Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

The study, by a team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Georgia, Aerodyne Research, California Air Resources Board (ARB), Ohio State University, UC Berkeley, and UC San Diego is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. emission control technologies, and vehicle age and maintenance history. …

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Fleet Engine Global Fuel Economy 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

In this report, MECA provides our assessment of technologies being commercialized by component suppliers, including MECA members, to help their customers comply with future lower NO x standards. —“Technology Feasibility for Heavy-Duty Diesel Trucks in Achieving 90% Lower NO x Standards in 2027”.

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Emissions Diesel Engine 2010 291

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

Based on test work already carried out, Ricardo estimates that a fuel economy improvement of up to 30% is possible with no loss of power or performance, using a downsized EBDI engine in place of currently available gasoline powertrain technology. liter EBDI engine—resulting in up to a 16.8% fuel economy improvement.

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Engine Fuel Economy Energy Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Their study is publishedin the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. The researchers assessed the gaseous, particulate, and genotoxic pollutants from two current technology gasoline direct injection vehicles when tested in their original configuration and with a catalyzed gasoline particulate filter (GPF). 7b05641.

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Gasoline Emissions Engine Fuel Economy 253

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

The Automaker Rankings report examines the emissions of both global warming and smog-forming pollution from of the automakers. Automakers are employing a number of different technologies to reduce global warming emissions from their vehicles. Percentages indicate the fraction of MY2013 vehicles sold with the given technology.

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2013 Kia Hyundai Sale 299

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. The NRC study is intended to feed into the mid-term review and provide an independent review of technologies and the CAFE program more generally.

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Standards Fuel Economy Economy EPA 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2014

Combined with the innovative NANOSLIDE ( earlier post ) cylinder bore coating technology and the aluminum housing, the advantages of the shift include lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. The result is lower fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. This is particularly advantageous for further downsizing concepts.

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Mercedes Diesel Engine Pollution 255

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Working with its technology partner Hubbard Products ( earlier post ), the entire refrigeration system has also been reconfigured, downsizing a number of components and optimizing them to deliver maximum efficiency and higher levels of performance. The HEF is re-used in the engine. We are another step closer to achieving that goal.

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Transportation Engine Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

This Action Plan is based on four pillars: investing in advanced technologies and financing innovation; improving market conditions; enhancing global competitiveness; and investing in human capital and skills and softening the. Secondly, the climate agenda becomes more urgent and even more is expected from technological progress.

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Auto Industry 2020 Industrial Industry 231

Baua Electric

APRIL 20, 2024

Mercedes has also, reportedly, scrapped its extended-range EV powertrains under development, at least partly because they were too expensive and seen as a technological patch. The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack.

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Camry Hybrid Highlander Prius Hybrid 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The total technology cost increment would be between €1,000 and €2,150 [(2014€)], and the fuel cost savings would be on the order of €450 per year. Deploying the full range of combustion engine technologies, including hybrid electric vehicles, would be sufficient to reduce the fleet average CO 2 emissions to 70 g/km, the study found.

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CO2 Cars 2014 Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Progenitor of new family of two-cylinder engines—to range in output from 65-105 hp—made by Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT), the engine implements a Multiair system combined with specific fluid dynamics optimized for the best fuel efficiency. Earlier post.)

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Gas Hybrid Downsizing Engine 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

By rightsizing engines with available technologies, automakers are able to continue applying the benefits of smaller turbocharged engines while fine-tuning powertrain systems to further optimize fuel economy, emissions and performance. Regional highlights include: In North America, more engine downsizing is expected. liters and 1.7

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Global Sale Transportation Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Fiat Group and Fiat Powertrain Technology introduced their new air management technology Multiair at the Geneva Motor Show. Pollutant emissions are likewise reduced through combustion control. The first world-wide application of the Multiair technology will be the Fire 1400 cc 16V naturally aspirated and turbocharged engines.

