Green Car Congress
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.). MWh per vehicle.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2009
L/100km (96 mpg US), with 70 mpg highway. In both cases, the technical package includes exhaust gas recirculation, oxidation catalytic converter and diesel particulate filter. The car features a safety frame of aluminium, steel and carbon fiber. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2014
The additional content which includes the motor, inverter, converter, and on?board displayed in longer EV range, higher MPG and/or MPGe ratings). Carbon Fiber or Lightweight Materials. Most critical is the cost of the carbon fiber. The cost to manufacture the carbon fiber is high.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
liters per 100 kilometers (147 mpg US) according to the NEDC standard for plug-in hybrid vehicles—corresponding to 43 grams of carbon emissions per kilometer. This plate integrates a primary coil and an inverter (AC/AC converter). The 20-inch brake disks are made from carbon fiber ceramics.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 30, 2016
LeMond Composites, founded by three-time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond, has licensed a low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber manufacturing process developed at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Earlier post.)
Clean Fleet Report
DECEMBER 31, 2021
The undetectable and seamless transitions have an EPA -rated 26 mpg city, with a combined (combined city and highway) 58 mpg. Carbon Fiber Exterior. Carbon fiber curves. The exterior, constructed completely of lightweight carbon fiber, was responsible for head-snapping whiplash among passersby.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
The sleek tractor-trailer combination boosted fuel efficiency by 70%—exceeding 12 mpg, with some test runs showing more than 13 mpg—in road tests, and powertrain brake thermal efficiency reached 50%. This new design added “wave” bumps on the side of the piston bowl, which allows the fuel to burn more cleanly.).
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