Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Aerojet Rocketdyne has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center to design and manufacture a lightweight rocket engine thrust chamber assembly using innovative additive manufacturing processes and materials. —Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

Burners currently used on the field commonly perform below target specifications, especially under crosswind conditions, which results in a significant portion of this powerful greenhouse gas escaping into the atmosphere. SwRI Research Engineer Luis Gutierrez is working with Prof. The three-year, $2.9-million —Luis Gutierrez.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The following teams selected for the REMEDY program will work to directly address the more than 50,000 engines, 300,000 flares, and 250 mine shafts that are producing methane emissions. Natural Gas Engines. This would simultaneously reduce methane emissions and improve engine efficiency. Selection amount: $1,500,000).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Researchers at MIT and their colleagues are proposing a new design for electrodes that, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as the anode, could lead to longer-lived batteries with higher energy densities. We designed this structure that gives us three-dimensional electrodes, like a honeycomb. —Ju Li.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

Tata Motors has designed and developed bio-methane engines (5.7 This gas, which gets produced out of natural degradation process, escapes into the atmosphere unused. —Rajendra Petkar, Head, Power System, Engineering, Tata Motors. The presented model was the Tata LPO 1613 with 5.7

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Ford Motor Company announced a corrective action—a software update—to address potential engine overheating that could result in engine fires in SE and SEL models of the 2013 Ford Escape and Ford Fusion models equipped with 1.6-liter liter engines. liter engines. Escapes equipped with the 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Researchers from the University of Turku in Finland, Imperial College London and University College London have devised a synthetic metabolic pathway for producing renewable propane from engineered E. Although we have only produced tiny amounts so far, the fuel we have produced is ready to be used in an engine straight away.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

For the new 2013 Ford Escape, introduced today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, it's all about efficiency--and family-friend features designed to lure buyers who can choose from a growing array of very competent compact crossovers. Ford has already revealed the three engines available for its new Escape.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2024

The IEEE Women in Engineering group decided to use manga’s popularity with young people as a way to encourage girls to consider a career in STEM fields. When I saw [IEEE WIE] was looking for stories about a young woman who was solving problems with engineering, I thought that it was right up my alley and that it would be fun,” she says.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

learning lab will include pilot-scale equipment for electrode, cell and array design and manufacturing and will pilot new manufacturing techniques that will allow Ford to scale battery cell designs with novel materials quickly once the company vertically integrates battery cells and batteries. This 200,000 sq.-ft.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Prabhakar Patil, former CEO, LG Chem Power, and Chief Engineer of Hybrid Technologies, Ford Motor Company. Prior to joining LGCPI in 2005, Dr. Patil spent 27 years of his professional career at Ford Motor Company in various engineering and management positions. Dr. Manthiram holds the Cockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #5.

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Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

Raskin’s proposal did not impress anyone at Apple Computer enough to bring much money from the board of directors or much respect from Apple engineers. This article was first published as “Design case history: Apple’s Macintosh.” It appeared in the December 1984 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2016

NO x engine, the first mid-range engine in North America to receive emission certifications from both US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Air Resources Board (ARB) in California that meet the 0.02 NO x engine is designed for medium-duty truck, urban bus, school bus and refuse applications and is available on the market today.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2010

Canada-based Rapid Electric Vehicles (REV) has begun production of four converted electric bi-directional charging Ancillary Power Vehicles (APVs) ( earlier post ) as part of the US Army Tank Automotive Research Development Engineering Center (TARDEC) Micro-Grid project at Wheeler Air Base, Hawaii.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Ford is embracing the use of “3D printing”—additive manufacturing—in its design work. liter EcoBoost engine in the all-new Transit Van (earlier post) were developed with the aid of 3D rapid manufacturing. Escape: EcoBoost four-cylinder engines in the 2013 Escape built at Louisville Assembly Plant.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

At the IAA 2018, MAN Truck & Bus is presenting the MAN CitE 15-tonne electric truck concept, designed specifically for city cargo traffic. MAN engineers developed the concept in 18 months, leveraging the concepts of the short product development cycles of the software industry. The doors are opened frequently.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

At SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit last month, Ford Motor Company presented a research paper that detailed the results of an initial investigation, termed a Design of Experiment, into thermoelectric exhaust heat energy recovery in conjunction with a hybrid powertrain. Principles of Thermoelectric Generation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

Ford (MY 2020 Escape in US, MY 2020 Kuga in UK). Similar on-road routes were designed in both locations, which, despite the inevitably different traffic and ambient conditions, were shown to have similar dynamics overall. The US vehicles were tested in Michigan, and the European vehicles in the UK. The vehicles were: 3.0l

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Teslarati

MAY 27, 2021

Tesla’s structural battery pack patent also outlined how parts of the integrated energy system are designed to allow gasses to escape from the battery in the event that a cell becomes damaged. Following is the pertinent section from Tesla’s structural battery pack patent. . Credit: US Patent Office.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 7, 2022

A Tesla China materials engineer explained that certain parts of the front longitudinal beams are made from “super-high-strength” thermal forming steel. It make[s] sure that the passengers can still open the door while escaping a collision,” noted a materials engineer from Giga Shanghai. But this is not all.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2011

However, in city driving, the ORC system would supply about half of the accessory load requirement for a conventional engine, and only about one-third of the load requirement for a hybrid powertrain, due to the frequent engine off condition, according to the results presented by Quazi Hussain. For the Atkinson-cycle 2.5L in the city.

