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Green Car Congress
MARCH 7, 2012
Honda’s new 1.6-liter liter i-DTEC engine in the new Civic will deliver CO 2 emissions of 95 g/km, according to Honda Motor Europe’s President, Manabu Nishimae, in his presentation at the Geneva Motor Show. It will be manufactured at Honda’s UK manufacturing facility in Swindon from the end of 2012. Honda Civic 1.6
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2011
class gasoline engine. In Tokyo, Honda Motor Co., outlined its plans for next-generation automotive technology&madsh;which it is labeling “Earth Dreams Technology”—comprising a series of measures to improve the efficiency of gasoline and diesel engines, transmissions, hybrid and plug-in hybrid systems and electric powertrains.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 22, 2009
Engineers from Honda R&D Co., presented a pair of papers at the SAE 2009 World Congress describing the development of a variable compression ratio (VCR) engine enabled by a dual piston mechanism. For the study, Honda installed a small pump separate from that of engine lubricating oil pump. Kadota et al.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 15, 2016
When presented with a list of technologies analyzed within a National Academies of Science report ( earlier post ) that might be used to meet fuel-efficiency standards, suppliers picked turbocharging and engine downsizing, along with higher-speed automatic transmissions, as the most critical. Ricardo survey.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2011
There is no strong advocacy for methanol (unlike ethanol) as a transportation fuel; therefore, they said, it has been displaced by ethanol as oxygenate of choice in gasoline blends. The toxicity (mortality) is comparable to or better than gasoline. It is a safe fuel. Vehicle use and optimization.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 17, 2014
In a presentation at the SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium and then in a paper given at SAE 2014 World Congress, Mark Sellnau, Engineering Manager, Delphi Advanced Powertrain, reported that Brake Specific Fuel Consumption for the 1.8L Earlier post , earlier post.). CNL (combustion noise). load & speed dependent.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 11, 2009
CPT says that the RegEnBoost system enables a typical family-sized car to achieve less than 100 g/km CO 2 with a 1-liter gasoline engine, but when required can offer the same lively performance and in-gear acceleration of a 2-liter naturally aspirated powertrain. Geoff Morris, CPT’s engineering director and chief technical officer.
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