Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2010

Since the end of 2006, Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK and FKFS have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and technology. Active-WG control is used for improvements at all engine speeds (< 5500 rpm). By adding an exhaust gas turbocharger to the base 1.0L

Engine 170

Engine Hybrid Fuel Exhaust 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

After five years and use exclusively in AMG engines, twin-wire arc spraying technology will now also be used in the series production of Mercedes-Benz diesel engines to reduce friction and increase wear resistance. Other advantages include lower engine weight, less fuel consumption and lower emissions. liter AMG engines.

Mercedes 225

Mercedes Diesel Engine Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2010

Australia-based Eden Energy Limited has successfully tested a production-ready 6-liter engine that will enable India’s largest bus manufacturer, Ashok Leyland, to power buses with Eden’s low-emission Hythane blend of hydrogen-enriched natural gas (usually 20% hydrogen by volume). Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

India 210

India Hydrogen Engine Energy 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2014

GMZ has been using TG8 modules in developing vehicular thermoelectric generators for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle (1 kW TEG) as well as to design and to integrate a light-duty vehicle TEG into a Honda Accord as part of a DOE-funded project. The unit generated an output power well in excess of its 200 watt design goal. Earlier post.).

Power 287

Power Powered Energy Waste 287

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

From 1998 until 2006, the New Beetle was fitted with a 1.9-liter liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine. Since then, this engine has been heavily revised to accommodate increasing demand for improvements in exhaust emissions and acoustics. Each cylinder has two intake and two exhaust valves. mm wider bore.

Diesel 246

Diesel Sale Exhaust Engine 246

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

systems that alter a conventionally-fueled vehicle or engine to enable it to run on an alternative fuel. The updated final rule covers alternative fuel conversion of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines. The revised procedures will vary based on the age of the vehicle or engine being converted.

Alternative Fuels 210

Alternative Fuels Conversion EPA Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. While properly engineered conversion systems can reduce or at least not increase emissions, poorly designed systems can lead to much more pollution. Vehicle/Engine Age.

Conversion 230

Conversion EPA Fuel Clean Alternative 230

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2014

The new TT and TTS models will be available with three different four-cylinder engines with turbocharging and direct injection. TFSI produces 380 nm (280lb-ft) of torque at an engine speed of between 1,800 and 5,700 rpm. Controllable flaps in the exhaust system modulate the sporty sound and make it even richer. quattro drive.

Audi 310

Audi Fuel Economy MPG Diesel 310

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2013

V6 TDI diesel engine. The survey is similar to surveys run by UMTRI on the same topic in 2006 and 2007. The results so far suggest that: The penetration of spark-ignited engines in passenger cars is projected to drop to 51% in 2025 from 74% in 2016. The engines are paired with 8-speed Tiptronic transmissions.

Diesel 366

Diesel Audi Sale Fuel Economy 366

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

JATOP, which kicked off in fiscal 2007, was a five-year collaborative research program conducted by the oil and auto industries, and was the successor to the JCAP (Japan Clean Air Program), which was conducted between fiscal 1997 and fiscal 2006 with the main goal of improving air quality by reducing motor vehicle exhaust emissions.

Japan 199

Japan Diesel Oil Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

A new Advanced Design Studio is a centerpiece of the R&D facility and represents the company’s new design hub in Asia. At the official opening, Gorden Wagener, Head of Design Daimler AG, presented the Mercedes-Benz G-Code plug-in hybrid crossover show car. The 2+2-seater SUC measures about 4.10 New Beijing R&D Center.

Plug-in 239

Plug-in All-Electric Hydrogen Plug 239

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2017

From October 2011 until July 2013, Neusser served as the head of Engine Development for VW. Jens Hadler: from May 2007 until March 2011, Hadler worked for VW as head of Engine Development for VW. From February 2015 through September 2015, Schmidt returned to VW headquarters to work directly for Neusser, including on emissions issues.

United States 150

United States Diesel EPA Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

Toyota Motor has made a range of technology and styling changes to the LS 600h, the full hybrid Lexus flagship first introduced in 2006 ( earlier post ), including redesigned seating, updated equipment, a new ECO driving mode and new brakes. The load on the engine is also reduced under acceleration, which also helps improve fuel efficiency.