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Teslarati

APRIL 28, 2022

Crew Dragon has a built-in launch escape system that allows the capsule to almost instantly whisk astronauts away from a failing rocket at any point before or during a launch. Starship has no such escape system and SpaceX has no apparent plans to develop a variant of the crew-carrying ship with a comparable abort system.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2023

Driven by two electric motors, it meets all the requirements of class VR9 protection without any limitations, as does the new combustion-engine BMW 7 Series Protection (fuel consumption combined in WLTP cycle: 15.6 The special armoring for the roof and underbody has been designed to offer maximum protection against explosives in particular.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2013

The collaboration enables both automakers to design, develop, engineer, test, validate and deliver these new transmissions for their vehicles faster and at lower cost than if each company worked independently. Engineering teams from GM and Ford have already started initial design work on these new transmissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2012

According to Mercedes-Benz, the testing was designed to replicate worst-case conditions expected in a severe frontal crash that would cause a rupture of the air conditioner refrigerant line. A rupture of a refrigerant line will result in a gaseous mixture of refrigerant being released into the engine compartment.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Vertrek is engineered as a global vehicle, and is designed for use with EcoBoost or diesel engines. The Vertrek concept previews a next-generation product with a sleek design while maintaining the cargo volume offered by the current Ford Escape in North America, a traditional compact SUV with 66.3 Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 12, 2023

We’ve added a Steam VM Escape category with multiple targets. It may be a bit strange to be targeting a steam engine on an electric car, but here we are,” the organizers wrote in a press release. “They always innovate, and we’ve updated our target list to keep up.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

The 2018 Atlas and 2018 Tiguan’s six-year/72,000-mile New Vehicle Limited Warranty includes powertrain coverage for their engines, transmissions and optional 4Motion all-wheel-drive system. We specifically designed and built the all-new Atlas and Tiguan for American customers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2011

This customized grade exclusive to North America will be adopted on three of Ford’s current production engines. liter I-4 engine for the Ford Fusion and Ford Escape; the 5.0-liter liter V-8 engine used in vehicle models including F-Series trucks and Mustang; and the 6.2-liter liter V-8 engine for the F-Series.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2017

Suggesting a radical reinterpretation of the INFINITI Q60 coupe, the Project Black S features an aerodynamically-optimized new design with a performance hybrid powertrain developed in close collaboration with the Renault Sport Formula One Team. liter V6 twin-turbo engine; the result is instant, significant, lag-free acceleration.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2013

Ford engineers are using thermal imaging technology to find and eliminate air leaks in vehicle cabins. Engineers heat the air inside a vehicle’s cabin, then take thermal images to spot the location from which warm air is escaping. —John Crisi, Ford NVH engineer. The result is reduced wind noise and a quieter ride.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The development work began to accelerate slowly with the evolution of the Escape Hybrid—the first production hybrid vehicle from a US-based automaker—that was designed and developed in the early 2000s. Still, by 2002 Ford only had approximately 30 hybrid patents.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

The Safeti Offshore package is designed to evaluate the full range of potential hazards. Safeti Offshore is designed to address all these limitations and offers a formal, structured and systematic approach to conducting an offshore QRA. Safeti Offshore is currently being used for customer consulting projects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

Ford Mustang, F-150, Focus, Flex, Escape, Expedition and Econoline as well as Mercury Mariner, Lincoln MKS and Navigator also use the sustainable material. Jerry Brown, Ford chief engineer of seat and restraint engineering. The latest example is the engine cam cover on the 3.0-liter liter V-6 2010 Ford Escape.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

The seven global electrified vehicles announced include: An all-new fully electric small SUV, coming by 2020, engineered to deliver an estimated range of at least 300 miles, to be built at the Flat Rock plant and sold in North America, Europe and Asia. The hybrid vehicle will debut in 2021 and will be built at the Flat Rock plant.

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Baua Electric

JULY 6, 2023

The pickup truck additionally wears flared wheel arches designed to suit chunky 35-inch Goodyear Wrangler Field MT tires. The result’s notable method, breakover, and escape angles of 38.2, The engine is usual around the Canyon lineup and is derived mated to an 8-speed computerized transmission. The unused tires and the 4.5-inch

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Ford’s patented new Auto Start-Stop system for gasoline engines will improve fuel economy for most drivers by at least 4%. The system, designed to work on both gasoline and diesel engines, is standard on the ECOnetic models of the Ford Ka and Mondeo, and is launching now on Focus, C-MAX and Grand C-MAX.

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