Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Today, we look at why more SUVs and crossovers don't offer hybrid powertrains, Faraday Future scales back production plans, and three battery energy-storage sites come online in California, including one from Tesla. All this and more on Green Car Reports. See the Lucid Air electric luxury sedan hit the road in this new video.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

At the 2012 São Paulo International Motor Show in Brazil, Volkswagen presented the world premiere of a newly developed compact SUV concept: the Taigun. Technically, the Taigun resembles the very contemporary New Small Family by Volkswagen, which it would round out in an upward direction if it were to be produced.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

SUV/Minivan) compared to about 5% with conventional cylinder deactivations, and about 7.2% 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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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

Lamborghini has added more zing to Urus by introducing the plug-in hybrid version of the performance SUV. Interestingly, while plug-in hybrid cars usually come with downsized engines, this is not the case here. Adding the lower emission to that creates a winning combination for the SUV. The Lamborghini Urus SE gets the same 4.0-litre

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

In contrast, the standards recently announced by the Obama Administration, while attainable, require downsizing and a shift in the fleet mix away from SUVs.

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Baua Electric

MAY 18, 2023

automobiles to go onto the Jap automaker’s fresh F1 platform, the retooled Tacoma represents a chance for Toyota to scale each the developments and the teachings discovered from the launches of the redesigned Tundra full-size pickup and Sequoia immense SUV. .” Because the 3rd of 4 body-on-frame U.S.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

You’re an SUV owner looking to upgrade your current car, but you’re also getting tired of increasing gas prices and the way those hybrid and electric car owners look at you on the freeway. At the same time, you’re not about to downsize to a sub-compact in order to get good gas mileage. What do you do?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Ford is currently slightly past the midpoint in a 4-year, $30-million project ($15 million from the US DOE) with Michigan Technological University (MTU) to demonstrate a 25% fuel economy improvement in a mid-sized sedan using a downsized, advanced gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) engine with no or limited degradation in vehicle level metrics, (..)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The first of the three concepts, the Mitsubishi Concept GC-PHEV (Grand Cruiser) is a full-size SUV that uses a high output PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric vehicle) system. The third concept is the Concept AR (Active Runabout)—a compact MPV (multi-purpose vehicle) that offers both the mobility of an SUV and the occupant space of an MPV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

The Marque is investing in the Crossover, SUV, and MPV market by developing a special range of products for international markets. Peugeot continues to improve engine efficiency with a downsizing strategy for its gasoline and HDi FAP diesel engines. Earlier post.). Peugeot said it will also target new markets. 100% Electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2012

Simulated performance of downsized 2.0L Using an SUV equipped with a 3.6L. V6 engine as a baseline, Fallbrook has also simulated the use of a downsized 2.0L generated by a downsized gasoline engine, as compared. I4 with Fallbrook supercharger drive. Click to enlarge. I4 engine which has been supercharged in production.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

A multi-disc and individually controlled hydraulic channel torque converter improves responsiveness by expanding the direct connection band, while a downsized oil pump and double ball bearings minimize frictional losses. e-Handling Driving Dynamics.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

The Swift has been a game-changing product for India’s largest carmaker, which continues to command a notable 62% share of the country’s premium hatchback segment, despite the marked buyer preference for SUVs. New, three-cylinder fuel-sipping engine One of the key recipients of this investment is the development of the new 1.2-litre

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 10, 2013

The 2013 Detroit Auto Show will mark the debut of a crossover concept from Honda, dubbed the 'Urban SUV' concept. It's set to be based on the next-generation Honda Fit, making it the latest in a line of downsized crossovers promising chunky styling with a fuel-efficient twist.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 22, 2012

A small SUV with the Mercedes-Benz "three-pointed star" sitting on the grille may not be everyone's idea of a green car, but as it's representetive of the trend towards downsizing, it still marks an improvement over large, gas-guzzling SUVs. Even more so when it's the new 2013 Mercedes-Benz GLK, fitted with a 2.1-liter

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Pre-dating the modern trend for downsizing, its compact body and 2.0-liter liter engine gave it significantly better gas mileage than many SUVs--and an electric version in 1997 took that even further. Since its launch in 1996, the Toyota RAV4 has always been a greener option for those wanting all-wheel drive.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

In the coming years, GM plans to offer an EV for every customer, from crossovers and SUVs to trucks and sedans. More than half of GM’s capital spending and product development team will be devoted to electric and electric-autonomous vehicle programs. Renewable Energy.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 28, 2012