LS 600H 199

LS 600H Lexus 2010 Hybrid 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2014

For the powertrain, Audi, in the 25 th year of the TDI engine, has developed a new diesel 4.0-liter It has been purposefully designed for efficiency and, together with many other optimizations of the race car, such as aerodynamics, helps save energy. Compared with the 2006 5.5-liter liter V6 unit for Le Mans. Specifically, 138.7

2006 294

2006 Audi 2014 Engine 294

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The current model of the Sprinter has been on the market since 2006. The new Sprinter comes in more than 1,700 variants depending on body type, drive system, cab design, body length, payload, cargo-space height and equipment versions. The electric models are primarily designed for operations in city centers. million times.

Connect 220

Connect Connected Mercedes 2019 220

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

microns—less than a human hair which averages 70 microns in diameter—is the product of a variety of sources including particles in the exhaust of diesel engines. In 1998, ARB declared particles in diesel exhaust a Toxic Air Contaminant, a designation that required the Board to take measures to reduce the risk.

Pollution 220

Pollution EPA California Diesel 220

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine. The engineered handling characteristics are delivered through the electrified torque vectoring that instantly applies traction to the wheel most in need of grip.

Acura 77

Acura MPG Fuel Economy SUV 77

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Brazilian experience shows that the presence of small (<10%) amounts of water in the fuel does not in itself cause a greater tendency to misfire in spark ignition engines than a proportionate leaning of the fuel/air mixture would do, provided that the vapor pressure of the hydrated ethanol at the ambient temperature is high enough.

Transportation 317

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric 317

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Professor Stan Golunski, Deputy Director of the newly established Cardiff Catalysis Institute , in collaboration with engineers at Brunel and Birmingham Universities, is investigating the feasibility of an on-board exhaust gas reforming system to improve combustion and recover waste heat. The REGR gas is fed back to the engine inlet.

Exhaust 186

Exhaust Waste Gas 2006 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

A significant challenge in designing a diesel reformer is the creation of an optimized mixture of fuel and oxidant before contact with the catalysts, while preventing autoignition. 2006) Cool flame evaporation for diesel reforming technology. The project has an overall budget of NOK 11.8 million (US$2 million), with NOK 5.9

Norway 199

Norway Diesel Fuel Hydrogen 199

Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2023

Commonwealth Fusion Systems says this spool of high-temperature superconducting tape is key to the startup’s smaller, cheaper tokamak design. These properties provide the possibility to design smaller, less complex, and lower-cost fusion systems that are quicker to build and easier to take apart for maintenance.”

Fusion 98

Fusion Molten Salt MIT Building 98

Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

LiveWire motorcycles are not really Harleys, the thought goes, although they will share engineering, production facilities, a supply chain and global logistics. Without being exhaustive, let’s take a look at some examples. Some people (by design) probably never knew it was a GM brand. The LiveWire at launch was a Harley.

Market 70

Market Motorcycles Saturn Prius 70

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

The 2010 Terrain will feature a choice of two new direct injection engines. The newly introduced GMC Terrain ( earlier post ) became the latest GM North American model that will feature a fuel-efficient gasoline direct injection (DI) engine in 2010. The MY 2009 engines include three 2.0-liter V-6 (LF1) direct injection engines.

Gasoline 170

Gasoline Engine Oil-Sands Saturn 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Mercedes-Benz is offering five newly developed and modified engines—four of them with direct injection—for the new E-Class Coupé, offering more power with lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions than their predecessors. All of the engines for the new E-Class Coupé are EU5-compliant.

Mercedes 150

Mercedes Engine CO2 Power 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2014

GMZ Energy, a market leader in the development of high-temperature thermoelectric generation (TEG) solutions, has successfully demonstrated a 1,000W TEG designed for diesel engine exhaust heat recapture in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle. GMZ’s TEG also enables silent generation, muffles engine noise, and reduces thermal structure.

