Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The Volvo Car Corporation is introducing a new, downsized engine range consisting solely of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines. The upcoming four-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture) engine range includes common rail diesels and direct injected gasoline engines. Earlier post.).

Downsizing 268

Downsizing Fuel Economy Volvo Economy 268

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

Yaris HSD concept. Making its world debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Yaris HSD concept anticipates Toyota’s intention to bring its full hybrid Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) technology to the B-segment, the biggest volume segment in Europe. This marks Toyota’s first downsizing of its HSD technology.

Prius 231

Prius Downsizing Hybrid Toyota 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Rolls-Royce and Flanders Electric have agreed to develop a retrofit concept for hybridizing mining trucks that can reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 30%. It integrates mtu engines, batteries and hybrid control systems, and Flanders drive train solutions.

Hybrid 259

Hybrid DC Diesel Downsizing 259

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

will showcase the MILA Blue vehicle concept at the Geneva Motor Show 2014. MILA Blue, the seventh concept vehicle in the MILA family , represents a new lightweight design approach. Downsizing—leveraging smaller, lighter components while at the same time maintaining function and performance.

Concept 290

Concept Gas Vehicles Downsizing 290

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Infiniti unveiled the Q80 Inspiration concept car at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, it what it called a signal of its intent to break into the top tier of the premium sedan category; the concept will lead to a future model. The powertrain incorporates a new aluminum-based downsized twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter L/100 km (42.8

Infinity 281

Infinity Fuel Economy MPG Concept 281

Green Car Congress

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.

Engine 210

Engine Downsizing Lead Acid Automobile 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2012

The Hi-Cross Concept hybrid. Nissan unveiled the Hi-Cross Concept hybrid at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, heralding a possible new design direction for the company as well as a possible expansion of the current Juke-Qashqai-Murano portfolio. liter gasoline direct injection engine to provide the performance potential of a 2.5-liter

Nissan 186

Nissan Concept Lithium Ion Motor 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

At the 2012 São Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil, Volkswagen presented the world premiere of a newly developed compact SUV concept: the Taigun. liter TSI engine (turbocharged, gasoline direct injection engine) with 81 kW / 110 PS / 108 hp (from 5,000/min). seconds with the new engine. l/100 km (52.3

Concept 247

Concept SUV South America Downsizing 247

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

The new SR1 hybrid concept indicates the Marque’s style direction. Peugeot said that it is also designing a vehicle which will embody all of the spirit of the BB1 concept car: 2.5m, 4 seats and 100% electric. Included in its product strategy are: Cleaner engines. The Marque is also developing a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine.

Downsizing 218

Downsizing Plug-in Hybrid Concept 218

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 28, 2014

Downsizing isn''t just a concept reserved for road-going vehicles--the world of motor racing is adopting the theory too. Smaller engines, turbocharging and hybrid technology is all the rage, with this year''s F1 grid adopting all three in an effort to remain relevant.

Nissan 142

Nissan Engine Downsizing Grid 142

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

SAE’s 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit—the second as an immediate precursor to the SAE World Congress—opened on Sunday with a consideration of several alternative engine designs: opposed piston 2-stroke (Achates Power); variable compression ratio (MCE-5); split cycle (Scuderi); and advanced rotary (Liquid Piston).

Engine 294

Engine Design Congress Downsizing 294

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Peugeot will introduce the HR1 urban hybrid concept car at the upcoming Paris Motor Show. liter THP gasoline engine at the front and a rear electric motor. Coupled with a 27 kW (37 bhp) electric motor, the drive system has total potential power of 108 kW (147 bhp) for combined fuel consumption of 3.5

Concept 199

Concept Hybrid Cars Gasoline-Electric 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2011

Ford introduced its new new B-MAX concept vehicle at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, providing an early preview of its plans for the European small car market. The key innovation on the B-MAX is the adoption of an integrated B-pillar door concept. This format has already been engineered for production. Click to enlarge.

