Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Featuring a twin-scroll turbocharger and a three-port integrated exhaust manifold (IEM), the 2.3-liter Two pivotal factors are the three-port integrated exhaust manifold cylinder head and a twin-scroll turbocharger. The all-new 2015 Lincoln MKC small premium utility, unveiled last week, offers an all-new engine—a 2.3-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By integrating these systems with data from emerging CAV technologies, vehicles will be able to predict future driving conditions and events such as changing road grade or the interactions with other vehicles merging from multiple intersections. Michigan Technological University. The Ohio State University.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The ADEPT project is led by Ricardo in a research partnership including the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC); Controlled Power Technologies (CPT); Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies UK Ltd; Ford Motor Company and the University of Nottingham. The final results will be presented at the UK’s LCV2016 event on 14-15 September.

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Teslarati

MAY 29, 2023

In 2021, researchers from the University of Michigan highlighted the issue of noise and air pollution caused by heavy-duty diesel trucks running through neighborhoods in Southwest Detroit. It is easy to forget that while diesel-powered trucks have been the norm for a very long time, they do come with their own set of inconveniences.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ricardo will display the first functional integration prototype of the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) collaborative research project ( earlier post ) in public for the first time this week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV 2014) in the UK.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Just thinking about the crew of people needed to tramp around to change all those batteries is exhausting, and to actually do it would be prohibitively expensive and impractical. The sensor equivalent of a sleeping dog is called an event-driven sensor. Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University.

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Stimulus Package Stimulus Mercury Power 92

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) contracted with the Center for Alternative Fuels, Engines and Emissions at West Virginia University to conduct in-use testing of three light-duty diesel vehicles (two 2.0L diesels and one 3.0L diesel) over pre-defined test routes exhibiting diverse driving conditions. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

TIGERS (Turbogenerator Integrated Gas Energy Recovery System) is a liquid-cooled switched reluctance generator coupled to an exhaust-driven low pressure turbine. It is capable of operating in exhaust temperatures up to 850 °C, at speeds up to 60,000 rpm and delivering a peak power of 2 kW (@12V).

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Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

The sweltering conditions upended vacations throughout the summer season as visitors collapsed from heat exhaustion at crowded tourist sites, and wildfires led to evacuations in Greece, Italy and Spain. It is not only the heat that travel advisers have had to grapple with, but also other unpredictable weather events.

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Europe Italy Greece Climate Change 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

With the goal of making the Pasha terminal a more sustainable and resilient facility that can operate independently off the grid in the event of a power loss, the project also features a microgrid that includes solar generation, battery storage and an energy management system to maximize usage. The commercial component followed.

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Los Angeles California Emissions Green 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard. Click to enlarge. The conference.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2017

In a new study, a team from UCLA, with colleagues from the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and West Virginia University, measured total particle number emission factors (PNEFs) from six newly certified heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) powered by diesel and CNG totaling over 6,800 miles of on-road operation in California. 6b06464.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2019

A fuel injector can be heavily damaged by a pre-ignition event (bottom); a new injector is shown above. Researchers have also found pre-ignition events to be triggered by high hydrocarbon emissions from the previous cycle as well as late spark timing in the previous cycle. © 2019 Eshan Singh. —Singh and Dibble (2019).

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Downsizing Exhaust 2019 Oil 186

Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2021

Resiliency in advocacy When the pandemic started and EVEVA in-person events were curtailed, “I was concerned about how we would keep our community outreach advocacy going,” Baum remarked. We got a lot of cheers and friendly honks, but we also had the occasional truck driver who blew exhaust at us on purpose.” “I

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Teslarati

AUGUST 13, 2021

After moving from the East Coast to teach at the University of California, it became pertinent for the 38-year old engineer and scientist to have his own driver’s license again. The last three tries were quite exhausting, and by the third driving test, the Model 3 owner stated that some DMV staff were already irate.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. And if you want to get exhausted on behalf of a robot, the full 400m dash is below. SRL ETHZ ] Adaptive Mobile Manipulation project from Carnegie Mellon University! Paper ] Thanks Ram!

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

Overall, the positive effect on driver behavior is reflected in positive changes in lane keeping behavior, distance to the lead vehicle and harsh braking events. It was observed that over-speeding and harsh braking events were reduced when SL is active. In addition, usability and acceptance were exhaustively evaluated.