Energy 316

Energy Vehicles Waste Exhaust 316

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

The last compact model introduced by Dodge was the Caliber, in 2006. “ liter engine; a 16-valve 1.4-liter liter MultiAir Intercooled Turbo engine and a new Tigershark 16-valve 2.4-liter liter MultiAir 2 four-cylinder engine. liter engine; a 16-valve 1.4-liter liter MultiAir 2 four-cylinder engine.

Dodge 240

Dodge MPG Price Fuel Economy 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

To help meet that design target, Toyota engineers focused on making the hybrid system more compact and lighter in weight—the Prius c hybrid system is 14% lighter than that of the current Prius Liftback. liter, 16-valve DOHC engine. —Bob Carter. The 1NZ-FXE is an in-line 4-cylinder, 1.5-liter,

Prius 356

Prius Hybrid Motor Motors 356

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

CPT says that the RegEnBoost system enables a typical family-sized car to achieve less than 100 g/km CO 2 with a 1-liter gasoline engine, but when required can offer the same lively performance and in-gear acceleration of a 2-liter naturally aspirated powertrain.

Downsizing 191

Downsizing Power Powered Exhaust 191

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2013

First up is a quick look at the two advanced neutron-scattering facilities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, which Green Car Congress recently had the opportunity to tour: the newer (2006) $1.4-billion billion and has around 4,600 total staff, of which 3,000 are scientists and engineers. Schematic of the SNS.

Transportation 316

Transportation Clean Cleaning Li-ion 316

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

For offsets to be credible, a ton of CO 2 -equivalent emissions from an offset project should equate to a ton reduced from a covered emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe. To be credible, as noted above, an offset should equate to an emission reduction from a direct emission source, such as a smokestack or exhaust pipe.

Climate Change 218

Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2015

In December 2014, GMZ had successfully demonstrated a 1kW TEG designed for diesel engine exhaust heat recapture in a Bradley Fighting Vehicle ( earlier post ). In a major expansion move, Evident Thermoelectrics has purchased the assets of GMZ Energy, Inc. Earlier post.). Clinton Ballinger, CEO of Evident Thermoelectrics.

Energy 150

Energy Waste Boston MIT 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Designed from the ground up as an integrated project between the Mercedes-Benz teams based at Brackley and Brixworth, this new car—the first all-new Silver Arrow to hit the track since 1954—comes in a year when Mercedes-Benz celebrates 120 years of motorsport and the 80 th anniversary of the Silver Arrows. Click to enlarge.

2014 252

2014 Mercedes Fuel Power 252

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2010

A spinout from Warwick University (UK), Sorption Energy , is commercializing vehicle air conditioning systems based on waste heat-driven adsorption heat pump technology developed by Professor Robert Critoph and his team at University of Warwick School of Engineering. Part 1: Conceptual and Embodiment Design. Automobile Engineering.

Waste 210

Waste Commercial Energy Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

liter Duramax B20-capable diesel engine with twice the torque of either the gasoline or the bi-fuel models. Silverado 2500HD engine options. The LC8 engine. The engine. V8 engine, engine code LC8. The engine features special hardened valves and valve seats that enable it to run on CNG or gasoline.

Silverado 247

Silverado Chevrolet Fuel Gasoline-Electric 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 e-tron quattro features a six-cylinder TDI engine and quattro drive that deliver 275 kW (373 hp) of system power and 700 N·m (516.3 litre V6 TDI engine. litre V6 TDI engine. TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 TDI quattro.

Audi 150

Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

Army Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). AOI 2: Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) Development of Carbon Fiber Composites for Lightweight Vehicles. ($6M) 2006 or later vehicle). These areas of interest apply to light, medium and heavy duty on-road vehicles. Areas of interest.

Emissions 252

Emissions Vehicles Fuel Economy Carbon Fiber 252

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

First shown as a concept vehicle at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, the production car version of Mitsubishi i was introduced to the Japanese public in January 2006. The engine placement is just forward of the rear axle and behind the rear seat. To exhaust the conditioned air that circulates around the battery pack. Floor duct.

i-MiEV 239

i-MiEV Mitsubishi Lithium Ion Batteries 239