Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

In a newly published SAE paper, a team from Ford, General Motors and AVL argues that the exclusive use of a match blending approach to prepare ethanol-gasoline blends for regulatory emissions testing “has fundamental flaws”. Earlier post.). —Anderson et al. Anderson, J., Wallington, T., and Studzinski, W. Fuels Lubr.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The UAW would possibly decide to collision focused auto vegetation if it fails to achieve unutilized words with the Detroit 3 earlier than this while’s cut-off date, resources informed Reuters on Tuesday. manufacturing and may just lengthen the day earlier than the UAW’s $825 million collision treasure is exhausted.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle. —Gentherm President and CEO Daniel R.

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MAY 4, 2009

Conceptual schematic of direct thermoelectric generator mounted in a vehicle’s exhaust stream. engine with an Atkinson-cycle engine, as used in Ford’s Escape hybrid SUV. Such devices can recover some of the energy embedded in waste heat, such as that produced by the exhaust gas of an IC engine. (At Adapted from Hussain et al.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Ford is leading a €3.5-million This opens the door for alternative strategies for the engine operation, including new engine concepts and exhaust gas aftertreatment systems. With its end-to-end expertise from injection molding to exhaust-gas aftertreatment including SCR, Continental is optimally positioned for this.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Schematic diagram of test vehicle engine & exhaust system and PM sampling systems. The standard exhaust system included close-coupled catalysts on each engine bank to assist with fast light-off and a common underbody catalyst after the two exhaust streams merge. Resources. —Maricq et al. Credit: ACS, Maricq et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

The next generation of Ford’s EcoBoost turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engines will introduce cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation), enabling higher compression ratios, according to Ford executives speaking at the SAE 2010 World Congress in Detroit. Alger et al. , SAE 2010-01-0353. Whitaker et al. , SAE 2010-01-0585.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. With the addition of this project, Gentherm adds the US Army Tank Automotive, Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to its passenger car key partners Ford and BMW.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

BMEL’s central project-coordinating agency in the area of renewable resources, is funding a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000). Ford is currently leading a €3.5-million OME might be produced from renewable resources, as is shown by KIT’s bioliq project. million (US$3.9-million)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

A study by a team from Ford Motor Company and AVL has concluded that a mid-level ethanol blend—greater than E20 but less than E40—appears to be attractive as a long-term future fuel for the US for use in engines optimized for the higher octane blend. In a paper also presented at the World Congress, a Ford team (Jung et al.)

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AUGUST 25, 2015

A team of engineers from GM Powertrain, Ford and FCA have published a detailed review of how to estimate the engine efficiency benefits of higher octane fuel—e.g., fuel with higher ethanol content—for part- and full-load operation for different engine types and fuel assumptions. —Leone et al. Leone, James E. 5b01420.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Using transmission-electron-microscope (TEM) image analysis, they compared PM from a 2012 Ford Focus powered by a 2.0-liter The test vehicle was equipped with a three-way catalytic converter (TWC) and exhaust-gas recirculation. —Saffaripour et al. Meghdad Saffaripour, Tak W. Chan, Fengshan Liu, Kevin A. Thomson, Gregory J.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Hence, GDI PM mass loadings and chemical composition may vary depending on the measurement environment or exhaust conditioning. The vehicles in the study were 7 2013 Ford Focus light-duty SE sedans equipped with gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines fueled with commercially available gasoline. —Zimmerman et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2014

The SUV, a 2009 Ford Explorer with a 4-liter V6 engine, was also tested while towing an enclosed trailer. In addition, two minivans were subjected to coastdowns to examine the similarity in derived coefficients for two duplicate vehicles of the same model. This may happen, for example, when a vehicle is pulling a heavy boat up a hill.

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MAY 23, 2016

The work is part of a project that will also see the conversion of five Ford Transit vans and ten Renault HyKangoo vans to Hybrid Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell operation. Combustion and Exhaust Emission Characteristics of Diesel Micro-Pilot Ignited Dual-Fuel Engine,” in Diesel Engine - Combustion, Emissions and Condition Monitoring , Dr.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. The exhaust gas can reach temperatures greater than 900 °C, whereas the turbine upper functional limit is 850 °C.

