2013 Cars Downsizing Gasoline-Electric 
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2014
Volvo Car’s 3-cylinder gasoline engine. Volvo Cars confirmed its production program to develop a lightweight 3-cylinder Drive-E gasoline engine. The move to include a 3-cylinder in Volvo’s engine program is a natural next step in its downsizing strategy, the company said. Volvo Cars’ new three-cylinder engine.
Green Car Congress
JULY 19, 2014
Bosch has made the EVOII mechanical vacuum pump lighter and much more efficient, putting it on a par with more expensive electric vacuum pumps. The unit costs up to 75% less than comparable electric pumps, and offers CO 2 emissions of less than 0.4 As of 2013, some 40% of all new cars in Europe had direct fuel injection.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
The new Mondeo Hybrid is Ford’s first full hybrid car in Europe. Ford projects that two-thirds of all the company’s vehicles in Europe will be leaders, or among the very best, in terms of fuel efficiency by 2013. The Focus Electric will go on sale early next year. Click to enlarge. By 2015, there will be more than 3.5
Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2013
A prototype, twin-turbo, Aston Martin Rapide S at the 41 st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring (19-20 May 2013) will debut Alset Global’s dual fuel Hybrid Hydrogen system, which enables the turbocharged 6.0-liter liter V12 engine car to run on pure gasoline or hydrogen or a blend of both. Four carbon-fiber tanks holding 3.23
Green Car Congress
MARCH 31, 2014
CO 2 emissions of the C 180 in comparison to its predecessor [t/car]. Over the entire lifecycle of the C 180, the lifecycle analysis yields a primary energy consumption of 521 gigajoules (corresponding to the energy content of around 16,000 liters of gasoline); an environmental input of approx. Source: Mercedes-Benz. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2010
Key elements of the CO 2 regulations for passenger cars include: Total reduction in average CO 2 emissions from new cars to 120 g/km, with 10g/km to come from non-vehicle technologies and measures, such as a greater penetration of biofuels. In 2014, any weight increase in new cars will be studied.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 19, 2013
A report published by Cambridge Econometrics and Ricardo-AEA concludes that overall, the cost of technologies required to meet proposed European 2020 CO 2 regulations for vehicles (95 g/km for cars and 147 g/km for vans) will be more than offset by the resultant fuel savings.
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