Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

Researchers at Brunel University London are developing a new generation of ultra-light car parts that will reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. Liquid metal engineering experts will work on it from Brunel’s Advanced Metals Casting Centre (AMCC) and Advanced Metals Processing Centre (AMPC) at its Uxbridge campus in West London.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2018

Researchers at Princeton University have used light to control genetically modified Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast—i.e., The optimization of engineered metabolic pathways requires careful control over the levels and timing of metabolic enzyme expression. It opens the door to controlling metabolism with light.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The BMW M Hybrid V8 is powered by the P66/3 eight-cylinder turbo engine with supplementary electric drive. The combustion engine is based on the DTM unit used in the BMW M4 DTM in 2017 and 2018. BMW M Hybrid V8 engine. That saved us time and a lot of money and was therefore efficient and sustainable.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Adding as little as 10% UBQ GHG to a part can immediately transform it into a carbon-neutral product. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Merchants is working with BrightDrop to procure 12,600 BrightDrop EV600s, an all-new, electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services over long ranges. Earlier post.). The EV600 is powered by the Ultium battery system and combines zero-emissions driving with segment-leading safety features.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2021

Toyota Motor Corporation will enter a vehicle equipped with a developmental hydrogen-fueled engine at the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Race in Autopolis, which takes place from 31 July to 1 August 2021. The hydrogen engine is being developed as part of Toyota's efforts to realize a carbon-neutral mobility society. 3 minutes).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

A team led by researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a lower-cost cast aluminum (Al) alloy capable of at least a 50 ˚C temperature increase over the current cylinder head alloys 319 and 356 for use in light duty engines. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Using a novel polymerization process, MIT chemical engineers have created a new two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers which form one-dimensional chains. The new material is stronger than steel and as light as plastic, and can be easily manufactured in large quantities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

General Motors plans to invest $632 million in Fort Wayne Assembly to prepare the plant for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size light-duty trucks. The announcement brings GM’s US manufacturing and parts distribution facility investment commitments to more than $31.6 billion since 2013.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Lamborghini’s first production parts using Carbon’s technology are a new textured fuel cap with the Urus label and a clip component for an air duct. Both parts are on Lamborghini’s Super SUV, the Urus model, which was first introduced in 2018. CLIP projects light through an oxygen-permeable window into a reservoir of UV-curable resin.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 16, 2023

Toyota is looking to add more than engine sounds to its electric sports car. And why aren’t EV brake lights more consistent under brake regen? for the earlier part of this year. The Tesla Model Y outsold all but the F-150. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

liter, heavy-duty opposed-piston, three-cylinder diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners ( earlier post ) has entered fleet service with WALMART Corporation in a Peterbilt 579 tractor. liter engine. Achates Power announced that the 10.6-liter,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. The OP engine produces 270 hp and 480 lb-ft (651 N·m). The Achates Power Opposed-Piston (OP) Engine is engineered to achieve superior thermal efficiency by virtue of its lower heat losses, improved combustion, and reduced pumping losses.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

Volkswagen launching refreshed MY 2022 Jetta in US; engine upgrade, IQ.DRIVE. liter turbocharged and direct-injection EA211 engine found in the recently-launched Taos compact SUV. The engine is mated to a six-speed manual or an eight-speed automatic transmission. Light Assist (High Beam Control for headlights) is also available.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2013

The OP4 light-duty opposed-piston diesel. Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. Achates started with a 1.06L/cylinder engine configuration, then moved up to a 1.6L/cylinder

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2020

MAHLE Powertrain’s (MPT’s) latest development of its passive MAHLE Jet Ignition (MJI) technology ( earlier post ) can now be added into existing engine designs with only minimal changes to the final machining process. A whole system engineering approach is the way to get the best from MJI. —Adrian Cooper. —Adrian Cooper.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

An intentional move on the company’s part, the plan was to catch a more elevated customer than those persuaded by the Fox body trio: Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII. Worth a quick comparison, the equivalent Thunderbird weighed 3,536 pounds with a V6 engine or 3,725 with the V8. a subsidiary of Fiat. .&

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2016

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) opened a new engine plant with a light metal foundry in Shenyang today. The new location will produce the latest generation of the BMW TwinPower Turbo three and four-cylinder gasoline engines and forms part of the BBA production network based in Shenyang in Northeastern China.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 19, 2024

