2013, Downsizing, Economy and Resource

Cummins progressing with lightweight downsized T2B2 diesel for pickup; 40% improvement in fuel economy over gasoline V8

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

At the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Annual Merit Review meeting in Washington, DC last week, Michael Ruth from Cummins noted that the DOE program target for the project is a fuel economy (CAFE) target of 26 mpg (9.05 Earlier post.). l/100 km), and as such would not meet the GHG requirement of 28 mpg (8.4

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Gasoline Downsizing

Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

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JULY 28, 2014

We believe that inverters will become increasingly important to our economy and environment as solar PV, batteries, and similar power sources continue their rapid growth. USABC Electrical and Electronics Technical Team Roadmap (June 2013). Evaluation Of The 2010 Toyota Prius Hybrid Synergy Drive System (ORNL, 2011).

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Google Downsizing Prius 2010

FEV’s two-stage VCR system; 5-7% increase in fuel economy using variable length conrods

Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2013

downsized, turbocharged) gasoline engine, as operating an engine with higher compression ratios at low load can increase fuel economy compared to operating an engine with fixed compression ratio. Use of a variable compression ratio (VCR) could be one technology approach to reducing fuel consumption in highly boosted (e.g., Kleeberg, H.,

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Downsizing

Ford / AVL study concludes mid-level ethanol blend attractive as a long-term future fuel for use in optimized engines in US

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

The team presented a paper on their work at the 2013 SAE World Congress in Detroit. As a result, as the ethanol content of the fuel is increased, the fuel economy and driving range for a given fuel tank size are reduced. Downsizing/downspeeding. Volumetric fuel economy. —Stein et al.

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Engine Fuel Ford Future

Air Resources Board Amends Off-Road Diesel Emissions Rule to Aid Compliance

Green Car Congress

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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Diesel Emissions 2007 Fleet

New 4-cylinder 2.3L EcoBoost on Lincoln MKC small SUV; future EcoBoost prospects

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NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Ford says the engine can deliver up to 15% better fuel economy than comparable six-cylinder engines. Turbo lag is virtually eliminated for quicker response when the driver needs power for passing while enabling the exhaust valve to stay open longer for lower emissions and up to 15% better fuel economy than comparable six-cylinder engines.

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Louisville Exhaust Future Fuel Economy

Audi using supplementary port fuel injection to address particulates from gasoline direct injection

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

In part-load operation, the indirect injection supplements direct gasoline injection to improve fuel economy and to reduce the output of particulates from the engine. GDI technology provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Resources. Earlier post.)

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Gasoline Audi Fuel Engine

Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

Selected result parameters for the C 180 compared with its predecessor from 2013 [unit / car]. Because of the shifts in the materials mix of the vehicles, the material resources requirements for manufacturing also changed. Where energy resources are concerned, lignite, hard coal and uranium figure principally in car production.

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Mercedes CO2 2007 MPG

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

This first report (Phase I) examines only the impact of improving the efficiency of fossil-fueled vehicles, in which efficiency gains are delivered by the improvement of the internal combustion engine vehicle, including lightweighting, engine downsizing and hybridization. —“An Economic Assessment of Low Carbon Vehicles”.

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Cost Of 2020 Fuel CO2

Ford study suggests GDI engines can meet coming California and US PM emissions standards over 150k miles; more work to be done

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Homogeneous GDI provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. The results of this work provide two examples to suggest that GDI vehicles, which are introduced to improve fuel economy, can meet upcoming US and California PM standards over 150K miles of operation.

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Standards Emissions Miles Engine

EPAs GHG Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles; Special Credits To Encourage PHEVs, BEVs and FCVs

Green Car Congress

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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EPA Standards Light PHEV

Update on the ACCESS fuel efficient engine project; simulations find up to 48.9% improvement in fuel economy over baseline

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

At the recent 2013 SAE World Congress, engineers from Bosch and AVL presented papers on progress in the ACCESS project, describing the design, combustion development and controls development for a resulting 4-cylinder gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) engine with part-load HCCI capability. Engines 6(1)doi: 10.4271/2013-01-0287.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Engine

Ford moving to vehicle testing with advanced 2.3L MiGTDI engine research project; Tier 3 SULEV30 target with 25% fuel economy improvement

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

The original project target was Tier 2 Bin 2 emissions, but in August 2013, it was agreed to shift that to the Tier 3 target—essentially the same with combined NO x and NMOG emissions, but more strict with CO and PM. Installed in a 2013 Fusion. Cycle-based CAE analysis of fuel economy contribution of critical technologies.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Ford Engine

Researchers propose evaluating alt fuel efficiency based on energy rather than volume; impact of ethanol on vehicle efficiency and GHGs

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2013

Dedicated ethanol (or E85) engines have the promise to improve efficiency substantially over comparable regular gasoline engines through direct-injection, increased geometric CR, variable valve timing, exhaust gas recirculation, aggressive turbocharging, and downsizing and/or downspeeding. Xiaoyu Yan, Oliver R. Inderwildi, David A.