As carmakers work to satiate consumers' desire to downsize, it's becoming easier than ever to buy a quality car in the subcompact and compact classes. Lexus hit the big time with the LS400 luxury sedan over two decades ago now, but its biggest selling model these days is a hybrid, the RX 450h SUV.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The upcoming Ferrari sportscar may use a downsized turbocharged V6 engine paired with a plug-in hybrid technology. The third model could be a new Icona, a derivative of the Purosangue SUV. One of them could be the LaFerrai successor, which is internally codenamed as F250. Also, it could come as a one-off exclusive model.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2016

Whether someone wants to drive a truck, SUV, or car, increased fuel efficiency remains the number one purchase criterion for American car buyers. The new survey also found consumers are sensitive to the price of fuel when considering a new vehicle, with 64% saying it directly impacts their purchase. This is up 14% from 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Industry data supplied by Ford Motor Company and Del Webb, part of the multi-brand homebuilder PulteGroup, show that the baby boomer segment (ages 55 to 64), which comprised the growing market for large homes and made minivans and big SUVs vogue are now shifting to still lavish, but smaller homes and utility vehicles.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 29, 2011

You may recall a few weeks back we reported on police forces all around the nation downsizing their vehicle fleets from big and brawny V-8 sedans to a new-generation of V-6 sedans and SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

At a “Go Further with Ford” event in Amsterdam, Ford Motor Company detailed plans for an aggressive product acceleration in Europe, targeting opportunities for growth in the large car, SUV and commercial vehicle segments while emphasizing fuel economy and enabling technologies such as the EcoBoost engines. It will also offer the 1.0-liter

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Baua Electric

MARCH 9, 2024

A Hyundai Tucson and Kia Soul drive by behind the R2, with the R2 looking a bit taller than both (when accounting for road crowning), but definitely in the same “mid-size SUV” ballpark (and note Rivian auto design chief Jeff Hammoud is sighted in the end of the video, taking his own video of the car driving by on his phone).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

The SUV has a full-tank range of 650 kilometers (404 miles)—equal to that of a gasoline-powered car. Hyundai Motor Company has completed development of its next-generation hydrogen fuel cell vehicle—the Tucson ix Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV)—and will begin testing next year with an eye toward 2015 mass production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2014

Of note are fuel efficiency advances made to conventional internal combustion engines (ICEs) through stop-start technologies, the use of lightweight materials for body panels and chassis, engine downsizing, and growing interest in diesel. —“Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The positive results from this test indicate that we can downsize our battery pack, reducing cost and weight of the vehicle, and still achieve the 40 mile all-electric range needed for optimized typical driving. The main difference is that our electric powertrain can be used in larger vehicles, such as SUVs and trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2016

The vehicles on which the research was based were representative of current production models at the more aggressive end of the downsizing spectrum in terms of engine capacity and output, but modeled with a future three cylinder 1.5 liter diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2010

liter four-cylinder for the next-generation Ford Explorer SUV and Edge CUV. While Ford is rolling out the first generation of EcoBoost engines, researchers are studying ways to further downsize future EcoBoost engines, while preserving performance and raising fuel economy. The next three EcoBoost engines include: 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The FF Hybrid system that will be launched soon for front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive is built with three main technologies: a downsized internal combustion engine; a new highly efficient CVT, and a compact Li-ion battery. An SUV might use the system combined with the 2.5L —Owen Thunes. Torque exceeds the 3.5L

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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.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

Other dimensions of the Mark VIII were larger in all directions, a stark contrast to the extreme downsizing implemented on Mark VI, a measure pushed further by the tidy proportions of the Mark VII.& In 2003 the InTech appeared in its only SUV usage, as the motivator of the new and doomed Lincoln Aviator. on the outgoing Mark VII.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

Weighing around nine kilograms, these components serve to hold the rechargeable battery cells installed in two electrically powered vehicles of this OEM—a crossover SUV and a high-power sports limousine. Start of production for this order worth a total €65 million is mid-2018. Conventional efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. First, it gives the automaker a very competitive offering in the compact SUV segment in the US—a segment which is booming in the US. Select compact SUVs.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The launch edition of the R1T and it’s SUV close relation the R1S, went on sale late in 2021 – Rivian production started in September 2021 – and people have been tripping over themselves to get hold of limited supply. That has since changed as the company turned its focus to its commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

SpeedStart and TIGERS technologies are aimed not only at the C-segment car platform represented by the Ford Focus, but also are relevant from the B-segment to the largest passenger car and rapidly growing SUV platforms.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The engine should yield fuel efficiency gains of more than 50% compared to a downsized, turbo-charged gasoline direct injection engine, while reducing the overall cost of the powertrain system, said Fabien Redon, Vice President, Technology Development at Achates Power. Earlier post.) displacements, said Redon. Fabien Redon.

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