But styling and lineup changes weren’t the only new features in 1957: Cadillac was also eager to tout its Standard of the World engineering, safety, and engine advancements! Though all the engineering changes were baked into every model across the lineup, there were also revisions to the optional equipment list.&

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and Italdesign are parterning to provide the upper premium automotive sector with a complete high-performance EV production solution. EVX integrates the battery casing with elements more commonly perceived as part of the body structure.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

and Saudi Aramco’s US-based subsidiary Aramco Services Company (ASC) have signed a joint development agreement providing the framework for the two companies to work together on a series of Opposed-Piston (OP) Engine projects, which will speed the development of new efficient, low-emissions powertrain choices. Achates Power, Inc.

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Electric Auto Association

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics. Ten years later, 11 TEVA of NC members, representing 1 out of every 10 people in the chapter, had followed Gerhardt into becoming Certified Light EV Technical instructors.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The Rüsselsheim Engineering Center will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency gasoline engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall). Rüsselsheim already had global responsibility for engine development when we were still part of GM.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2010

Piaggio has designed and developed a new twin-cylinder turbodiesel engine—the first engine of this type to be certified Euro 5 emissions compliant—in partnership with Ricardo. The engine is part of a family of new engines spanning Piaggio light commercial vehicles across international markets.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

In our last installment of Rare Rides, we checked out the interior changes Cadillac’s engineers and designers made for the new and improved third generation Eldorado in 1957. The green points actually functioned as the turn signal indicator lights, a novel touch.& The left pods gave separate oil and temperature readouts.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) to launch a 50-50 joint-venture based in France by the end of the first half of 2021, targeting more than 30% share of the fuel cell-powered light commercial vehicle (LCV) market in Europe. Groupe Renault and Plug Power Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

General Motors plans to invest $918 million in four US manufacturing sites, including $854 million to prepare these facilities to produce the company’s sixth-generation Small Block V-8 engine and an additional $64 million in Rochester, New York and Defiance, Ohio for castings and components to support EV production.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2011

has entered into an agreement with General Motors to help develop advanced natural gas engine technology for light-duty vehicles. Both General Motors and Westport will bring their expertise to developing natural gas engine controls, emissions and performance strategies. Westport Innovations Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In 2019, CARB testing revealed several small off-road engine (SORE) products did not meet CARB evaporative emission standards. These standards control the amount of raw fuel that is allowed to evaporate from these engines, which are typically used in lawn and garden equipment such as lawn mowers and pressure washers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

These light-duty EVs fill the gap between full-sized trucks and small utility carts for low-speed logistics and cargo services in campus and urban environments. The Club Car Current is engineered for multiple bed options and accessories—van box, pickup truck with sides, flatbed configurations—for fleet versatility.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

Frank has more than 20 years of experience in the automotive industry and knows the automotive lighting business inside out. Frank Huber will join Marelli as Executive Vice President and President Automotive Lighting and Sensing effective March 1, 2024, and will be based in Reutlingen, Germany. and Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

Audi says that its Online traffic light information system, demonstrated in an Audi A6 as part of a technology display at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas, is production ready and could be fitted to every Audi model in the range subject to the necessary government legislation. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 9, 2021

CESL opens tenders for 100,000 light electric vehicles. This comes as part of the CESL aim to have half a million light electric vehicles across India. Let us know more about CESL opens tenders for light electric vehicles. . CESL opens tenders.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

This new generation of diesel and gasoline engines offers higher efficiency. Its development already ensured that engine technology is taking a further step towards reducing emissions and improving air quality. The BMW Interaction Bar is part of the ambient lighting and also features integrated control buttons.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

a provider of real-time, predictive traffic signal information, as part of the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s I-STREET testbed. This can be an issue when trying to determine which light a user is approaching. In April 2017, the City of Gainesville, Florida began work on a pilot project with Connected Signals , Inc.,

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The Tesla Semi has officially landed the green light to be delivered to customers. “Every class of heavy-duty engines/vehicles and nonroad engines introduced into commerce in the U. Battery constraints , parts shortages, and other issues related to the supply chain kept this from happening.

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