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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. The downsizing process involved shortening the piston stroke by reducing the size of the crank pin and conrod assembly. Select Engines. liter diesel engine of equivalent power.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Scott Jorgensen, a former General Motors Technical Fellow and principle at Hyrax Intercontinental LLC, recently joined Skeleton Technologies as an advisor to the Board to support the company in gaining market share for curved graphene ultracapacitors in the hybrid and electric vehicle market. Scott Jorgensen.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Ford introduced its new new B-MAX concept vehicle at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, providing an early preview of its plans for the European small car market. Click to enlarge. The key innovation on the B-MAX is the adoption of an integrated B-pillar door concept. The B-MAX is powered by a three-cylinder 1.0-liter Earlier post.). Like the 1.6-

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The technologies outlined in this assessment are either commercial or market-ready options that can be deployed on vehicles by model year 2024 to achieve 0.05 This has resulted in higher catalyst loading per volume of substrate and led to downsizing of systems from those available in 2010.

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MARCH 5, 2013

The analysis, an update of an earlier work using data from 2010 and 2011, found that the global average for light-duty vehicle fuel economy was 7.2 Some key non-OECD market have stagnated during the time period. EU, Japan) had significant reduction in their vehicle sales, and on the other hand, the least efficient markets (e.g.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

The next-generation Ford Focus 5-door hatchback, revealed at the 2010 North American International Auto Show. Ford unveiled its strategically important next-generation Ford Focus in both four-door sedan and five-door hatchback styles at the 2010 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. Click to enlarge. Transmission.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter ELC-Hybrid to downsized 1.4L VTES + SpeedStart. CPT and AVL’s most recent work assesses the potential of a VTES equipped downsized ELC-Hybrid vehicle in combination with the CPT SpeedStart Integrated Starter Generator ( earlier post ) and the UltraBattery. Click to enlarge. —Morris et al.

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APRIL 18, 2013

Since 1990, however, the ESCII (2010 = 100) has remained essentially static, changing by less than 1%. tCO 2 /toe); in 2010 it was 56.7 Japan and the United States continue to lead the market, accounting for 62% and 29% of global sales in 2012 (740,000 and 355,000 vehicles sold). tCO 2 /TJ (2.39 tCO 2 /TJ (2.37 tCO 2 /toe).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

The anticipated action plan comes at a time when the automotive industry is facing particular pressure due to a strong decline of the EU market and structural overcapacities. While the European market is considered mature, several third markets are growing fast, changing the trade flows and the automotive value chain.

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JUNE 11, 2019

The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) released a report assessing market-ready technologies being commercialized by suppliers of emission control and efficiency components for heavy-duty diesel vehicles to meet lower intermediate standards for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) by 2024 as a transition to final standards in 2027.

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MAY 6, 2011

million) depending on local market and taxes. Jaguar says that the high-performance hybrid will stay true to the initial concept design study—albeit without the micro-turbines—that made its debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, while fulfilling requirements that allow it to be homologated for road use.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Market acceptance is also critical to defining the best technology or portfolio of technologies necessary to reach the targets set by government. In short, government is stifling innovation by using its considerable powers to push one technology ahead of other viable technologies, leading to distortions in both research and markets.

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JUNE 3, 2010

On the heels of the Indianapolis 500 last weekend, the IZOD IndyCar Series has released a new engine strategy that reflects the downsizing trend in the larger commercial market. All cars in the 2010 Indy Series are using 100% ethanol-fueled Honda Indy HI10R normally-aspirated V-8 engines, with 3.5L cubic liters. displacement.

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MARCH 1, 2016

This enabled Nissan to introduce the breakthrough LEAF, the world’s first mass production EV, in 2010— years before any of our competitors. The technology will be installed on mainstream, mass-market cars at affordable prices and the first model will come to Japan this year. Nissan Intelligent Integration.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

The work will help to accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions and deliver mass-market low carbon road vehicles within 5 to 15 years. In addition to helping to meet UK and EU climate change targets, we anticipate this research and development work will create significant market opportunities for UK-based companies. GKN Eco-Trailer.

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MARCH 10, 2010

As part of the new plan, Valeo will devote two-thirds of its advanced research investment to developing technology solutions for downsized internal combustion engines and for hybrid and electric vehicles. Tags: Market Background Vehicle Manufacturers Vehicle Systems. billion) in 2020 (more than one-third of total sales).

