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APRIL 18, 2014
Light-duty VMT is beginning to decouple from traditional drivers. The most recent of these In Focus articles explores the impact of demographics and behavior on light-duty vehicle (LDV) energy demand. LDV energy use is driven by both LDV fuel economy and travel behavior, as measured by vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Source: EIA.
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AUGUST 11, 2009
Start-up Bright Automotive, which in May unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van ( earlier post ), will convert VW Transporter vans with the series hybrid Bright powertrain as a bridge between the concept and the production version of the IDEA. Fuel economy, 50-mile cycle. Fuel economy, 50-mile cycle.
DIY Electric Car
NOVEMBER 28, 2010
All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001. 1979 saw world oil prices skyrocket during the Iranian revolution and American Hostage Crisis and by the early 1980s the American Economy was right back into a recession. t stop the economy.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2015
The start-stop technology senses when the vehicle is sitting idle and shuts off the engine to conserve fuel, resulting in a 4 percent to 6 percent improvement in fuel economy in stop-and-go traffic. An indicator light provides a warning in the side mirror corresponding to the side on which the vehicle is approaching. liter and 2.0-liter
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APRIL 9, 2014
improvement in city fuel economy (24.5 In their paper, the SwRI researchers reported that the conversion to D-EGR improved engine efficiency and fuel consumption at least 10% across the performance map, with some operating conditions seeing substantially higher improvements. The engine conversion. mpg) and a 9.2% Chadwell et al.,
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DECEMBER 23, 2011
This leads to scenarios where light duty vehicles are largely electrified, while aviation, marine and heavy duty continue to rely on liquids fuels. light trucks, vans and SUVs) is significantly higher than for smaller vehicles, so the incremental costs associated with large PEVs pose a major challenge. —Yang et al.
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DECEMBER 10, 2009
In addition to demonstrating better fuel consumption results than current advanced gasoline engines, the Omnivore engine has successfully demonstrated homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) down to extremely light loads. At 2000 rpm and up to approximately 2.7
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