier post.)

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Audi Diesel Engine MPG 207

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APRIL 7, 2015

liter MR20DD engine and Nissan’s one-motor-two-clutch hybrid system ( earlier post ), the new X-Trail Hybrid delivers performance eclipsing those of typical 2.5-liter liter gasoline engines, Nissan said. All the grades will achieve fuel economy-based tax exemptions in Japan. Nissan Motor Co., km/L (48 mpg US, 4.85

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Japan Nissan Hybrid Fuel Economy 150

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JANUARY 20, 2014

liter Atkinson cycle combustion engine, evolved and matured from the third-generation Prius, together with a class-first full hybrid system (THS II with reduction gear) achieves fuel economy of 23.8 Engine model. Maximum engine output. Maximum engine torque. For the hybrid variants, a 2ZR-FXE 1.8-liter

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Minivan Japan Hybrid Toyota 236

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JULY 22, 2009

Ford has officially announced the second member of its turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost family, a 2.0-liter, The first engine in the EcoBoost line, a 3.5L, V6 engine ( earlier post ), is being applied in the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO and Flex and Lincoln MKS and MKT. At the debut of the 3.5L Earlier post.)

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Ford Engine Fuel Economy Production 150

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DECEMBER 16, 2013

The rising fuel economy of LDVs more than offsets the modest growth in VMT, resulting in a 25% decline in LDV energy consumption decline between 2012 and 2040 in the AEO2014 Reference case. As a result, annual increases in vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in LDVs average 0.9% from 2012 to 2040, compared to 1.2% per year, from 21.5

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Oil Light Energy Vehicles 290

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APRIL 18, 2013

While fuel economy of engined-cars is the key technology pathway to decarbonizing the transport sector by 2020, the 2DS also envisages 20 million EVs on the road by 2020, with yearly sales reaching seven million vehicles. Engine downsizing and weight reduction represent around 30% of that potential collectively.

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Carbon Supplies Global Transportation 265

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2011

gasoline, hybrid and natural gas. The gasoline-engined lineup includes a sedan, coupe and two Si performance versions. The Civic’s family of engines with intelligent Variable Valve Timing and Lift Electronic Control (i-VTEC) technology becomes more fuel efficient for 2012.

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Honda Concept Civic Hybrid Gas 186

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MAY 14, 2012

For a starting price of ¥795,000 (US$9,370), the gasoline-fueled Pixis Epoch offers fuel economy of 30.0 All models are equipped with the eco-IDLE system—an idling-stop function that shuts off the engine as the vehicle comes to a stop (approximately 7 km/h or less)—and other fuel-saving features.

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MPG Japan Toyota Tax 218

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda will introduce the new 5-passenger, hydrogen-powered Clarity Fuel Cell sedan by the end of 2016, beginning with retail leasing to customers through its expanded network of 12 approved fuel cell vehicle dealerships located in select California markets. The first fuel cell vehicle leased to an individual customer (July 2005).

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Honda EPA Miles Fuel 150

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MAY 16, 2013

The IS 300h achieves fuel economy of 23.2 This performance exceeds the 2015 fuel efficiency standards by 20% and the 2005 standards of the MLIT approval system for low-emission vehicles by 75%. liter in-line, four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine for rear-wheel-drive vehicles with a high-torque motor. Earlier post.).

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Lexus Japan Hybrid Sale 170

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

liter engine and hybrid system achieves fuel efficiency of 21.8 The engine delivers maximum output of 112 kW (150 hp), with maximum torque of 206 N·m (152 lb-ft). Gasoline engine models are fitted with a 2.0-liter liter Valvematic engine and newly developed continuously variable transmission.

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Lexus Japan Toyota Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Earlier post.)

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Diesel Ford F-150 Gasoline 170

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AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

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Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

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JANUARY 3, 2017

Our investments and expanding lineup reflect our view that global offerings of electrified vehicles will exceed gasoline-powered vehicles within the next 15 years. A Transit Custom plug-in hybrid available in 2019 in Europe engineered to help reduce operating costs in even the most congested streets. Understanding customers.

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F-150 Mexico 2020 Ford 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

In response to a Congressional mandate in 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) convened the Committee on Transitions to Alternative Vehicles and Fuels to assess the potential for vehicle and fuel technology options to achieve substantial reductions in petroleum use and GHG emissions by 2050 relative to 2005. Major Findings.