Ford 199

Ford Concept Market Downsizing 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The Ricardo-led Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) project will apply 48V “intelligent electrification” concepts, mild hybridization and waste heat recovery in a Ford Focus diesel demonstrator.

Fuel Economy 239

Fuel Economy Diesel Economy Gasoline 239

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

With this acquisition Punch Powertrain is rapidly increasing its R&D capacity in the field of power electronics with expertise covering the entire chain from product conception to production support. Furthermore, the ICE can be downsized using a larger but slower turbo to retain power requirement.

Power 199

Power Powered Clean Cleaning 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

The T-Hybrid (based on a Kia Optima) ( earlier post ) and the ADEPT (based on a Ford Focus) ( earlier post ) both utilize an advanced 48V lead-carbon battery system with bolt-on electrical components that allow for significant engine-downsizing without loss in performance. This concept vehicle is powered by the Optima’s existing 1.7

Emissions 150

Emissions Hybrid CO2 Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Pneumatic hybrid engine on the test bench. Researchers at ETH Zürich are developing a pneumatic hybrid engine—an internal combustion engine connected to a compressed air tank instead of a battery system. If fuel is also injected, the engine responds quickly. The compressed air supply also allows extreme downsizing.

Hybrid 199

Hybrid Engine Downsizing 2009 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Comparison of Fuel Consumption, Fun to Drive and System Cost of the different powertrain concepts. Stage 1 of the Turbohybrid powertrain concept. The clutch module contains a second clutch, currently not activated, which can disconnect the combustion engine from the drive train to enable electric-only driving in a future phase.

Hybrid 150

Hybrid Concept Downsizing Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

Delphi Automotive has developed a common rail fuel system technology for heavy-duty diesel engines that combines proven hardware with an innovative architecture, allowing vehicle manufacturers to meet Euro VI emissions standards without significant modification to their base engines. New high pressure heavy duty common rail systems.

Engine 199

Engine Light Diesel 2000 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

The i-flow concept. Hyundai staged the global debut of its i-flow diesel hybrid concept car at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show. liter engine augmented by two-stage turbocharging and Hyundai’s Lithium Ion-Polymer battery partnered with a six-speed, dual-clutch transmission. Click to enlarge. The i20 blue features the U2 1.4-liter

Hyundai 210

Hyundai Diesel Concept Hybrid 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter ELC-Hybrid to downsized 1.4L VTES + SpeedStart. The paper was jointly authored by CPT engineering director and chief technical officer Guy Morris with Mark Criddle, Mike Dowsett and Toby Heason from CPT and Dr. Paul Kapus and Matthias Neubauer from AVL. TGDI engine and close to the 146 g/km of the current Passat 2.0L

VRLA 210

VRLA Hybrid Downsizing Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2011

The C-X75 concept in Paris. Jaguar will develop the micro-turbine hybrid C-X75 concept car ( earlier post ) as a limited production supercar (maximum of 250), priced at between £700,000 - £900,000 (US$1.15 - $1.48 The road-going supercar will use a downsized, highly-boosted gasoline engine with one electric motor at each axle.

Land Rover 210

Land Rover Hybrid Building Concept 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2016

Continental will present an innovative close-coupled annular catalytic converter that supports near-complete NO x conversion in downsized turbocharged gasoline engines at the 37 th Vienna Motor Symposium next week. For downsized turbocharged gasoline engines, this presents two challenges. Click to enlarge.

Convert 150

Convert Standards Exhaust Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold.

Gasoline 304

Gasoline Audi Fuel Engine 304

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Additionally, suggested one of the speakers, advanced SIDI (spark-ignited, direct-injection) engines can take light-duty market share back from diesels in Europe based on the same trends. Bin 5 engine out is what we’ll need, and then to get it down to Bin 2. SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target. smog and particulates. Robert Czarnowski.

