Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Rheinmetall Automotive has booked its first orders for an environmentally friendly fuel tank isolation valve (FTIV). Developed by Pierburg in Neuss, Germany, it is used in modern plug-in hybrid vehicles, which generally feature a hermetically sealed tank system so that fuel fumes cannot escape when the vehicle is operating in electric mode.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter Escape SE and Titanium trim levels come standard with the new 1.5-liter Escape SE and Titanium trim levels come standard with the new 1.5-liter

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Official EPA fuel economy ratings have been released for the 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, and they’re among the best in its class. The Escape Hybrid achieves 41 mpg combined (44 mpg city, 37 highway) with front wheel drive, or 40 mpg combined (43 mpg city, 37 mpg highway) with all-wheel drive.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The new Ford Escape, slated for reveal next month at the Los Angeles Auto Show, features a powertrain lineup with three four-cylinder options, including the new 1.6- The Escape will be Ford’s first SUV to be available with two fuel-efficient EcoBoost engines, delivering class-leading fuel economy and performance.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

Ford Motor Company is recalling 139,917 model year 2013 Escape vehicles manufactured 5 October 2011 through 2 June 2013 and equipped with 1.6L The incorrectly installed fuel line could chafe and eventually leak fuel. EcoBoost engines.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The new Ford Escape will offer two different EcoBoost engines: a 2.0-liter Each new engine uses the core EcoBoost technologies of direct fuel injection and turbocharging and adds twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) ( earlier post ). The base engine for the all-new Ford Escape is an updated version of the 2.5-liter

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Escape Ford Engine Fuel Economy 230

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

The new Ford Escape’s 1.6-liter liter EcoBoost engine has earned an EPA fuel economy rating of 33 mpg US (7.13 All three engines in the new Escape are EPA-certified at 30-plus mpg on the highway. l/100 km) on the highway cycle—2 mpg better than the Honda CR-V and 5 mpg better than Toyota RAV4.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Fuel economy ratings are out for the Ford Escape Hybrid, and it’s a tick ahead of the RAV4 Hybrid. Lincoln’s first plug-in vehicle is rated for range. GM adds diesel to the Suburban and Tahoe. And we take the Porsche Taycan to California canyons and the cold Arctic. This and more, today at Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

The plant replaces oil-based materials inside the doors of the all-new Ford Escape. Weight savings translate into fuel savings for drivers. The kenaf is combined with polypropylene in a 50-50 mixture inside the door of the Escape. Kenaf is a tropical plant that looks similar to bamboo and is related to cotton. Source: ARS.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Additionally, a commonly spread myth about all billionaires attempting to avoid paying taxes is also being thrown into the mix, further adding fuel to a fire that doesn’t really need to exist. The post Tesla’s move to Texas labeled ‘betrayal’ of California, a way to escape paying taxes appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

Ford is choosing to participate in the California Air Resource Board (CARB) Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) to allow customers to match the use of electricity used to charge plug-in electric vehicles at home with 100% local renewable energy. Owners of eligible plug-in electric vehicles opt into the program through the FordPass app.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 11, 2022

And both that and recent fuel economy figures give plenty of reason to take note. The Sportage Hybrid starts at $28,545 in front-wheel-drive form—a price that undercuts base versions of the Ford Escape Hybrid, Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

The new Vehicle Development Center supports the testing and verification of next-generation electric and hydrogen-fueled vehicles. Hydrogen-fueled technologies can be rigorously tested in chambers that monitor and safely vent any escaping gases.

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Battery Batteries Vehicles Escape 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

MAHLE is developing a modular fuel cell systems portfolio focused on commercial vehicles, based on its current range of components. This is helping to reduce technological barriers and improve the suitability of vehicles with fuel cell drives for the mass market. Fuel cells are also sensitive to oil admixtures. Compressor.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 25, 2012

But according to Gregory Skwira, copy editor for Automotive News (subscription required), his own personal experience of Ford’s urgent recall of the 2013 Escape crossover SUV to fix a critical failed fuel-line component that.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Consumer Reports’ own fuel economy tests of vehicles equipped with small turbocharged engines has found in many cases that the turbocharged cars tested by CR have slower acceleration and no better fuel economy than the models with larger conventional engines, the organization said. l/100 km) figures—i.e., Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

JULY 19, 2012

Just one month after deliveries of the 2013 Ford Escape started, Ford has made a formal recall of all Ford Escapes fitted with its 1.6-liter The recall is to replace an engine compartment fuel line, which is at risk of splitting and leaking fuel in the engine bay, potentially causing an engine fire. liter EcoBoost engine.

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Escape 2013 Ford Engine 95

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2023

This includes operation with hydrogen-containing fuels with up to 20% hydrogen admixture. Due to the structural and structural design, the fuel gas-air mixture in the main combustion chamber can be better ignited by the escaping high-energy flame jets of the pre-chamber and thus lean mixtures can be safely ignited.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2012

There’s a lot to like about the upcoming 2013 Ford Escape, including improved overall fuel economy (although we’re sorry to see the end of the Escape Hybrid), and significantly better styling, both inside and out, than its predecessor. What we didn’t know until now was how much the new Escape would cost.