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JUNE 14, 2011

Plug-in hybrids dominate market penetration in 2025 under CAR scenario IV (62 mpg CAFE standard). The CAR report, the US Automotive Market and Industry in 2025 , relies on technology and market forecast data from the National Research Council (NRC) and J.D. The 2010 NRC study, conducted under contract to. Source: CAR.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Reuters reports that Chrysler has disbanded its ENVI team, formed in 2007 to bring electric-drive vehicles and related advanced-propulsion technologies to market. As outlined in the plan, Chrysler is putting a more immediate focus on downsizing its engines and improving fuel economy across the entire portfolio. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

As background, in 2010, Nissan introduced the FR-Hybrid system, a front-engine, rear-wheel drive one-motor, two clutch powertrain offered in the Infiniti M. There is an efficiency gain due to downsizing at low load and middle speed driving while still retaining abundant torque in the high load driving. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 12, 2023

Electric cars barely existed in 2010, when the Tesla Model S was still a glint in Elon Musk’s eye. percent of the United States market in 2022 , according to J.D. Power, and could approach 11 percent of the global market this year. Pushing EVs to a market majority will require stars to align.

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APRIL 8, 2010

FEV’s 698 cm 3 Extremely Downsized Engine. will show its Extremely Downsized Engine (EDE) at next week’s 2010 SAE World Congress in Detroit. mm, the FEV EDE is the smallest competitor powertrain in this market and could be adapted to the Japanese regulations for K-class vehicles. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 24, 2010

In recent years two methods, namely downsizing and downspeeding, were established on the market to reduce CO 2 emissions while maintaining the driving performance of engines with identical effective power but a larger displacement. Here it was possible to lower the carbon-dioxide emissions below the requested 90 g/km in the NEDC.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Additionally, suggested one of the speakers, advanced SIDI (spark-ignited, direct-injection) engines can take light-duty market share back from diesels in Europe based on the same trends. California’s current LEV II emission standards run through 2010. SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target. smog and particulates. Paul Whitaker.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Source: DeCicco 2010. Such options include intelligent systems content, matching performance to real world driving needs, creative downsizing, interior packaging and styling—in short, appealing to consumers in ways that are in line with, as opposed to work against, fuel efficiency. Click to enlarge. —John DeCicco.

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MAY 26, 2023

Ford was well aware in the Eighties how the two-door market (especially at the luxury end) was in flux. As all domestic manufacturers believed between 1982 and 2010 or so, the European car was more sophisticated, had better performance and handling, and in general a more desirable customer base than a domestic car.

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JULY 13, 2011

As of September 2010, it had built 42 LNG carriers. MHI looks for the EXTREM to become a strategic product that will lead the LNG carrier market. Together with downsizing, weight reduction and hull lines improvement, the new ship achieves a substantial 20% reduction in fuel consumption compared to conventional ships.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

The latest Euro VI emission standards, for example, comparable in stringency to US 2010 standards, became effective in 2013. —Jog Lall, sales and marketing director Eminox. —Andy Dickinson, the senior manager at CPT responsible for Cobra. The need for this technology is driven by ever tightening legislation.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

The optimal approaches are different in different countries and in different markets. To introduce methanol significantly into the market place, Bromberg and Cheng wrote, both methanol vehicles and fuel infrastructure have to be deployed simultaneously. Methanol from non-renewable coal or natural gas could be used as a bridging.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The variable valve lift system switches modes in the same manner as the cylinder deactivation rocker arm and can be designed as interchangeable to enable the manufacturers maximum flexibility to utilize a family of engines in diverse markets by changing the valvetrain components. Volkswagen’s 2010 1.4L New Engine Valves.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

GDI is a strategy to improve fuel efficiency that is rapidly gaining market acceptance, as illustrated by the popularity of Ford’s GDI EcoBoost engines. Homogeneous GDI provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Earlier post.) Credit: ACS, Maricq et al.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

SuperTruck II builds on the successful SuperTruck I program, which has already led to more than twenty fuel saving technologies that have reached the commercial market, said Acting Assistant Secretary David Friedman. In 2010, the Energy Department launched the SuperTruck initiative to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%.

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MAY 6, 2013

Since 2010, all Sprinters in the US have been powered by BlueTEC diesel engines, marking the first use of BlueTEC technology, with its selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment system, in the commercial van market here. This downsizing enables lower fuel consumption, accompanied by low emissions and optimum weight.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

L/100 km (56 mpg US) will be added to the range in spring 2010. This makes it the most fuel-efficient gasoline compact on the market, according to Opel. Continuing Opel’s strategy of downsizing, a new 103 kW/140hp 1.4 The new, downsized 103 kW/140 hp 1.4-liter l/100 km will be added to the range in spring 2010.

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MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). According to Fritz Henderson, the company’s CEO, the only way to put GM on top again is to win the market with the “best product”. Starting from 2010 its 2.4l

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

The front end’s compact package was made possible through the consistent downsizing of all F-CELL components. Each of the drive systems takes up comparatively little space for the installation. This applies in particular to the electric drive with fuel cell. —Prof. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Exxon Mobil Corporation’s new The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040 , released last week, projects that global energy demand in 2040 will be about 30% higher than it was in 2010 as population grows to 9 billion and global GDP doubles. By 2040, heavy duty fuel demand will be up about 60 percent versus 2010. billion units.

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