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To achieve its goals, Peugeot is relying on a new products strategy that includes electric propulsion (the i0n i-MiEV-derived electric car) and E-Vivacity scooter from 2010; diesel hybrid in the 3008 from 2011 ( earlier post) ; e-HDi (microhybrid) from 2011 on the entire diesel range; and a plug-in diesel hybrid in 2012. Micro-hybrids.

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American consumers are strongly influenced by fuel efficiency and the price of gas when purchasing a vehicle, according to a new survey conducted by the Opinion Research Corporation on behalf of Johnson Controls. This is up 14% from 2011. 72% say environmental impact is a key benefit in driving interest in start-stop vehicles.

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APRIL 5, 2011

will exhibit its High Efficiency Combustion System (HECS) diesel engine at the 2011 SAE World Congress, 12-14 April at Cobo Center in Detroit. The second-generation HECS has been adapted to a downsized 1.6L This consequently results in substantially increased EGR rates, which permit a major reduction in untreated emissions.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Highly efficient at low engine revolutions, electric superchargers make it possible to downsize engines. version of the vehicle but with fuel economy and CO 2 emissions approaching those of a Prius. HyBoost shows comparable performance to the conventional 2.0L Earlier post.).

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JUNE 14, 2011

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has developed a new intelligent power module (IPM) and transfer molded power module (T-PM) mainly for electric and hybrid vehicle applications. Test samples shipments of four models of the J-Series IPM and two models of the J-Series T-PM will start 21 June 2011.

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MARCH 19, 2018

The current decline is ales of diesel light duty vehicle in Europe does not put EU CO 2 targets out of reach of automakers, according to a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). In addition, vehicle manufacturers increasingly use electric motors to complement conventional combustion engines in cars.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

In polling 200 C-level executives in the global automotive industry for the 2012 automotive survey, KPMG found that executives in the US and Western Europe expect even less consumer adoption, projecting e-vehicles will only account for 6-10% of global annual auto sales. —Gary Silberg, National Automotive Industry leader for KPMG LLP.

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JULY 12, 2013

GM has made three product commitments for 2017 related to its sustainability strategy: to have 500,000 vehicles on the road in the US with some form of electrification ( earlier post ); to double the number of US models that can achieve an EPA-estimated 40 mpg US (5.9 Earlier post.). —2012 Sustainability Report.

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AUGUST 14, 2011

They presented their work at the 219 th ECS Meeting in May 2011, and report on it in a paper in press in Electrochemistry Communications. Downsizing the Si particles, alloying Si with metals, and making Si/C composites are some methods proposed to relieve the volume expansion effect.

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APRIL 16, 2011

The Scuderi Group announced at the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit that boosting one of its air-hybrid split-cycle engines ( earlier post ) with a turbocharger to 3.2 You can either feed [two expansion cylinders] or the logical, more simple approach is that you downsize the compression cylinder. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 17, 2013

Relative changes in vehicle energy efficiency (VEE) (km/MJ) on ethanol/gasoline blends over those on gasoline for different blending levels. With that as a premise, they go on to show that the efficiency of existing vehicles can be both positively and negatively affected by ethanol content, ranging from ?15% Credit: ACS, Yan et al.

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APRIL 18, 2013

In 2012, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles passed the one million mark. In addition to the progress in renewables, the report noted that there is a “window of opportunity” opening in the transport sector, headlined by the progress in growth of hybrid electric (HEV) and electric vehicle (EV) sales. million, up 43% from 2011.

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JULY 14, 2014

For the CEC project, approved in 2011, Cummins originally envisioned adapting a medium-duty engine specifically to use E85 fuel, reducing the engine size from 6.7L For the CEC project, approved in 2011, Cummins originally envisioned adapting a medium-duty engine specifically to use E85 fuel, reducing the engine size from 6.7L

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JANUARY 14, 2014

GDI technology provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Lean-burn GDI vehicles are generally higher particle emitters than GDIs running on stoichiometric fuel mixtures. Thomas Heiduk, Michael Kuhn, Maximilian Stichlmeir, Florian Unselt (2011) “The new 1.8L

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MAY 7, 2009

Continental battery pack for commercial vehicles. ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Continental finalized a strategic alliance to develop and produce hybrid drives for commercial vehicles. The two companies had earlier agreed to jointly develop and marketing hybrid vehicle technology for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in 2005.

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MARCH 5, 2013

Vehicle size, a key determinant of fuel economy, has shown a reduction in OECD countries, while the non-OECD trend is toward bigger vehicles. Overall, there seems to be a convergence towards equal partition of vehicle sizes worldwide. mpg US mpg) in 2011—an improvement of 1.8% Source: GFEI. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 25, 2011

The new Solaris Urbino 18 DIWAhybrid features a 150 kW electric motor supporting the downsized diesel engine. As part of the Rhein-Ruhr Electric Mobility Model Region, a pre-production vehicle entered service with Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG. BOGESTRA AG) in mid-February 2011.