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Escape 2013 Ford Fuel Economy 79

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

These insights into how the beetle and its distinct microbiome have co-evolved provide a roadmap for the production of affordable, nature-derived fuels and bioproducts. Breaking down lignin and cellulose to make fuel (sugars etc.) A paper on the study is published in the journal Nature Microbiology. The beetle can’t do this on its own.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2017

Power management company Eaton introduced its new eVaptive electronically controlled fuel tank vapor venting system that can be optimized for any vehicle platform, eliminating the need for automakers to design unique venting systems for different vehicles. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Eaton Fuel Escape All-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2021

DSPL builds upon the automated valet parking demonstration led by Ford, Bedrock and Bosch in August 2020 when they showcased Bosch automated valet parking technology that allowed Ford Escape vehicles to drive and park themselves at Bedrock’s Assembly garage.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

million) EU research project have developed a system comprising a solid state hydrogen storage tank coupled to a fuel cell ( SSH2S ). DLR cooperated with its partners, Technodelta and the Fiat Research Centre, to create the combined tank and the fuel cell coupling, and also their integration within the vehicle. million (US$4.8-million)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2014

Small utility vehicles are most popular with buyers in this age group; more than 46% of premium Ford Escape Titanium buyers are 56 or older, indicating trendsetting boomers are opting for high-series models loaded with technology and amenities. The 2014 Ford Escape compact utility vehicle features 98.1 cubic feet.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Smaller engines with turbochargers have spread throughout new vehicles as a way to meet the increasingly stringent fuel-efficiency rules that started in 2012. But no maker has been as forward about marketing that technology as Ford, which now offers a range of downsized and boosted engines under the EcoBoost brand.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As per recent reports, Nikola celebrated the commercial launch of its hydrogen fuel cell trucks on September 28 at its manufacturing facility in Coolidge, Arizona. This is a company that always said we’d have a hydrogen fuel cell truck on sale in 2023, and we do today,” he said.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2021

Hydrogen fueling is more complex than that of gasoline and diesel; hydrogen heats up as it expands, causing pressure and temperature changes during fueling that need to be precisely monitored. as fuel into motor and fuel cell vehicles, small boats, and aircraft.).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2011

The new Ford Escape will debut next month at the Los Angeles Auto Show – and is set to benefit from a new line-up of engines including the new 1.6litre and 2.0litre EcoBoost engines. It will be the first Ford SUV to be available with two fuel efficient EcoBoost engines with Ford also moving the [.].

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Year-to-date, total sales of EcoBoost-powered Ford vehicles are up 46%; F-150, Escape and Fusion are the top-selling EcoBoost-powered Ford vehicles. Escape is the company’s next best-selling EcoBoost-equipped vehicle, with sales of 203,855 vehicles. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter liter and 2.3-liter

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The brand new Ford Escape will have even more of an environmental emphasis than before thanks to two different EcoBoost engines: a 2.0litre four-cylinder; and a 1.6litre, four-cylinder; the latter making its debut in the USA.

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Escape Ford USA Engine 44

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

Ford recorded 115,228 SUV US sales at retail through the first two months of 2016, making for the best-yet calendar year start for Ford SUVs (Escape, Edge, Flex, Explorer, Police Interceptor Utility, Expedition) ever, highlighted by a best-ever February. Similarly, Escape sales in the United States rose 14% in February and 5% year-to-date.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

A recent study by leading UK-based independent emissions testing company Emissions Analytics tested four apparently similar pairs of gasoline-fueled vehicles between the US (without gasoline particulate filters (GPFs)) and Europe (with GPFs). Ford (MY 2020 Escape in US, MY 2020 Kuga in UK). The vehicles were: 3.0l

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

SGI NA BS-IV IOBD-II compliant technology, fueled with renewable natural gas (RNG). We are delighted to present yet another product with innovation in alternate fuel technologies, to cater to the need for a greener country. This gas, which gets produced out of natural degradation process, escapes into the atmosphere unused.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Where are there many fuel-cell vehicles but not enough hydrogen to keep them filled? What electric car, formerly called the Mission E concept, made its debut this past week? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending September 6, 2019.

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Porsche Escape MPG Green Cars 64

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy today released the 2010 Fuel Economy Guide, which gives consumers information about estimated fuel costs and mileage standards for model year 2010 vehicles. For MY 2010, the Prius is the top fuel economy leader , with EPA ratings of 51/48 mpg city/highway.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

High-density polyethylene (HDPE) grocery bags can be successfully pyrolyzed to alternative diesel fuel, according to a new study by a team from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service ARS. 2014.01.019.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 6, 2023

Certain Maverick, Escape, and Lincoln Corsair models are included from model years 2020 through 2023. The problem involves an engine failure issue that can cause oil and fuel vapor accumulation near hot engine components. & This recent recall action builds on a similar action from last year.

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