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DOE awards $5M to Achates Power to develop next-generation medium-duty opposed-piston engine for commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2021

Achates Power will work with Isuzu Technical Center of America (ITCA), Clemson University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison as project members. The University of Wisconsin will contribute closed-cycle CFD to optimize clean, efficient combustion. . —David Crompton, president and CEO, Achates Power.

Commercial

Commercial Isuzu Wisconsin Engine

Keio University Spin-Off Forms Consortium to Develop New EV Prototype for Mass Market; Commercialization in 2013

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2010

a spin-off from Keio University (home of the Ellica, earlier post ), announced that 34 companies and municipalities, including automakers Mitsubishi Motors Corp. and Isuzu Motors Ltd., Sketches of SIM-Drive concepts. Click to enlarge. SIM-Drive Corp. ,

Universal

Universal 2013 Commercial Isuzu

XL Hybrids announces 25M total customer miles on road; >1.5M miles driven per month

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

The number of fleet vehicles using XL Hybrids’ technology is increasing significantly as we work with major fleets, including The Coca-Cola Company, AmeriPride Service and The City of Boston, and gain new clients, such as BMC Stock and Yale University. —Clay Siegert, co-founder and chief operating officer for XL Hybrids.

Miles

Miles Hybrid Isuzu Boston

SIM-Drive EV has range of 333 km on JC08

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

a spin-off from Keio University ( earlier post ), unveiled electric vehicle capable of traveling 333 km (207 miles) on a fully charged battery on the JC08 cycle. and Isuzu Motors Ltd., SIM-Drive Corp., In January 2010, SIM-Drive announced that 34 companies and municipalities, including automakers Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

Isuzu

Isuzu Lithium Ion Range Mitsubishi

FedEx adds 1,900 new lightweight composite Reach vans to fleet; 35% fuel efficiency improvement

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

liter Isuzu diesel engine, demonstrates a 35% fuel efficiency improvement over traditional vehicles in the FedEx Express fleet. FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. has added 1,900 lightweight, composite-body Reach vehicles from Spartan Motors , a division of Utilimaster, to its fleet. The Reach van, with its four-cylinder, 3.0-liter

Fleet

Fleet Fuel New York City Isuzu

NREL announces $18M investment in 9 new projects to advance medium- and heavy-duty natural gas vehicle technologies

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

Michigan Technological University and Westport will address natural gas engine emissions and efficiency improvements by demonstrating the feasibility of compression ignition of directly injected natural gas. A Compression-Ignition Mono-Fueled NG High-Efficiency, High-Output Engine for Medium and Heavy-Duty Applications.

Gas

Gas Vehicles Exhaust Engine

Sandia Labs forms Spray Combustion Consortium to improve engine design

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Consortium participants include Sandia and Argonne national laboratories; the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Toyota Motor Corp.; Renault; Convergent Science; Cummins; Hino Motors; Isuzu; and Ford Motor Co.

Engine

Engine Design Isuzu Massachusetts

FedEx Express closes in on goal of 20% improvement in vehicle fleet fuel efficiency years ahead of schedule

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2012

Addition of 114 Reach composite-body trucks manufactured from advanced materials by Utilimaster on an Isuzu Motors chassis with an appropriately-sized engine. FedEx Express is currently working with General Electric and Columbia University on a project in New York City to optimize charging facilities for all-electric trucks.

Fleet

Fleet New York City San Diego Fuel

Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Frank Figge of Queen’s University Belfast and Dr. Tobias Hahn of Euromed Management School Marseille. The research project was undertaken by researchers working at Euromed Management School Marseille, Queen’s University Belfast and IZT—Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment in Berlin.

Automobile Manufacturer

Automobile Manufacturer Automobile BMW Manufacturer

Study Finds Fumigation Ethanol Operation with Diesel Reduces PM and NOx, While Oxidation Catalyst Reduces Resulting Increased CO and HC

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2010

A study by researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Tianjin University has found that the use of fumigation ethanol in a 4-cylinder diesel decreases NO x , smoke and particulate mass and number concentrations. liter, naturally-aspirated, in-line four-cylinder direct-injection Isuzu diesel engine.

Diesel

Diesel Isuzu Engine Emissions

Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2012

A new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan compared regulated and unregulated emissions from both light-duty passenger car (1.7 L engine manufactured by Isuzu, which is used in passenger cars in Europe and Asia. Credit: ACS, Chin et al. Click to enlarge. L) and medium-duty (6.4 —Chin et al.

Pollution

Pollution Diesel Emissions Engine

U Mich study explores performance of renewable diesel, FT diesel and ULSD in PCCI combustion

Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

A team at the University of Michigan has investigated the performance of three different fuels—ultralow sulfur diesel (ULSD), diesel fuel produced via a low temperature Fischer–Tropsch process (LTFT), and a renewable diesel (RD), which is a hydrotreated camelina oil under partially premixed compression ignition (PCCI) combustion.

Diesel

Diesel Renewable Emissions Fuel

Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

JANUARY 15, 2022

His garage currently houses, apart from the e2o, a Toyota Prius and an Isuzu pickup. He shifted base to Mysore and became a student of the LLB program of Mysore university. He went on to own a Rover 2000, which was the most handsome looking car of its time. In the early 2000s he picked up his first electric car - the Revai.

Charging

Charging Google India BYD

EV Driven

DOE awards $5M to Achates Power to develop next-generation medium-duty opposed-piston engine for commercial vehicles

Keio University Spin-Off Forms Consortium to Develop New EV Prototype for Mass Market; Commercialization in 2013

XL Hybrids announces 25M total customer miles on road; >1.5M miles driven per month

SIM-Drive EV has range of 333 km on JC08

FedEx adds 1,900 new lightweight composite Reach vans to fleet; 35% fuel efficiency improvement

NREL announces $18M investment in 9 new projects to advance medium- and heavy-duty natural gas vehicle technologies

Sandia Labs forms Spray Combustion Consortium to improve engine design

FedEx Express closes in on goal of 20% improvement in vehicle fleet fuel efficiency years ahead of schedule

Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

Study Finds Fumigation Ethanol Operation with Diesel Reduces PM and NOx, While Oxidation Catalyst Reduces Resulting Increased CO and HC

Comparative study finds that B20 increases emission rates of a number of pollutants in both light- and medium-duty diesel engines at idle

U Mich study explores performance of renewable diesel, FT diesel and ULSD in PCCI combustion

Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

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