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Report: Mazda seeking 30% boost in fuel economy with HCCI SkyActiv 2 engines around 2020

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Automotive News reports that Mazda plans a second generation of SkyActiv engines around 2020 that would achieve 30% better fuel economy than the current line of Skyactiv engines. The engines, according to the report, will use homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI). Earlier post.).

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Electric VW Microbus driven, Bolt EV challenges, how HCCI works: Today's Car News

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Today, we've got details on the super-efficient Mazda SkyActiv-X engine, a Bolt EV cop car, the future Fisker EMotion unveiling, and lots on the Volkswagen ID Buzz electric Microbus. All this and more on Green Car Reports. This weekend was all about the Volkswagen ID Buzz, the reincarnated VW Microbus that's all-electric and coming in 2022.

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JCB India bags order to export 1000 hybrid construction equipment machines to Russia | Autocar Professional

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JCB India launched a dual-fuel backhoe loader in November 2020 that runs on diesel and CNG using homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) technology. The post JCB India bags order to export 1000 hybrid construction equipment machines to Russia | Autocar Professional appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Electric-car showroom, Mazda's HCCI engine, Tesla Model 3 outlook, the end of engines: Today's Car News

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Today, Mazda will launch a new and far more fuel-efficient engine even as a supplier says engine development will end in a decade; our readers weigh in on the Tesla Model 3; and we look at lessons learned from educating the public on electric cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

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Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI). HCCI represents a longer term solution. I was able to spend 10 minutes driving a Saturn Aura sedan with an (HCCI) engine system. As a gasoline technology, HCCI provides the fuel economy benefits of lean burn without requiring additional NO x after treatment. Earlier post.).

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GM tables diesel engine plans

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For now however, GM will focus on working aggressively on petroleum HCCI engine development and it will continue its work on fuel cell vehicles. Tags: Green cars Latest news general motors General Motors diesel engines GM GM diesels.

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Can General Motors bounce back? The Green Piece

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Additional new technologies include active fuel management which shuts off half the cylinders during low load conditions to improve fuel economy by as much as 12 per cent; and variable valve timing that can improve fuel economy by two per cent. Embracing new technologies.