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Teslarati

MARCH 13, 2023

Maryland aligned with the California Air Resource Board (CARB) vehicle standards in 2011 and is one of seventeen states in the U.S. Car exhaust is the largest source of greenhouse gas in the State of Maryland. Maryland laws already exist that require the State to match California’s vehicle emissions programs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

To reduce the variability in fuel use and exhaust emission rates related to variations in engine oil, engine oil was changed for each vehicle prior to the measurement using the first fuel. — Yuan et al. Weichang Yuan, H. 2019.03.115.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

liter Ford GDI engine. The engine was operated at stoichiometric conditions where the oxygen concentration was controlled by a Heated Exhaust Gas Oxygen (HEGO) sensor. Ford’s calibration strategy to reduce pumping losses is the utilization of valve overlapping to increase the residuals. Resources. —Hergueta et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

The HyBoost project ( earlier post ), a two-year collaborative research program led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, aims to demonstrate a very cost-effective, ultra-efficient gasoline engine in a C-segment passenger car.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

The following lists are not exhaustive or fully comprehensive, but we have tried to include a representative list of resources for each category. Plug In America makes no representations as to the workmanship, creditworthiness, or any other attributes of the companies listed or of their products or services. htm Advocates of the Th!

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

In 2013, a team from NREL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ford, MECA (Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association) and the University of Tennessee - Knoxville published an SAE paper investigating the impact of alkali (e.g., Na and K) and alkaline earth metals impurities in a light-duty application. Huang et al. 5b03972.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Here’s what two organizations— Resource-Media and Recurrent —had to say about the advantages of electric vehicles (EVs) in frigid weather. Newer EVs like the Ford F-150 Lightning offer bi-directional charging, which can be used to charge stranded EVs or serve as backup generators for homes/RVs.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. Cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) under boosted conditions. smog and particulates.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

Source: Ford. At the US Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC last week, Cory Weaver from Ford Research and Advanced Engineering reported that Ford has completed the planned build of 12 units of the new engine, and is working on vehicle integration for further testing per the project timeline.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

ACC was tested by Ford, MAN, Volvo Cars, Volvo Trucks and Volkswagen. FCW was tested by Ford, MAN, Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks. Curve Speed Warning was tested by Ford. If widely deployed across the EU, the systems studied by euroFOT could potentially reduce accidents and resources. Forward Collision Warning (FCW).

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 30, 2009

A C30 liquid fuelled microturbine has already been integrated into a Ford S-MAX people carrier in the UK and now this hybrid demonstration vehicle is intended to showcase the technology and demonstrate value proposition of microturbines as well as electric vehicle range extenders.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

Source: Ford. Ford’s turbocharged, gasoline direct injection EcoBoost engines are targeted to play a significant near-term role in Ford’s efforts to reduce fuel consumption by enabling downsizing. Source: Ford. Unfortunately, the Ford engineers noted, the two requirements are generally competing. Source: Ford.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

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. In a later message, the Professor’s wife stated that her husband would most definitely try to get his driver’s license once more, though they would probably wait some time before trying again.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

I am exhausted, but I am also really looking forward to this keynote by the incredible Marcia Conner. You might have read my recent review of her book - The New Social Learning. If you haven't picked up the book yet, please do; it's an absolute must read for every learning professional in this world.

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MARCH 9, 2021

But running through every possible image alteration is computationally exhaustive and difficult to apply successfully to time-sensitive tasks such as collision avoidance. This research was supported, in part, by Ford Motor Company as part of the Ford-MIT Alliance. Resources. —Michael Everett. Everett, B.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2009

In the cover letter accompanying the waiver application, Growth Energy noted that Ford Motor Company has endorsed efforts to increase the base blend level up to E15. Ron Sahu critiqued the DOE report (above) that tested a small sample size of legacy vehicles and small non-road engines. Cover letter to waiver application. Waiver application.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2010

The 2011 Ford Super Duty. Ford’s all-new 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks are equipped with new diesel and gasoline engine powertrains that deliver improvements in torque, horsepower and fuel economy. Click to enlarge. Mated to each engine is the all-new 6R140 heavy-duty TorqShift six-speed automatic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The Model T Ford, which debuted in 1908, was originally designed to operate on alcohol. The Model T and Model A Fords were later designed to operate on either alcohol or gasoline or a blend of alcohol and gasoline. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. These were arguably the first flex-fuel vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2012

They found that the level of emissions of regulated and unregulated pollutants in diesel exhaust depends on fuel, load, engine calibration, and exhaust aftertreatment technology. Information pertaining to these emissions in diesel engine exhaust is much less complete than that for the regulated pollutants.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Scientists from TUM’s Chair of Internal Combustion Engines are involved in the project, along with DENSO Automotive Germany, IAV and Ford Research and Innovation Center. Furthermore, since the synthetic fuel does not produce soot, large amounts of exhaust gas can be recirculated into the engine without contaminating the intake.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2015

The researchers also used a smoke meter to measure particulate emissions in the engine exhaust gas. Wooldridge (2015) “Effects of Ethanol on In-Cylinder and Exhaust Gas Particulate Emissions of a Gasoline Direct Injection Spark Ignition Engine” Energy & Fuels doi: 10.1021/ef502758y. Mohammad Fatouraie, Margaret S.

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