Green Car Congress
APRIL 12, 2012
Ford Motor Company is partnering with Dow Automotive Systems, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, to research the use of advanced carbon fiber composites in high-volume vehicles. Carbon fiber composites have been used in aerospace and racing cars for decades due to their unique combination of high strength and low mass.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2014
displayed in longer EV range, higher MPG and/or MPGe ratings). Advanced Combustion Engine R&D. sizing passenger vehicle engines. pressure fuel injection, and higher pressure engine operation, for implementing the clean diesel combustion strategy. duty engines. Stirling engines. Rotary engines.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
liter diesel engine produces more than 400 kW (544 hp) and delivers 1,000 N·m (738 lb-ft) of torque from 1,500 rpm. liters per 100 kilometers (30 mpg US ). A beefed-up seven-speed S tronic located behind the engine transfers the torque to a specially designed quattro drivetrain. Audi nanuk quattro show car.
Clean Fleet Report
FEBRUARY 11, 2024
The mid-engine design has outstanding steering, generous sight lines, confident racing-type braking and the type of power a car aficionado expects from McLaren. It is more of an exotic sports car beginning with a high-performance mid-engine twin-turbo V8. This is the McLaren you can take across town or across the country.
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.). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 2, 2009
L/100km (96 mpg US), with 70 mpg highway. TDI two-cylinder turbo-diesel engine delivers power of 38 kW / 51 hp. Between 1,800 and 2,250 rpm the 55 kilogram light turbo-diesel direct injection engine delivers 120 N·m (89 l b-ft) maximum torque. Since they share a common construction as an engine family, the 0.8
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2012
liters per 100 kilometers (112 mpg US) under the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), with CO 2 emissions of 49 g/km—less than half the current average for B-segment cars. liter, two-cylinder Atkinson cycle gasoline engine, along with improved hybrid system efficiency. Efficient powertrain. Effective thermal energy management.
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