EV Central

MARCH 30, 2024

Instead of being diesel like virtually all its rivals, the Tank 500 is electrified via a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. Chinese electric pick-up an Aussie chance No Toyota Prado or LandCruiser does that – for all the Japanese giant’s promotion of its hybrids – nor the Ford Everest, Isuzu D-Max or any other ladder-frame 4×4 wagon.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

It will be the largest ever Ford to be fitted with such a small displacement engine – but the next generation Ford Mondeo (pictured) is set to include the award winning 1.0litre EcoBoost petrol engine.

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EV Central

MAY 1, 2024

And, when you consider the inevitable boost in performance an electric motor or two brings when allied with a combustion engine, any long-held PHEV iciness you have may thaw a touch. litre turbo petrol-hybrid offering a mighty 255kW and 648Nm of torque. Or, more twist than a Ford Ranger Raptor. There are reasons here.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold. Credit: Audi.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ford has made improvements to its refreshed Focus which will ensure that it delivers fuel economy improvements of up to 15 per cent across the range. The new Focus is now also the first vehicle in Europe to gain Ford’s new 1.5 litre EcoBoost petrol engine and will also be available for the first t[.].

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EV Central

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It shares an all-new platform with the purely petrol Outlander version. litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Is it good value?

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Green Cars News

MARCH 14, 2010

The latest Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks look to be the greenest versions of the vehicles yet thanks to new diesel and petrol engine powertrains. Tags: Ford Green cars Latest news Ford F-Series Super Duty Trucks green trucks Power Stroke V-8 Turbocharged Engine.

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EV Central

MARCH 20, 2024

The American Silverado EV has a start price of US$74,800 ($113,000), making it far pricier than a Rivian R1T or Ford F-150 Lightning. litre turbo-diesel V8, fuel economy in the teens per 100km and lots of CO2 emissions. Then there’s the cost of converting it to right-hand-drive for our market. Trucks included.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The average fuel economy of new light duty vehicles bought in the USA leapt from October 2007 to April 2009 from 20.2mpg to 21.3mpg. According to Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute, both the unemployment rate and the cost of petrol influenced buyers’ decisions with regards to the fuel economy of their vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The V90, like the XC90 and the S90, offers the T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid powertrain, delivering up to around 410 hp. The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. T8 Twin Engine AWD powertrain. This variant has a unique engine-braking mode.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

In the Darwin to Adelaide run, the petrol driven Alto managed to complete the journey at an average consumption of 72mpg overall, an 18.5 Despite some extremely trying conditions for drivers and cars alike, with most teams opting to turn off the air conditioning to save fuel even in temperatures soaring to 43 degrees centigrade, the 1.0-litre

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The green innovations continue to come thick and fast from the leading car manufacturers with Ford announcing the second member of its turbocharged, petrol direct-injection EcoBoost family. engine included twin independent variable camshaft timing and this system has now been applied in the production 2.0l When the 3.5l

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Question: Can you tell explain Ford’s strategy for introducing greener cars? However at Ford we see three clear stages to achieve this. Ecoboost is a petrol engine technology that gets more out of the same engine. Q: What challenges do Ford face in launching “third stage&# vehicles?

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Green Cars News

JUNE 21, 2012

Ford is set to introduce no less than an impressive 15 new models with class-leading efficiency levels this year. Using its range of EcoBoost petrol engines, TDCi diesel engines and low CO2 ECOnetic Technologies, Ford is to lead an assault on excessive CO2 with its new range of Focus, C-Max, Grand C-Max, B-Max and Transit [.].

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Baua Electric

MARCH 27, 2024

litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine with hybrid assistance producing 255kW and 648Nm and driving all four wheels via a nine-speed automatic. litre turbo-diesel LandCruiser Prado whose fuel economy yard stick is a competitive 7.9 There is no diesel option, the range powered exclusively by a 2.0-litre

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Clean Car

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Here are just some examples: The brand ambassador will stick to a brand and a model, buying the 5 th ford focus in succession, entirely blinkered for any other option on the market. They don’t care that its an end of line car with an older engine and a socket for a nokia 6310, its cheap and its better than what they are driving today.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2009

It is certainly the smallest and arguably the most beautifully formed Audi ever, as the manufacturer attempts to introduce a car to rival the top-end versions of the Ford Ka and Fiat 500. The German firm’s new baby is based on Volkswagen’s ultra-economical micro-machine the Up!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2015

BorgWarner’s regulated two-stage (R2S) turbocharging technology is improving the performance and fuel economy of Ford’s new 2.0-liter liter TDCi diesel engine, the first Ford engine for passenger cars equipped with a two-stage turbocharging system. liter TDCi diesel engine. liter TDCi diesel engine.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

Skoda not only leads Europe’s largest car maker Volkswagen Group’s operations in India, it also steers the low-cost vehicle architecture projects, for both internal combustion engines (ICEs) and electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

However, unlike most other manufacturers, Mercedes has decided to tweak its petrol-powered cars, rather than its diesels. This new BlueEfficiency model has been tweaked by Mercedes engineers to return better fuel economy and emit less carbon dioxide – but not by a huge amount.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 29, 2009

The 10 cars up for contention for the 2009 Award included: the Citroen C1 ev’ie electric, Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric, Toyota iQ, Ford Fiesta ECOnetic, third-generation Toyota Prius hybrid, Volvo S40/V50 DRIVe start-stop, new Honda Insight hybrid, VW Passat BlueMotion 2, BMW 318d saloon, and the Citroen C3 Picasso compact-MPV.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The Climate Change Commission has recommended setting a time limit on light vehicles with internal combustion engines entering, being manufactured, or assembled in Aotearoa as early as 2030. We support the phase-out date for the import of fossil fuel vehicles, between 2030 and 2032. . This is also a matter of fairness. For example:

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs. 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.) Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready. See Chevy Volt for latest.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

4-cylinder engines and hybrid vehicles as a percent of cars sold in the US. Two separate reports highlight the ongoing improvement in vehicle technologies and the growing trend toward consumers purchasing more fuel efficient vehicles in the US and in Europe. Source: CFA. Click to enlarge. l/100 km) from their next vehicle.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do Engineering proptypes enjoy a tax break.

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