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Fuel Volvo Light Europe 231

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

In 2010, The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Delphi, along with partners Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc (HATCI); Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants (WERC); and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) for a $7.48-million Earlier post , earlier post.). Earlier post.) kWh and FSN 0.1, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

The study is based on on-road tests of 15 vehicles—12 certified to the Euro 6 standard and three to the US equivalent (Tier 2 Bin 5) using Portable Emissions Measurement Systems (PEMS), which provide a continuous stream of vehicle data signals including emission rates, velocity, acceleration, road gradient and exhaust temperature.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2016

Researchers from Penn State and the University of Michigan have characterized the nanostructure and oxidative reactivity of soot generated by a light-duty turbodiesel engine operating under a dilute, low-temperature combustion process referred to as high-efficiency clean combustion (HECC).

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Diesel Exhaust Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Power for the battery and VTES electric supercharger is not only supplied by the SpeedStart ISG but also the TIGERS exhaust driven turbo-generator. Conversely, short bursts of power can also be absorbed by the SpeedStart generator to recharge the battery during vehicle decelerations. liters capacity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

The ACCESS project focuses on: Coordinating multi-mode combustion events to optimize engine performance with improved thermal efficiency and reduced emissions over the entire drive-cycle operating conditions. Base engines have been rebuilt according to the new design and are now running at AVL, Bosch and the University of Michigan.

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Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Engine 278

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The A dvanced C ombustion C oncepts— E nabling S ystems and S olutions (ACCESS) is developing advanced combustion control concepts along with with an enabling system, subsystem and component level solutions for the management of multi-mode/multi-fuel combustion events. Configuration of the ACCESS multi-mode combustion system.

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Fuel Economy Gasoline Light Engine 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2013

In a paper presented at the 2013 SAE World Congress, a team from the University of Wisconsin reported a gross indicated thermal efficiency of Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition (RCCI) operation of near 60%, given optimized combustion management and thermodynamic conditions.

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Wisconsin Congress 2013 Fuel 309

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2012

In 2010, The US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Delphi, along with partners Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc (HATCI); Wisconsin Engine Research Consultants (WERC); and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) for a $7.48-million million grant to develop and to demonstrate a new high-efficiency vehicle concept. Earlier post.)

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Gasoline Emissions Exhaust Wisconsin 236

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2012

This makes it possible to adapt to the fuel ignition quality and energy density by adjusting the main injection quantity and the placement of the injection events. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there is no “robust” heavy fuel injection system for UAV engines. Currently, notes Kweon, who received his Masters and Ph.D.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The TJI system, which replaces the spark plug, has supported peak indicated net thermal efficiency of 42% with near zero engine out NO x emissions in single cylinder experiments, according to a set of papers presented by MAHLE and Michigan State University at the SAE 2010 Powertrains Fuels & Lubricants meeting in San Diego.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2013

The reviewers were Giuseppe Levi, Bologna University; Evelyn Foschi, Bologna; Torbjörn Hartman, Bo Höistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegnér, Uppsala University; and Hanno Essén, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. His invention is referred to as an energy catalyzer named E-Cat HT, where HT stands for high temperature.

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All Cars Electric

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I am exhausted, but I am also really looking forward to this keynote by the incredible Marcia Conner. This campaign has moved onto twitter as a viral marketing event on the #iamloved tag. They use D-Street as a core component of their corporate university and is a huge part of their organisational infrastructure.

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Michigan Ford Personal Water 50

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2014

It also exhausts lots of cold, making it highly relevant for processes which require power and cooling. A conventional internal combustion engine loses roughly two-thirds of the fuel energy as waste heat—about one third each through the radiator and exhaust. This can be used to drive an engine. A Dearman Engine power cycle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Researchers at Tsinghua University have compared the combustion and emissions characteristics of two dual-fuel (diesel-gasoline) modes intended to integrate the advantages of both fuels to achieve high thermal efficiency and low emission targets. The effects of gasoline ratio on indicated thermal efficiency of HCII and GDBF modes.

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Gasoline Diesel Emissions Fuel 281

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

A common-rail fuel injection system supports injection pressures up to 2000 bar, and can deliver multiple injection events per engine cycle. An external air compressor feeds compressed air to the conditioning unit where it is mixed with exhaust gas. what we are doing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

A number of papers from Kalghatgi and his colleagues—and now other groups, including Tsinghua University in China and the Eindhoven University of Technology—have been published recently, exploring different aspects of this approach. Similarly, a team from Tsinghua University (Shuai et al.) —Chang et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Because the exhaust system transports only water, it can be made of lightweight polymer. Torque at both axles can be electronically controlled in the event of slip and steplessly varied. Its exhaust system is designed for minimal back-pressure; a side pipe to the ambient air is located immediately after the racing-type muffler.

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