Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

Christopher Thomas, BorgWarner VP, Advanced Engineering, Engine Group and VP, Advanced Engineering, Drivetrain Group presented the basic concepts of VEMB and current BorgWarner test results at the recent SAE 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Rheinmetall Automotive AG, part of technology group Rheinmetall AG, has received a major order from an international OEM for electrical vacuum pumps. Especially for today’s downsized gasoline engines, the electric pumps are also useful since they always guarantee an adequate vacuum level, for example for boosting braking power.

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Baua Electric

MAY 8, 2024

For Lamborghini, V10 supercars have remained the bread and butter for the longest time since the company found Volkswagen Group as its new owner. litre FSI engine will bid farewell, aligning with VW Group’s broader initiative to downsize and comply with stricter emissions regulations. Unfortunately, the iconic 5.2-litre

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Xtrac, best known for the gearboxes and driveline components it develops for numerous motorsport formulas and high performance road cars, is joining a group of experts from industry and academia this week looking at cutting-edge technologies that could enhance the performance of transmission systems generally.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

At the North American International Auto Show in January 2009, Chrysler had introduced two new EV concepts and updates on three earlier EV concepts developed by the ENVI group. As outlined in the plan, Chrysler is putting a more immediate focus on downsizing its engines and improving fuel economy across the entire portfolio.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2011

VTES will be integrated into Valeo’s Powertrain Systems Business Group with immediate effect. Highly efficient at low engine revolutions, electric superchargers make it possible to downsize engines. With this move, Valeo becomes the first automotive supplier to offer its customers a range of electric superchargers. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In a further extension of Ricard’s collaboration with the Lifan Automobile Group based in Chongqing, China, the company will assist in the development of a new turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine. With work on the project starting in July, the first engines are due for production in late 2014.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Under the contract placed by JAC—officially the Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) of Hefei, Anhui Province—Ricardo is providing advanced thermal simulation and test guidance to support the development of a passenger vehicle with a downsized gasoline engine.

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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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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

Scuderi Group commissioned SwRI to design and implement the computer Study, which could simulate an SSC engine in any vehicle of choice, driven through any drive cycle of choice. Scuderi Group will provide more in-depth details on the results of the Nissan Sentra Study at the Engine Expo 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany, 17-19 May.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2019

The technology was developed by Kaizhong Gao and Yuepeng Zhang, both of whom work for the nanomaterials, devices and systems group in Argonne’s Applied Materials division. —Kaizhong Gao, Argonne group leader, Nanomaterials, Devices, and Systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2011

The Scuderi Group announced at the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit that boosting one of its air-hybrid split-cycle engines ( earlier post ) with a turbocharger to 3.2 You can either feed [two expansion cylinders] or the logical, more simple approach is that you downsize the compression cylinder. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Car Group. The move to include a 3-cylinder in Volvo’s engine program is a natural next step in its downsizing strategy, the company said. —Michael Fleiss, Vice President Powertrain at Volvo Car Group.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2019

Since 2008, Eaton’s Vehicle Group has been laser-focused on reducing emissions and fuel consumption. Mihai Dorobantu, director, Technology Planning and Government Affairs, Eaton’s Vehicle Group. Examples of what Eaton’s Vehicle Group offers include diesel cylinder deactivation (CDA) and variable valve actuation (VVA) technologies.

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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. liter engine the performance of a 1.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

Advanced low-temperature-combustion (LTC) strategies of downsized and boosted engines are capable of offering ultra-low emissions and higher efficiencies. In a recent study, published in the journal Combustion and Flame , they report that their predictions implicate the composition and temperature of the initial mix of fuel and air.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

The Volkswagen Group has unwrapped the Lamborghini Urus PHEV with a nomenclature saying Urus SE, which comes as the electrified avatar of the Italian performance car manufacturer’s bestselling model. Interestingly, while plug-in hybrid cars usually come with downsized engines, this is not the case here.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

At the 2016 International VDI Congress “Drivetrain for Vehicles” in Friedrichshafen, Germany, John Fuller, Director of Concepts & IP for Torotrak Group, presented and discussed the company’s latest advances to optimize its full-toroidal variator technology for the light vehicle market as applied in continuously variable transmissions (CVTs).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

In addition, on 1 April, the company will introduce organizations to plan and propose R&D and business strategies for the whole Hitachi Group regarding lithium-ion battery and renewable energy-related businesses. Specific measures include: Spinning off the Automotive System Group. and further restructuring measures considered.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2013

downsized, turbocharged) gasoline engine, as operating an engine with higher compression ratios at low load can increase fuel economy compared to operating an engine with fixed compression ratio. The FEV variable length connecting rod is part of the third group. Working principle of FEV’s two-stage VCR system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2013

