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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Supported by a grant from the Niche Vehicle Network, supported by the Department for Transport and Innovate UK, the project will adapt the design of the Yamaha Tricity 300 to replace its combustion engine with a fully electric powertrain with fast-charging capability and a targeted 100 mile operating range.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The HyBoost project has been led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, with co-funding from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board. naturally aspirated four-cylinder gasoline engine has been replaced with a 1.0L

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Downsizing Low Cost Lead Acid Gasoline-Electric 210

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

version of its vehicle (a 2009 Ford Focus) but with fuel economy and CO 2 emissions approaching those of a Prius, according to David Boggs, Ricardo Technical Specialist, Engines, in a presentation at the recent 2011 Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research Conference (DEER) hosted by the Department of Energy in Detroit.

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Downsizing Prius Hybrid Emissions 230

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

A team from Penn State University and start-up EC Power has developed a material-agnostic technology based on asymmetric temperature modulation with a thermally stable dual-salt electrolyte to achieve stable fast charging for Li-ion batteries. 1 battery to 75% (or 70%) state of charge in 12 (or 11) minutes for more than 900 (or 2,000) cycles.

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MAY 30, 2013

The Williams F1 Team and Mercedes-Benz signed a long-term engine partnership from the 2014 Formula One World Championship season onwards. liter V8 engines to 1.6 Williams will continue to manufacture its own transmission. The 2014 regulations require covering a 300 km (186-mile) race distance on a fuel load of just 100 kg.

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Mercedes Downsizing Engine Power 210

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NOVEMBER 8, 2019

MAHLE Powertrain is presenting a new, prototype 48-volt battery with optimized battery cooling and cell chemistry to enable increased charge and discharge rates. Thus a compact and cost-effective battery that is capable of high charge and discharge power levels relative to its storage capacity (high C rates) is desirable.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

While the performance unit downsized its powertrains in a bid to be more emissions compliant, fans pointed out that AMG had long been synonymous with under-stressed and over-engineered V8s making enough power to burn through a set of tires in a single outing. The only escape route out of this dilemma is the reinstitution of the M177 4.0-liter

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Mercedes Engine Hybrid BMW 98

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

It integrates mtu engines, batteries and hybrid control systems, and Flanders drive train solutions. The mining truck hybrid concept recovers braking energy using the mtu EnergyPack battery system. This energy is then fed back to power the wheel motors, allowing the diesel engine to be downsized.

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Hybrid DC Diesel Downsizing 259

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded its Prize for the Environment to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Controlled Power Technologies and Valeo engineers for their paper HyBoost—An Intelligently Electrified Optimized Downsized Gasoline Engine Concept. Earlier post.).

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Engine Downsizing Lead Acid Automobile 210

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

liter engine with 40% thermal efficiency (41% in hybrid applications); a new 2.0-liter liter hybrid system; and new 4WD systems—one for gasoline-engined cars, one for hybrids—based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). liter Dynamic Force Engine, a New 2.0-liter New 6-speed Manual Transmission (6MT).

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Toyota Engine Hybrid Gasoline-Electric 264

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AUGUST 18, 2022

liter V6 internal combustion engine designed, developed and manufactured by Honda Performance Development [HPD]—the racing arm for Acura Motorsports in North America. The hybrid power plant includes an IMSA-specified electric Bosch Motor Generator Unit (MGU) and Williams Advanced Engineering battery pack.

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Acura Cars North America Concept 293

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MARCH 2, 2011

This marks Toyota’s first downsizing of its HSD technology. This engineering solution targets the independent powering of the air-conditioning unit for improved full hybrid powertrain fuel economy. Introducing full hybrid technology into the B-segment presented Toyota with several unique engineering challenges.

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Prius Downsizing Hybrid Toyota 231

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APRIL 17, 2024

This engine reportedly acted purely as a generator, supplying power to an electric motor rather than directly driving the wheels. Propulsion was reportedly provided by a 268-hp rear-mounted electric motor, drawing power from a lithium-ion battery pack roughly half the size of a production EQS pack. But in 2021 it aborted that plan.

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Mercedes Range Plug Karma 52

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APRIL 6, 2017

Improving battery power to such as level would further enable hybridization to near-HEV levels as well as engine downsizing, thereby enabling fuel economy improvements beyond the current 10-15% MHEV limit. Current MHEV systems typically consist of an engine coupled to a belt-integrated starter generator (BISG).

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Battery Powered Fuel Economy Power Powered 284

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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.)

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Engine Hybrid Fuel Economy Li-ion 220

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

Cummins will display a new powertrain, configurable for either a full battery electric vehicle (BEV) or a range extended electric vehicle (REEV) incorporating a compact engine-generator. liter engine is downsized by about 50% in terms of displacement and can achieve up to 10 mpg, significantly lowering the carbon footprint.

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Range Battery Batteries Electrical 191

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APRIL 23, 2017

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Changling Li, Chueh Liu, Wei Wang, Zafer Mutlu, Jeffrey Bell, Kazi Ahmed, Rachel Ye, Mihrimah Ozkan & Cengiz S.

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Li-ion Waste Lithium Ion Battery 150

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MARCH 12, 2023

A battery will be the high-voltage heart of each of those 77 million electric vehicles, and by far their most expensive component, setting off a worldwide race to ethically source their materials and crank up production to meet exploding demand. Yet propelling this full-size luxury barge still demands a 112 kWh battery aboard.

