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TDK and Toshiba establish JV for automotive inverters for HEVs, PHEVs, EVs

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TDK Corporation and Toshiba Corporation have agreed to establish a joint venture—TDK Automotive Technologies Corporation—that will develop, manufacture and sell automotive inverters for hybrid vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles.

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NRC report finds significant number of near-term technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars

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Further, the benefits of some technologies are not completely represented in the tests used to estimate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE). Turbocharging and downsizing can also yield fuel consumption reductions. NHTSA also asked that the NRC add to its assessment technologies that have emerged since that report was prepared.

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NHTSA Modeling and Technology Projections Underlying the Proposed CAFE Target of 34.1 mpg by MY 2016

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In an earlier rulemaking, NHTSA reformed the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards with a size-based standard based on footprint. Conversion to dual overhead cam with dual cam phasing: as applied to overhead valves designed to increase the air flow with more than two valves per cylinder and reduce pumping losses.

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