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New Honda Earth Dreams Technology 1.6L diesel in Civic to deliver CO2 emissions of 95 g/km

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liter i-DTEC offers maximum power output of 118 hp (88 kW) at 4000 rpm, and 300 N·m (221 lb-ft) of torque at 2000 rpm). By downsizing from the outgoing 2.2L Honda will also renew our entire European engine line-up, with a new engine series called Earth Dreams Technology. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Twelve more Mercedes-Benz Citaro NGT natural gas-powered buses delivered to Augsburger Stadtwerke

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For more than one year, Augsburg’s bus fleet has been using renewable natural gas 100% of the time and is the first city Germany-wide with an almost CO 2 -neutral regular service. It has an output of 222 kW (302 hp) at 2000 rpm while delivering a peak torque of 1200 N·m (885 lb-ft) consistently from 1200 to 1600 rpm.

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Lotus Omnivore Engine Shows Up To 10% Better Fuel Economy Than Spray-Guided GDI Engines; Achieves HCCI At Extremely Light Loads

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At 2000 rpm and up to approximately 2.7 The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. The research has so far focused on lower speed and load conditions that represent a major proportion of an engine’s operation in a real world environment.