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MAY 7, 2010

WorldAutoSteel,the automotive group of the World Steel Association, has presented findings on the progress of FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) Phase 2, a global steel industry effort to develop advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) architectures for electrified vehicles that reduce life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Arcelor Mittal - Luxembourg.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

Ford is focused on lightweighting as a key enabling technology for lowering fuel consumption in combustion-engined vehicles (ICE) and for extending the range—and the size—of battery electric vehicles (EVs). As one current example, the 2011 Ford Explorer (3.5-liter —Barb Samardzich.

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MARCH 3, 2010

The key technical components of the vehicle have been developed by Hyundai under the Blue Drive banner in cooperation with BASF. Five new vehicles have resulted from the program: the i10 blue, i20 blue, i30 blue, i30cw blue, and ix35 blue. Producing 98g/km of CO 2 emissions, the i20 blue is scheduled to go into production in 2011.

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APRIL 2, 2010

Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National High Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly established increasingly stringent greenhouse gas emission standards under the Clean Air Act for 2012 through 2016 model-year vehicles and fuel economy standards under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, respectively.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Thus, the Commission said it would work together with industry to develop a proposal on the European Green Vehicles Initiative under Horizon 2020, including a platform to develop clean and energy-efficient vehicle technologies, as announced in the 2010 Industrial Policy Communication. implement the 2020 CO 2 targets for cars and vans.

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OCTOBER 5, 2011

Even while projecting to the future and talking about batteries and electric vehicles, he said, “ when you look at our actual analysis and you look to our projections for the future, 95% or more of the vehicles, all of the heavy-duty vehicles in our analysis are relying on IC engines.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

At the SAE 2013 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Symposium in Anaheim this week, Owen Thunes, Senior Project Engineer, Zero Emissions Research Group at Nissan, provided an updated overview of the company’s development efforts on the upcoming FF (Front-engine, Front-wheel drive) hybrid system. Earlier post.) —Owen Thunes.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to employ outdated mileage formulas (55 city 45 highway) that do not accurately represent consumers driving habits and dramatically tilts manufacturers into producing electric-vehicle solutions.

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DECEMBER 9, 2010

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and the government of Thailand agreed to start joint study for fleet testing of electric vehicles (EV). class compact vehicle that MMC plans to launch in fiscal year 2011. It will produce the “global small” 1.0-1.2L

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Beginning early in September 2011, the six-speed automatic transmission with start/stop becomes available in the D3 versions of four Volvo models: S60, V60, V70 and S80. Downsized five-cylinder engine. The new start/stop technology, which initially is available together with the 2.0-liter liter less fuel consumption per 100 km.

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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.).

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

This combined combined aggressive 50% downsizing of the engine with an electric supercharger for transient low-speed performance and a 12+X volt micro-hybrid stop-start and energy recuperation systems. In 2011, the HyBoost team reported that the HyBoost demonstrator was achieving comparable performance to the conventional 2.0L

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

LSPI is considered an impediment to aggressive engine downsizing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. —Chris Chadwell, senior research engineer in the Advanced Combustion and Emissions Section in SwRI’s Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division.

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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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JULY 24, 2009

The California Air Resources Board adopted amendments to help business owners comply with its 2007 regulation aimed at reducing toxic diesel emissions from the state’s estimated 180,000 off-road vehicles such as tractors and bulldozers used in construction, mining and other industries. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 11, 2010

Demand for C-segment vehicles globally will come in part from a rightsizing trend in which customers—more conscious of fuel price instability, their own carbon footprints and their individual vehicle needs—are increasingly expected to choose vehicles in this segment as the right cars for them. Battery-electric.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The all-new electronic limited slip differential, Ultra Posi is designed for front and rear-wheel drive vehicles, performs comparably to four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive systems and provides up to a 10% savings in fuel economy, Eaton says. This allows our customers to reduce vehicle weight up to 300 lbs.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Renault is currently working on the development of low-emission and zero-CO 2 emissions vehicles in what it calls “ a determined bid ” to introduce as many effective technologies as possible at an affordable price. Renault is aiming to become the industry leader in the realm of mass-market electric vehicles.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder gasoline engine, significantly downsized from the previous 2.5-liter Ford noted that the new Fusion Hybrid fuel economy stands to outperform the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid by 4 mpg city and 5 mpg highway and the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid by 12 mpg and 4 mpg, respectively.

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