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Fuel Energy Gasoline-Electric Gasoline

Viable exhaust-driven on-board ethanol reforming for improvements in fuel economy and emissions

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2013

Blending 25-50% of this low-temperature ethanol reformate with ethanol or E85 fuels enables dilute engine operation, resulting in substantial improvements in fuel economy and emissions. High-temperature reformers need to burn a portion of the fuel to maintain their reforming temperatures, thereby generating a fuel-economy penalty.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Exhaust Economy Fuel

First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

Combined fuel economy (mpg). The second-generation hybrid system has been thoroughly enhanced from its predecessor: The downsized GDI engine features an aluminum block and head, a compression ratio of 13.5:1, Insup Kim, Hyunsup Kim (2013) “Configuration Analysis of Plug-in Hybrid Systems using Global Optimization” EVS27.

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PHEV 2016 Hyundai Plug-in

Ford assessment of two cylinder deactivation strategies for award-winning 3-cyl. EcoBoost

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JUNE 23, 2015

A comparison of the benefits of two different cylinder deactivation operating strategies for downsized 3-cylinder engines such as the 1.0L Even for an aggressively downsized engine such as the 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost, a significant improvement in vehicle fuel economy could be found by exploiting cylinder deactivation.

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Ford Fuel Economy Downsizing Economy

Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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APRIL 24, 2012

Pinnacle has signed a licensing and joint development agreement with a major, as yet unnamed, Asian vehicle OEM, with lower power products targeted for two- and three-wheel applications in the developing country markets expected to be available in the first quarter of 2013. Pinnacle Engines’ 4-stroke opposed-piston engine. Click to enlarge.

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Light Fuel Economy Engine Fuel

Promising Delphi 1st-gen Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition engine meeting ultra fuel efficient program targets

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APRIL 17, 2014

General project targets were to deliver diesel-like or better fuel economy using E10 gasoline (RON91), and to achieve low engine-out NO x and PM using low temperature combustion, the intention being to avoid the cost of aftertreatment for NO x and PM, in addition to meeting more stringent standards. Valvetronic 2013. Resources.

Gasoline

Gasoline Engine Fuel Wisconsin

Study explores impact of alcohol-gasoline blends with early inlet valve closing at low and moderate loads on EGR tolerance

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MARCH 20, 2013

Variable valve timing is an established technique for improving the fuel economy of a gasoline engine via several mechanisms. Such downsizing may help offset the low energy density of ethanol, while problems with cold star due to reduced volatility can also be reduced via, for example, advanced DI operating strategies. 2012.10.041.

Gasoline

Gasoline Exhaust Downsizing Engine

Exploring gasoline-range naphtha as a low-soot, low-NOx alternative compression ignition fuel

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

In a paper presented at the SAE 2013 World Congress, Kalghatgi and his colleagues argued that: Demand for transport energy is growing, but this growth is skewed heavily toward commercial transport, such as heavy road, aviation, marine and rail which uses heavier fuels like diesel and kerosene. Fuel economy. —Chang et al.

Gasoline

Gasoline Fuel Range Diesel

Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. Planning background. ” First-generation EcoBoost.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Ford Downsizing

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet." Red Herring ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

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Cummins progressing with lightweight downsized T2B2 diesel for pickup; 40% improvement in fuel economy over gasoline V8

Google and IEEE launch $1M challenge for downsized inverters

FEV’s two-stage VCR system; 5-7% increase in fuel economy using variable length conrods

Ford / AVL study concludes mid-level ethanol blend attractive as a long-term future fuel for use in optimized engines in US

Air Resources Board Amends Off-Road Diesel Emissions Rule to Aid Compliance

New 4-cylinder 2.3L EcoBoost on Lincoln MKC small SUV; future EcoBoost prospects

Audi using supplementary port fuel injection to address particulates from gasoline direct injection

Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

Ford study suggests GDI engines can meet coming California and US PM emissions standards over 150k miles; more work to be done

EPAs GHG Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles; Special Credits To Encourage PHEVs, BEVs and FCVs

Update on the ACCESS fuel efficient engine project; simulations find up to 48.9% improvement in fuel economy over baseline

Ford moving to vehicle testing with advanced 2.3L MiGTDI engine research project; Tier 3 SULEV30 target with 25% fuel economy improvement

Researchers propose evaluating alt fuel efficiency based on energy rather than volume; impact of ethanol on vehicle efficiency and GHGs

Viable exhaust-driven on-board ethanol reforming for improvements in fuel economy and emissions

First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

Ford assessment of two cylinder deactivation strategies for award-winning 3-cyl. EcoBoost

Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

Promising Delphi 1st-gen Gasoline Direct Injection Compression Ignition engine meeting ultra fuel efficient program targets

Study explores impact of alcohol-gasoline blends with early inlet valve closing at low and moderate loads on EGR tolerance

Exploring gasoline-range naphtha as a low-soot, low-NOx alternative compression ignition fuel

Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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