Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2010

This year, organizers are offering the event’s signature road rally through the region as well as a fuel economy competition for all classes of vehicles. Tom Megan of Redwood, NY, will compete in the 2010 Green Grand Prix in Watkins Glen, NY, in his 1965 Porsche 356SC that runs on bio-diesel. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 8, 2012

Thirty years ago, bedrooms all over the world were adorned with pictures of supercars like the Ferrari 288 GTO, Ferrari Testarossa, Porsche 959 and Lamborghini Countach. At that time, very few of us worried about gas mileage, fuel economy or oil prices.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The Holy Grail for developing a performance car is delivering greater performance and more power with greater fuel economy and that’s what we’ve achieved. All-aluminum block and oil pan. A structural aluminum oil pan further stiffens the powertrain. Advanced oiling system, with available dry-sump system.

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Drive Electric

APRIL 5, 2023

. “Moving to electric vehicles as quickly as possible is the right move for the environment and the economy. It is one of the most cost-effective ways to cut our greenhouse emissions, because it reduces the $9b a year New Zealand spends importing oil products from overseas,” said Mr. Gilbert.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

The vacuum pump is incorporated into one of the camshafts for greater efficiency and the oil pump is a rotary vane type. Each cylinder has a central direct injector with cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) as an integral part of the cylinder heads.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The all-new electronic limited slip differential, Ultra Posi is designed for front and rear-wheel drive vehicles, performs comparably to four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive systems and provides up to a 10% savings in fuel economy, Eaton says. The system comprises a deactivation rocker arm and oil control valve.

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Eaton Emissions Fuel Range 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2015

Hybrid systems other than the input power-split design pioneered by Toyota 17 years ago are still in early stages of development, and present huge opportunities to reduce cost through better designs, learning, and economies of scale. The downside is the cost associated for the two large electric motors and associated power electronics.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

‘Starting Wednesday, the 2010 Roadster, which competes against exotic sport cars like the Porsche 911, will be available on a three-year, 30,000-mile lease based on the manufacturer’s price of $111,005, Tesla said. cars like the Porsche 911, will be available on a three-year, 30,000-mile. Tesla estimates the cost savings.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

To ensure that the engine takes up as little mounting space as possible, ancillary components such as the water pump, air conditioning compressor and alternator are screwed directly to the engine and the oil sump without additional brackets, and they are driven by a single-track toothed belt with a permanent tension roller.

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Engine Exhaust Diesel Gasoline-Electric 294

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

That frugal operation is boosted by a 924-volt architecture (versus 400 volts for Tesla, and 800 for Porsche's Taycan) whose benefits include restoring up to 300 miles of range in 20 minutes on a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger. YouTube drag runs aside, the Lucid's calling card is unmatched efficiency of up to 4.6 miles per kilowatt hour.

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Miles Saudi Arabia Range Volt 145

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Plug-in models that will be fighting for market share include the BMW i8 and i3, the Audi e-tron, the Cadillac ELR, the Mercedes B-Class Electric Drive, and the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid. The ICE is also likely to get efficiency improvements from electric oil and water pumps.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has no interest in ceding any ground to Tesla, Audi, Porsche, Lucid or any of the other car companies that want a piece at the upper end of the luxury EV market. The significance is that at some point everything—sedans, coupes, sports cars, SUVs and possibly even trucks—will run on electrons, leaving oil and gasoline behind.

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Mercedes All-Electric Clean Cleaning 90

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Frank has spent more than 30 years in breakthrough vehicle development, during which he received two world records for vehicle fuel economy, designed nine generations of PHEVs, and was a four-time winner of US DOE Advanced Vehicle Design competitions. Virtually any car, truck or bus can be made or redesigned as a long-range PHEV.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Several global indicators on the supply of oil and the known carbon pollution environmental damages its caused all lead us to find cleaner ways of transportation. You also repeat the "peak oil" argument that Ive been reading since the 60s. We have oil! Simmons ; "Hot, Flat & Crowded by Thomas L.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

For example, fuel economy statistics and a graphic display of the electric range is shown on the navigation map. The result is known as blue crude, which—similar to crude oil—can be refined to create the end product Audi e-diesel. A tilt angle display is standard with the optional air springs.

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