Ford expects more growth in the super segment, as baby boomers continue to downsize their vehicle purchases and first-time millennial buyers enter the market. —Amy Marentic, group marketing manager, Global Small and Medium Cars. Two of the four groups in the super segment are of particular interest: small utilities and sedans.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Hyundai Motor Group this week outlined its latest powertrain technologies and future plans at the 12 th Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference, held near the Hyundai Motor Group R&D Center in Korea.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Pierburg GmbH, part of the KSPG Group, has developed an electric compressor for spontaneously boosting the charge pressure of engines fitted with an exhaust-gas turbocharger. The electric compressor fits in well and without any constraints with the proven strategy of downsizing, the company said.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2010

The Škoda Octavia family has been augmented with two new engines: a new, downsized turbocharged, direct injection 1.2 Škoda is part of the Volkswagen Group. TSI 105bhp gasoline engine and the latest 1.6 TDI CR 105bhp diesel engine with DSG dual-clutch transmission. Škoda Octavia. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In September, the Scuderi Group released findings from a computer simulation study measuring the performance of the Scuderi split-cycle engine modeled against the European class of “high economy” vehicles. It’s definitely something we need to explore further. —Alan Taub. Ecotec ( earlier post).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

BladeBoost - A Novel Rotary Supercharger for Ultra-Efficient Downsized Gasoline Engines. Ptech Engines Ltd (lead), Tickford Powertrain Test Ltd, MUSI Engines Ltd, Concept Group International. Torotrak (Development) Ltd (lead), Ricardo UK Ltd, Optare Group Ltd, Allison Transmission Europe (UK).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Develop and demonstrate technologies including engine downsizing, electrification of auxiliary systems such as oil and water pumps, waste heat recovery, improved aerodynamics and hybridization. Chrysler Group LLC. 38,831,115. Daimler Trucks North America, LLC. 39,559,868. Navistar, Inc. 37,328,933. 37,328,933. Grantee Project Award.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2014

Re-emphasizing the general technology points that have emerged over the past few months at different events while adding a bit more detail, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Product General Manager of the Product Planning Group, said at the Geneva show that Toyota’s current fuel cell (FC) system features an output power density of 3.0 Fuel Cells Hydrogen'

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

MaryAnn Wright, group vice president of Technology and Industry Relations, Johnson Controls Power Solutions, noted that automakers have made significant advances in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions through implementation of several new technologies, such as turbo charging, engine downsizing and light weighting across their fleets.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2022

But that shell (Group 5) is polar, meaning that its satellites will orbit around Earth’s poles, and the STA license the FCC granted indicates that this launch will be to a more equatorial inclination, which would not make sense for a Group 5 launch. These figures. tons (~2750 lb) and measure roughly 6.5 meters (21 x 9 ft).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Small utility vehicles are most popular with buyers in this age group; more than 46% of premium Ford Escape Titanium buyers are 56 or older, indicating trendsetting boomers are opting for high-series models loaded with technology and amenities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

Rheinmetall Automotive AG is the management company of the Automotive sector of Germany’s Rheinmetall Group. Global Tier 1 supplier Rheinmetall Automotive—formerly KSPG and Kolbenschmidt Pierburg— expects electrification to account for more than half of its sales in 2020. Sales amounted to around €2.6 billion (US$2.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2012

As OEs around the world look to downsize engines to help meet the increasingly stringent regulations, EGR systems are becoming more necessary to optimize the powertrain combustion process and improve fuel economy. —Akio Shikamura, senior executive director of DENSO’s Thermal Systems Business Group. Schematic of an EGR system.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

—Professor Dr. Thomas Weber, Daimler Board Member for Group Research and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars Development. The hybrid represents part of the downsizing strategy of Mercedes-Benz. With these two E-Class models we are now continuing our comprehensive hybrid offensive. E400 HYBRID. Click to enlarge. L/100 km (56 mpg US).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2010

As part of the new plan, Valeo will devote two-thirds of its advanced research investment to developing technology solutions for downsized internal combustion engines and for hybrid and electric vehicles. Should there be a further consolidation of the sector, the Group intends to position itself as an active player in this consolidation.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2011

Nearly half the respondents say the greatest change in materials will be in powertrain systems, noting that advanced propulsion systems—from downsized engines to hybrid and electric vehicle systems and batteries—will drive new material requirements.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Promoting the downsizing and improvement of power control units in hybrids and PHVs, etc.; The company will also promote the global rollout of conservation activities beyond the Toyota Group and its business partners by establishing three future-oriented global projects in 2016.

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