Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

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. As there were no suitable low-cost, compact batteries able to deal with the necessary recharge and discharge cycles involving high currents, MAHLE Powertrain developed its own.

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Volt Battery Batteries Hybrid 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The i40 48V Hybrid reduces CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption significantly compared to the standard production model, yet only costs a quarter of a full hybrid solution to build. The lead-carbon battery was chosen due to its excellent power-to-cost ratio, rapid charging capability and high levels of durability. Based on a 1.7-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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Fuel Economy Economy Concept Fuel 150

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. Earlier post.).

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Engine Downsizing Lead Acid Automobile 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

By combining its extensive experience in main drive and auxiliary drive transmissions, Torotrak has designed a variator concept with ratio spread of up to 12, operated by a low cost actuation system. the Torotrak V-Charge. Fuller said that electric vehicles could also benefit from the latest variator developments. —John Fuller.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Toyota’s targeted cost reductions in fuel cell vehicles. Design of the fuel cell system and hydrogen storage system plays a critical role in achieving the cost reduction, Yokoyama said. Toyota is simplifying the design of its stack, resulting in downsizing and downweighting, and reducing the amount of platinum catalyst required.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Li-ion Waste Lithium Ion Battery 150

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. —Alistair Davidson, ALABC. liter engine the performance of a 1.8

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Emissions Hybrid CO2 Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Cost-effectiveness of vehicle electrification using today’s assumptions. The study by Aaron Brooker, Matthew Thorton and John Rugh aimed to identify possible pathways to cost-effective vehicle electrification by evaluating a variety of scenarios and technology improvements. The EHEV pathway is the dynamic, road-charged hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. There will be no torque deficit or other tradeoffs from essential engine downsizing and higher gearing, which now dominates the development of internal combustion engines.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

Future RDE emissions legislation and fleet average CO 2 targets represent a challenge for automakers wishing to provide cost-effective light duty diesel vehicles. The cost comparison is with respect to a Euro 5 baseline. The SIA conference was focused on clean compression-ignition engines of the future. liter diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2012

XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. Our focus has always been from day one to be cost-effective.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

Total project cost is £2,206,784, with the TSB providing £1,103,392. The small size, multi-fuel capability and potential low cost of the ULRE could also help speed adoption of electric vehicles. BladeBoost - A Novel Rotary Supercharger for Ultra-Efficient Downsized Gasoline Engines. GKN Eco-Trailer.

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Carbon Li-ion Downsizing Gas 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

This subtopic solicits applications that directly or indirectly address the cost and weight reduction of PEM fuel cell stacks. All proposed projects must demonstrate potential to meet or exceed DOE’s 2020 bipolar plate technical targets as well as the cost target of $3/kW. Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC).

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Engine Fuel Hydrogen Battery 253

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2013

The new engine will achieve high efficiency using the Atkinson Cycle with an 18:1 compression ratio, combined with aggressive engine downsizing. Engine downsizing is a key tool in improving fuel economy. The eccentric carrier design was chosen for its low cost and rigid support of the main bearings.

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Engine Eaton Fuel Economy Downsizing 207

Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

litre Z-series powertrain, which now features a three-cylinder layout for the petrol engine, christened Z12E, a downsize from the outgoing 1.2-litre, However, Suzuki is learnt to be developing low-cost series hybrid solutions for its small car portfolio, and that powertrain could see the light of day in the Swift around CY2027.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Coupled with further improvements to the base machine such as engine downsizing, hydraulic system improvements and ancillary load optimization, the fuel saved could be substantially greater than this. —Ricardo VP of Innovation David Rollafson. Click to enlarge.

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Energy Storage Las Vegas Energy Production 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2012

This concept system is expected to be ideal for heavily downsized applications and developing markets. Evolutions of the same technology will allow a cost-effective path to next-generation emissions compliance. New high pressure heavy duty common rail systems. Currently in production, the system operates at 1600 bar.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2015

This has been made cost-effective by developing a patented control and switching technology that enables the use of many cost-competitive components. Aeristech’s 48v eSupercharger has already been demonstrated by MAHLE Powertrain UK in a D-segment appraisal vehicle using its downsized turbocharged 1.2 Source: Aeristech.

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Gasoline-Electric Electrical Electric Engine 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

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. This common core also provides greater confidence in the robustness of prototypes, while minimizing the cost of variants further supports the development of 48V systems.