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Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy 244

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MARCH 14, 2010

liter V8 biturbo engine. liter V8 biturbo engine with a peak output of up to 420 kW (563 hp) and maximum torque of up to 900 N·m (663 lb-ft) from its higher performance variant for entry into the Mercedes-Benz/AMG lineup this summer. With the provisional NEDC fuel consumption of 10.5 kg/hp for the basic engine, and 0.39

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Downsizing Standards Fuel Mercedes 186

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MAY 15, 2014

The Ford team updated the SMP model with historical data for 2000, 2005, and 2010, and extended the model to calculate the total CO 2 emissions (tonnes) and the TTW (tank-to-wheel) emission rate (g CO 2 /km) for the new vehicle fleet. Similarly, with the addition of fuel actions, the OECD Europe glide paths are relaxed from 4.5-5%

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Light Global CO2 Ford 261

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MARCH 5, 2010

TFSI gasoline engine and an electric motor that together develop a total output of 180 kW (245 hp) of system power and 480 N·m (354 lb-ft) of torque. In city traffic, the hybrid drive uses about 20% less fuel than a conventional drive. The A8 hybrid is powered by a four-cylinder 2.0 cubic feet).

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Audi Hybrid Production 2011 199

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MARCH 16, 2011

Source: Thom Smith, VP, Branded Lubricant Technology, Valvoline, from Fehrenbach (2005). The analysis of some sensitive parameters shows additional aspects developing in favor of regeneration, especially with regard to allocation method and when an increasing pool of secondary fuels starting to compete is taken into account.

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Oil Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

Extensively researched and variously subsidized over the years, AFV options include: electricity (for battery cars or plug-in hybrids), hydrogen (for fuel cell cars), natural gas, and bioenergy, including ethanol and other biofuels that can be used in combustion engines or as a renewable feedstock for producing electricity or hydrogen.

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Fuel Supplies Transportation Climate Protection 236

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

In 2005, GM completed a long-term initiative to transform operations from a collection of semi-autonomous regions into a cohesive global enterprise. GM Fuel Economy plans. In Europe, in addition to working with its labor partners to achieve $1.2 GM product plans. GM now manages all product development activities globally.

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Chrysler GM Saturn Production 150

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has developed two new fuel-saving technologies: the 4J10 lightweight and compact 1.8-liter With this engine, the three models show an improvement of 12% in fuel efficiency (measured by Japanese 10-15 mode). MIVEC engine. The new 4J10 MIVEC engine (1.8-liter, The 4J10 1.8L

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Mitsubishi Engine Motor Motors 239

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

Charge-sustaining fuel economy for all vehicles is assumed to be 36 miles per US gallon. four-cylinder gasoline engine and a 1.8kWh, 30kW battery pack provide motive power through GM’s two- mode FWD hybrid system ( earlier post ). The vehicles are defined as follows: Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) : A 2.4L

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PHEV CO2 Hybrid Fuel 150

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

liter engine Atenza models, available in both the Sedan and Sport Wagon body types, have been updated with Mazda’s direct injection MZR 2.0L DISI gasoline engine. This engine provides fuel economy that exceeds Japan’s “2010 fuel economy standard plus 15%.” All grades equipped with a 2.0-liter

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Mazda Engine Japan Fuel Economy 199

Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 13, 2006

13, 2006 Andrew Frank, University of California at Davis Mechanical engineering professor and researcher Andrew Frank has spent much of the last 30 years studying electric motors and batteries to make vehicles more fuel-efficient. Because of this, they can get up to 100 miles per gallon of gasoline.

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Plug-in Plug Washington Fleet 100

Green Cars News

JULY 13, 2009

This level of adoption is made possible by the lower purchase price and reduced per-mile driving cost of electric cars with switchable batteries as compared to gasoline-powered cars. lower on a per-mile basis than gasoline-powered cars, depending on the future price of oil. “These vehicles make eliminating the U.S.

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Electric Cars Sale Cars Gasoline-Electric 42

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JUNE 9, 2011

The efficiency improvements have been achieved mainly through the use of the TWAS (twinwire-arc spraying) technology for reducing internal friction in the engine—in use since 2005 in AMG’s successful high-performance engines. With these measures alone, fuel consumption could be reduced by around 3%.

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Mercedes Diesel SUV Fuel Economy 186

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C.

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Plug-in America Plug EV1 30

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MAY 3, 2009

In 2005, BMW Group Research and Engineering announced it was developing a steam-powered auxiliary drive—the Turbosteamer—to use the waste heat present in the exhaust gases and cooling system from a conventional gasoline engine as its source of power. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Waste BMW Power Powered 150

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APRIL 21, 2009

Honda Sees PHEVs as having "unnecessary fuel engine and fuel tank;" promises all-electrics "assuming we can come up with a really high-performing battery that we are working on currently." Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. See Chevy Volt for latest. Doubts PHEVs have environmental benefits.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

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MAY 2, 2013

4-cylinder engines and hybrid vehicles as a percent of cars sold in the US. Two separate reports highlight the ongoing improvement in vehicle technologies and the growing trend toward consumers purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles in the US and in Europe. Source: CFA. Click to enlarge. l/100 km) from their next vehicle.

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Europe MPG Fuel Fuel Economy 281