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JANUARY 28, 2014

However, the automotive industry is focused not on air consumption but on fuel consumption—and the CO 2 emissions this generates. Per the regulations, the Mercedes team downsized their internal combustion engine (ICE) to a 1.6 This requires thinner, faster flowing oil. Again, this requires thinner oil.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The new coating also was developed to help meet requirements for new production engines planned for 2018-2020, which call for less cylinder-bore friction and the use of lower-viscosity oils and alternative fuels. Chromium nitride (CrN) coatings are common in the piston-ring industry when applied by physical vapor deposition (PVD).

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JUNE 28, 2010

The presence of low-speed pre-ignition is considered a major impediment to automobile manufacturers’ efforts to aggressively downsize engines to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This problem was important enough to the automotive industry that SwRI chose to fund the work internally through our internal research and development program. —Dr.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Meanwhile, agriculture industry lobbyists fought just as hard against those reductions.). Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which stewards the RFS, had repeatedly downsized the targets by nearly 25 percent. (It didn’t help that fossil fuel producers fought tooth and nail to reduce their obligations. By the mid-2010s, the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

This first report (Phase I) examines only the impact of improving the efficiency of fossil-fueled vehicles, in which efficiency gains are delivered by the improvement of the internal combustion engine vehicle, including lightweighting, engine downsizing and hybridization. —“An Economic Assessment of Low Carbon Vehicles”.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2011

The EU will need an oil-free and largely CO 2 -free energy supply for transport by 2050 due to the need to reduce its impact on the environment and concerns about the security of energy supply. They will not provide for oil substitution, as required in the longer term. —Future Transport Fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

State and federal public officials should resist the temptation to pick winners and losers, to let politics and fads enter the debate, or to engage in centralized planning in a highly complex industry. Current fuel economy policy clearly demonstrates this fact. Impact of different sales mix on new car average fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2012

The Schaeffler Group, a leading global supplier to the automotive industry, used the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit to highlight a number of hybrid solutions and electric mobility products as well as products for optimizing conventional drivetrains based on the internal combustion engine. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. Downsizing therefore isn’t vital and, due to the improved light-load efficiency and emissions performance we see with Omnivore, this technology approach and ‘upsizing’ could permit a more efficient engine.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Because the high-voltage battery is both power and energy dense, engineers were able to use the downsized gasoline engine to maximize fuel economy and reduce emissions. Extensive use of hot-stamped components and industrial joint adhesive increase torsional rigidity and structural integrity. A compact and lightweight 1.56-kWh

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Green Cars News

JULY 30, 2009

Previous advances in engine technology may have been based on separate developments by the fuel and lubricants industries, but Ricardo believes that there is a need for an integrated approach between automakers, Tier 1 equipment providers, lubricant additive manufacturers and oil companies. A first meeting is planned in October 2009.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

By downsizing from the present 2.2L An electronic oil pump helps to realize an idle stop system with high response that contributes significantly to improved usability and fuel efficiency. Diesel engine. class diesel engine. The engine features an optimized thermal management system due to improvements in the cooling system.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The proposed CAFE standards are projected to require, on an average industry fleet-wide basis for cars and trucks combined, 40.1 downsize), and the agencies say they have included costs of preserving performance, utility and safety. that are projected to require, on an average industry fleet wide basis, 49.6 mpg US (5.87

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Focused on meeting a growing customer demand for ‘downsized’ engines offering strong power with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the new gasoline and diesel powertrains are being progressively introduced across the Opel product range. Variable displacement oil pump. A near square bore/stroke ratio of 79.7/80.1 l/100 km (58.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Fiesta features Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) ( earlier post ) which allows the engine to be downsized for fuel economy while continuously optimizing camshaft phasing for throttle response, performance and flexibility. The block, cylinder head and oil pan—traditionally the heaviest engine components—are aluminum castings.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Renault is aiming to become the industry leader in the realm of mass-market electric vehicles. In the meantime, Renault will carry over its downsizing policy to cover utility vehicles with the replacement of its current 2.5-liter Electric motors. This project, code-named R9M, is a Renault-Nissan Alliance joint development.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The advantage is significantly accelerated pressure build-up, which leads to very responsive downsized engines. Various other design modifications optimize fuel economy and comfort as well: Low-friction bearings and two-stage oil pump reduce friction. TSI, an exhaust camshaft adjuster is added. Quickly up to temperature.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Questions for the industry, Kurani said, include how do we get from where households currently are to where PHEVs provide the most benefit? The industry needs to “ accept the fact that the correction to the situation is that people are going to spend less, and buy less frequently. ”. Steven Plotkin.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

mpg if the automotive industry were to meet this CO 2 level just through fuel economy improvements.) ( Earlier post.). Low-friction lubricants: low viscosity and advanced low friction lubricants oils are now available with improved performance and better lubrication. Turbocharging and downsizing: 26% for cars, 15% for trucks.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

The new high-powered TDCi diesel engine follows the downsizing trend we’ve led with our EcoBoost petrol technology. An industry-first application of hydro-formed high strength steel is used to produce the A-pillars, B-pillars, and roof rails. A powerful new twin sequential turbocharged 2.0-liter liter TDCi engine. A revised 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

Methanol first surfaced as a potentially interesting transportation fuel in the wake of the oil crisis in 1973. Researchers at the US EPA investigating this approach concluded that the M85 and E85 engines could provide efficiencies comparable or higher than the diesel, in dedicated fuel, high compression ratio turbo charged/downsized engines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The 21CTP is a cooperative research and development (R&D) partnership including four federal agencies—the US Department of Energy (DOE), US Department of Transportation (DOT), US Department of Defense (DOD), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)—and 15 industrial partners. Recommendation 3-2.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. About Dr. Frank.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

On the diesel side—now available solely as BlueTEC units with SCR aftertreatment technology) , the focus is on downsizing and the new version of the V6 CDI engine. Friction-optimized bearings and new transmission oil thermal management also help reduce fuel consumption. BlueTEC diesel units. In the ML 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC, the 3.0-liter

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

By partnering with these two industries. I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). This is unusual. GM Press Release ).

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