Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D, re-iterated Honda’s strategic focus on electrification as the main pathway toward reducing greenhouse gases, and shift to renewable sources of energy. The FC market is slated to increase at a 40% per annum rate including the Asian Pacific, North American and US Market.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

We’re not holding our breath for that mythical $30,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV, but we figured retail versions of Chevy’s Silverado EV pickup truck and Blazer EV SUV would have reached the market by now. Of all the mass-market brands sold in the U.S., Photos courtesy of John Voelcker. Storage space is 20.2 cu ft with the third row folded.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2015

Aeristech said it overcame the thermal management issues that can restrict other electric boosting devices currently available on the market to only transient operation by using permanent magnet motor technology in place of the more usual switched reluctance type. The addition of the eSupercharger re-instated the low-speed torque.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

For example, the report notes the promise of cylinder deactivation, turbocharging and downsizing. The committee estimated costs for turbocharging and downsizing to range from close to zero, when converting from a V6 to a four cylinder engine, to almost $1,000 when converting from a V8 to a V6. Assessment of Technologies”.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Not everyones convinced there’s a market for them all, but that doesn’t seem to have dulled enthusiasm. In some form possibly , especially since Tesla reduced the external dimensions of the Cybertruck, making it more likely for export markets such as Australia. It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

We’re not holding our breath for that mythical $30,000 Chevrolet Equinox EV, but we figured retail versions of Chevy’s Silverado EV pickup truck and Blazer EV SUV would have reached the market by now. Of all the mass-market brands sold in the U.S., Photos courtesy of John Voelcker. Storage space is 20.2 cu ft with the third row folded.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The intended application is light-, medium-, and heavy-duty markets including hybrid architectures. Thrust 1 builds on the significant amount of work carried out over the past several decades, focused on building advanced boosted, downsized, and downspeeded spark ignition engines. Market Transformation. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2015

However, the report authors found, the agencies should re-examine certain issues such as consumer behavior and the effectiveness of certain technologies in an upcoming mid-term review. Further, at the time of the mid-term review, there will be several vehicles with electrified powertrains in the market. Non-Powertrain Technologies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We’re focused on the customers’ most critical issue—smaller packaging. Eaton said that a series of process improvements and new engine valve product designs will help engine manufacturers address issues related to engine downsizing to achieve better fuel economy and reduced emissions. New Engine Valves.

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Plug In India

MARCH 24, 2021

The flywheel is downsized to give a continuum between shift of gears, else unlike a ICE engine, when you take your leg off the pedal, the motor goes zero torque when you are re-engaging gears. The electricity generated will be used for charging the swappable battery packs. So we have a clutch that connects to a huge flywheel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2011

Joachim Schmidt, Board Member of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Sales & Marketing. 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. This means that the optimum charge pressure can be built up at low engine revs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. Every electric energy consumer, not just the relatively few electric-only vehicle owners, will be asked to pay for the expensive hardware for these high-power charging stations. Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). According to Fritz Henderson, the company’s CEO, the only way to put GM on top again is to win the market with the “best product”. How GM hopes to recover.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Batteries not ready.

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