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Downsizing Gasoline Fuel Economy Engine 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

However, prior to the remarks on climate change and the regulatory response, he spent a few minutes discussing the efforts on urban pollution—e.g., What more is need to end urban pollution, something we’ve been spending over 30 years working on? Differentiated Analysis of Downsizing Concepts”). smog and particulates.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The US Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) have released a request for information (RFI) ( DE-FOA-0001460 ) titled “Co-Optimization of Fuels and Engines” (Optima).

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Engine Fuel Fuel Economy Light 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2009

With direct control of the air through the intake engine valves without using the throttle, MultiAir helps reduce fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. up to 25% fuel savings on Turbo downsized versions. up to 25% fuel savings on Turbo downsized versions. up to 15% low-rpm torque improvement. 60% NO x reduction.

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Downsizing Gasoline Engine 2008 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard. Click to enlarge. The conference.

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Standards International Vehicles Hybrid 257

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. Their paper appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. A significant fraction of the GDI PM 2.5 6b01800.

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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Freescale Semiconductor announced the first of several powerful multicore automotive MCUs that help automotive designers improve engine efficiency and reduce exhaust pollution. Direct injection (DI) technology is being increasingly deployed as a key enabler; however, Pesses noted, the MCU input data is less accurate than the required output.

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Power Powered Engine Conversion 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

To achieve these results, PureTech development called for a number of changes, chief among which were: Downsizing. This technology also helps to reduce engine noise. To get the engine up to temperature faster, the engine uses Split Cooling technology. The specifications also stipulated a specific power of 50 kW per liter.

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Engine Gasoline Fuel MPG 281

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

The injection and combustion of supercritical fuels is also the core of Khosla-backed startup Transonic Combustion’s technology. Transonic’s TSCi technology. While keeping detail about its technology restricted to signers of non-disclosure agreements, Transonic has provided an overview of its approach on its website.

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Diesel Fuel Emissions 2009 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. Such technologies might include solar panels on hybrids, adaptive cruise control or.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy MPG 338

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

technology and there is progress on the economic conversion of biomass to. In comparison, they noted, the technology for bio-chemical ethanol production from cellulosic biomass is not sufficiently developed yet. Large scale production of methanol from natural gas and coal is a well-developed. methanol using thermo-chemical processes.

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Transportation Fuel Coal Gasoline 257

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In an informational webinar in September, John Farrell, Laboratory Program Manager—Vehicle Technologies, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and part of the Co-Optima leadership team observed that: Put most simply, the Co-Optima goal is to introduce better fuels and better vehicles sooner.

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Engine Fuel Vehicles Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2010

Additional credit provisions will be based on the use of advanced technologies, and generation of credits for superior greenhouse gas emission reduction performance prior to model year 2012. Advanced Technology Credits. Initial commercialization of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids.

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EPA Standards Light PHEV 236

Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

Call it Peak ICE—the last hurrah of a technology that governments are ushering off the stage to combat climate change. We firmly believe that everything we do in the electric field must be in line with our DNA, which for nigh on 75 years has meant obtaining performance with the shrewd use of technology,” Leiters says.

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 91

Green Cars News

JUNE 16, 2009

It directly controls the air thanks to intake engine valves without using the throttle, and therefore helps reduce both fuel consumption and pollutant emissions. The MultiAir system, which was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show last year, is seen as a versatile technology that can be applied to all petrol engines.

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Petrol Downsizing Chrysler CO2 36

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

At present, PHEV technology alone is equipped to improve the current electric grid. In fact, the PHEV is the only existing technology that acts as a vector for transitioning our society to exclusive use of renewable resources. It offers a range of elegant solutions to a number of problems. We will soon discuss this need in detail.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Vehicle-to-grid interface technology is also particularly well suited to Plug-in vehicles. They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Somewhat uniquely, we focus both on public policy and technology development.

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PHEV Prius Gasoline-Electric Plug-in 49

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Furia, the next step for AFS Trinity is to license its breakthrough technology to carmakers who want to incorporate the XHT drive train into their vehicles. Establishing dealer network.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45