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Battery Batteries Supplies GM 96

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AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda’s roadmap to the ideal internal combustion engine. the step-by-step introduction of electrification to SKYACTIV internal combustion engines: stop-start, followed by regenerative braking, followed by electric motor drive technologies. Energy balance in an internal combustion engine. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

million to a project to develop a high-efficiency engine system that integrates a compact micro-hybrid configuration of a supercharger with an electric waste heat recovery system and employs high rates of recirculated exhaust gases. Modern engines are becoming smaller and smaller with high levels of dilution for efficiency.

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Low Cost Engine Exhaust Downsizing 150

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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. should not discount novel engine designs.

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International Future Engine EPA 265

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MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). Yes, behind my helmeted head there’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 96

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NOVEMBER 1, 2013

It is based on a front engine, rear-wheel drive layout plug-in hybrid EV (PHEV) system comprising a 3.0-liter liter V6 supercharged MIVEC engine mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission, with a high-output motor and a high-capacity battery. liter direct-injection turbocharged MIVEC engine.

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Mitsubishi PHEV Concept Motor 259

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Even in the BRICs, ICE downsizing has become a big deal. The survey found that most companies are hedging their bets and spreading funding across a wide range of areas, with ICE downsizing and plug-in hybrids expected to receive the greatest investment over the next 5 years. —“14 th Annual Global Automotive Executive Survey”.

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Downsizing Global Auto Brazil 231

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

CPT says that the RegEnBoost system enables a typical family-sized car to achieve less than 100 g/km CO 2 with a 1-liter gasoline engine, but when required can offer the same lively performance and in-gear acceleration of a 2-liter naturally aspirated powertrain.

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Downsizing Power Powered Exhaust 191

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

liter, 3-cylinder Range Extender engine with integrated electrical generator. Lotus Engineering will unveil its Range Extender engine at the 63 rd Frankfurt International Motor Show next week. This results in reduced engine mass (56 kg/123 lbs), assembly costs, package size and improved emissions and engine durability.

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Engine Range Exhaust Downsizing 240

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JANUARY 9, 2010

Included in its product strategy are: Cleaner engines. Peugeot continues to improve engine efficiency with a downsizing strategy for its gasoline and HDi FAP diesel engines. The Marque is also developing a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine. Its Li-ion batteries give it a range of 130 km. 100% Electric vehicles.

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APRIL 17, 2024

The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack. Mercedes-Benz has reportedly scrapped its extended-range EV powertrains under development, at least partly because they were too expensive and seen as a technological patch.

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Mercedes Range Charging Downsizing 52

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APRIL 14, 2021

liter, direct-injected and multi-port-injected gasoline engine as well as 1.6-liter, liter engine couples to an 8-speed automatic transmission for excellent efficiency and acceleration. liter engine provides quick and crisp shifts. kWh battery pack. The Plug-in Hybrid battery is larger than the hybrid battery, with 13.8

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Tucson Hyundai Plug-in Gasoline-Electric 221

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APRIL 24, 2020

Land Rover downsizes engines and upsizes batteries. Kia peeks at the next wave of electric cars from the brand. And Porsche says yes to a rear-wheel drive version of its Taycan. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Land Rover Porsche Kia Downsizing 87

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Current mild-hybrid vehicle projects, in partnership with Ford and Hyundai/Kia, that utilize advanced 48V lead-carbon batteries, can reduce CO 2 emissions by 15-20%, according to the latest data from the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), presented at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (25-28 January, Mainz).

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Emissions Hybrid CO2 Downsizing 150

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Compared to the engine in the previous model, the normally aspirated 5.2-liter The engine delivers 650 N·m (479 lb-ft) of torque between 1,700 and 5,500 rpm; and peak power (382 kW/520 hp) is developed at 5,800 rpm. As the youngest member of the large Audi family of V engines, the 4.0 The newly developed 4.0

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Audi Downsizing Fuel Engine 199

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MARCH 6, 2012

This combination of efficiency and dynamic performance is enabled by the systematic interplay of ACT, downsizing (reduced engine displacement plus direct injection and charging) and BlueMotion Technology (Stop/Start system, battery regeneration). With a top speed of 210 km/h (130 mph), the car accelerates to 100 km/h in 7.9

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MPG Fuel Economy Gasoline Engine 257

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The European Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC) is delivering a paper this week outlining the consortium’s approach to 48V hybridization at the 2 nd International Conference on Advanced Automotive 48V Power Supply Systems in Düsseldorf. The Valeo electric supercharger was developed in the UK by Controlled Power Technologies.

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Carbon Hybrid Battery Batteries 240

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

PureTech 3-cylinder engine. Citroën is introducing the first members of its new PureTech family of three-cylinder gasoline engines on the C3, DS3 and C-Elysée (for international markets) ranges. The design brief for the new-generation PureTech engines called for a clean break in powertrain development. Click to enlarge.

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Engine Gasoline Fuel MPG 281

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DECEMBER 23, 2014

SSVs eliminate idling when the vehicle is stopped and restart the engine when the driver moves from brake to accelerator. Over time, Navigant suggests, the SSV is likely to add functionality to become more of a mild hybrid, with the ability to capture and reuse kinetic energy without the expense of a large battery.

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Gasoline Diesel Vehicles Downsizing 275

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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

class gasoline engine. outlined its plans for next-generation automotive technology&madsh;which it is labeling “Earth Dreams Technology”—comprising a series of measures to improve the efficiency of gasoline and diesel engines, transmissions, hybrid and plug-in hybrid systems and electric powertrains. Gasoline engine.

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