Gasoline 150

Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

The investment will be made in sixteen proof of concept studies, which will last up to one year, and six longer-running full research and development projects. TRW Conekt (lead), Tata Motors European Technical Centre, Brook Crompton. BladeBoost - A Novel Rotary Supercharger for Ultra-Efficient Downsized Gasoline Engines.

Carbon 225

Carbon Li-ion Downsizing Gas 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Powertrain concepts. At NACV 2017, Bosch is also showcasing several future-focused powertrain concepts engineered to save fuel and money while extending the lives of fleets. The eAxle is a scalable, modular platform with the motor, power electronics, and transmission form one compact unit. Control unit.

Connect 170

Connect Connected Commercial Future 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The BladeBoost uses the core design of the Blade Compressor, optimized for engine package and performance requirements. This enables the boost of downsized engines to be completely controlled at any point on the operating cycle, including part-load. Prototype 1, concept demonstrator. Performance on engine.

Downsizing 210

Downsizing Eaton Engine Ford 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. As a reduced cost concept, it aims to make more intelligent use of electrical energy to achieve the desired reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

Congress 236

Congress Hybrid Exhaust Gas-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

MAGSPLIT is intended to replace mechanical eCVTs with a combination motor/magnetic gear. Magnomatics was founded in 2006 by a group of engineers from the University of Sheffield (UK) to commercialize magnetic gearing and motor technology developed there. Basic overview of Magnomatics magnetic gear and motor technology.

Fuel Economy 270

Fuel Economy Hybrid Economy San Diego 270

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The modular hybrid concept represents a comprehensive enhancement of the Mercedes-Benz S 400 HYBRID; no changes to the vehicle body are required, the hybrid module is both flexible and modular, thus allowing its use in other model series, and in addition to diesel and gasoline variants there will also be right-hand drive variants.

Mercedes 244

Mercedes Detroit Gasoline Hybrid 244

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The ADEPT project is led by Ricardo in a research partnership including the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC); Controlled Power Technologies (CPT); Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies UK Ltd; Ford Motor Company and the University of Nottingham. The final results will be presented at the UK’s LCV2016 event on 14-15 September.

Emissions 150

Emissions Hybrid Affordable Future 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Especially in regard to battery technology, downsizing, efficiency improvements with the turbocharged petrol engine and, in particular, for energy recovery systems. We didn’t look for role models, instead we struck out on our own path. —Michael Steiner, Board Member for Research and Development at Porsche AG. Earlier post.).

Porsche 150

Porsche Manufacturer Hybrid Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

The unit is compact, with a package volume of only 221 liters, and lightweight, at less than 100 kg excluding the interfacing hydraulic pump/motor. At the Bauma 2013 show Ricardo had unveiled its High Efficiency Excavator (HFX) concept which was based on the previous generation of Ricardo high speed flywheel technology to TorqStor.

Energy Storage 225

Energy Storage Las Vegas Energy Production 225

EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine with two electric motors, providing about 100km of EV range as well as the ability to travel further on petrol. Theoretically, it should be easier to engineer a right-hand drive model from the factory, although clearly the numbers have to add up for someone to push the button.

F-150 95

F-150 Hummer Australia Silverado 95

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2015

Porsche retained the basic concept of its Class 1 Le Mans Prototype (LMP1) for the second generation: a downsized turbocharged direct injection gasoline engine and two different energy recovery systems. The 500 hp combustion engine powers the rear axle. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

Porsche 150

Porsche Audi Exhaust Li-ion 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2012

Automotive supplier KSPG Automotive (formerly Kolbenschmidt Pierburg), a subsidiary of Rheinmetall AG, and FEV have jointly developed a concept for a compact, 30 kW range extender for battery-electric vehicles. The engine, with a 90° V, is port fuel injected, with two valves per cylinder, and meets Euro 6 emission requirements.

Range 252

Range Gasoline-Electric Exhaust Engine 252