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Congress Hybrid Exhaust Gas-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2013

Therefore, Bohr said, Bosch aims to develop lithium-ion batteries that will at least double the range of current electric vehicles and at half the cost per kilowatt-hour. In order to further reduce its CO 2 emissions in this vehicle class, the gasoline engine will require a low-cost, basic hybrid solution.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

With the extended lean operation of the sleeve-valve engine, NO x emissions remain low for light to medium loads and rise back to typical levels during the brief enrichment periods required to maintain competitive BMEP levels at higher loads.

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Light Fuel Economy Engine Fuel 304

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2017

The extreme valve temperatures experienced on today’s highly boosted downsized engines can lead to reduced valve fatigue life and critical valve guide and stem seal temperatures, resulting in the need for expensive valve steel alloys.

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Engine Emissions Exhaust Sodium 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

One initiative, SuperTruck II ( earlier post ), will award $80 million to four projects to develop and to demonstrate cost-effective technologies that more than double the freight efficiency of Class 8 trucks. Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Description.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2013

However, they add, this benefit comes at the cost of a substantial design complication: the reformer must serve as both a reactor and a heat exchanger between the fuel and the exhaust stream. A low-cost, low-weight, compact design capable of being packaged in a vehicle exhaust train.

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Fuel Economy Exhaust Economy Fuel 230

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Applied to a turbocharged, downsized engine, MultiAir can contribute to up to a 25% reduction in fuel consumption over conventional naturally aspirated engines with the same performance, according to Fiat. Pollutant emissions are likewise reduced through combustion control.

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Downsizing Gasoline Fuel Economy Engine 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

A 10% reduction in vehicle weight offers fuel savings of 5 to 7% (in mpg), provided the vehicle's powertrain is also downsized, Frost & Sullivan notes. Lightweight materials do decrease the overall weight and emissions, but also hike the costs considerably. —Frost & Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Sandeepan Mondal.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range. That becomes a low-cost way to generate big improvements in pack density and bolster the mileage of a vehicle,” Castillloux says.

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Battery Batteries Supplies GM 91

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Delphi is highlighting new developments in the area of fuel injection systems, ignition, valve train and ancillary systems for improving fuel consumption and lowering CO 2 emissions from spark ignition engines without what it calls the cost and risk of different technologies. New Multec fast solenoid injectors for lower-cost GDi.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Due to their low cost, thin form factor, and pliability, flexi discs became the medium of choice for magazine publishers who wished to supplement articles with audio content. Recordings were not limited to musical performances. It therefore seemed extremely likely that a copy of the flexi disc could be found in our stacks.

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Kansas City Kansas Missouri Downsizing 73

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The new system, where we have adopted a pretty radical change in the architecture itself, downsizes dramatically, takes 100 kg of the mass out, and takes the size down to half of that of the Equinox. The first generation fuel cell system (with fourth-generation stack technology) used in the Equinox. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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GM 2015 Engine Fuel 262

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

High-research octane number (RON) fuels are known to enable more efficient, higher-performance SI operation via engine downsizing and boosting. The new device and/or procedure(s) should yield greater measurement accuracy, lower cost and/or higher throughput than the Ignition Quality Tester (IQT) and Rapid Compression Machine (RCM).

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Engine Fuel Emissions Pollution 150

Charged EVs

AUGUST 4, 2022

There is a wide range of characteristics that describe the performance of any given battery chemistry: energy density, specific energy, specific power, discharge efficiency, self-discharge rate, cycle life, calendar life, and—not the least important—cost. The challenge is that anode-free cells still have low cycle life.

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Miles Range DC Battery 66

Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

As America downsizes and SUVs go unpurchased, GM’s diehards put inefficient if zero-emission H2/FCV Equinoxes in advertisements and a few dozen driveways to which they remain tethered by unavailable fuel. (By I will pay nothing for my 300 mile road trip.)

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Plug-in Al Gore Plug Gore 100

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

A multi-cylinder version is practical for a wide variety of vehicles and offers greatest benefit to C and D class passenger cars which can take advantage of the low cost architecture and significantly improved fuel economy and emissions.

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Fuel Economy Engine Light Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Furthermore, the batteries in a PHEV are generally smaller than those in any other electric vehicle constructed today and the battery savings in the PHEV from a pure BEV can easily make up for the cost of the small liquid-fueled engine, resulting in a lower-cost production vehicle for mass distribution.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Carmakers response to real and specific concerns about battery lifetime, up-front costs, and safety issues is to focus on engineering and testing for an unspecified number of years. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. The biggest barrier is the battery."

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