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New Fuso Canter with EcoEfficiency; up to 9% more fuel efficient; new hybrid

Green Car Congress

Engine: 2000 bar injection pressure. liter engine increase the maximum injection pressure by 25% to as much as 2000 bar. Up to a reference mass of 2380 kg, the complete vehicle has its emission characteristics tested on a chassis dynamometer, with the result being shown in pollutants per km. mph) the diesel engine kicks in.

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Fiat Introduces 2-Cylinder TwinAir 85 HP in Fiat 500

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100 @ 2000 with ECO button. Equipped in this way, the Fiat 500 reaches a top speed of 173 km/h (108 mph) and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 11 seconds. Compression ratio. power (kW). 62.5 @ 5500. 57 kW @ 5500 with ECO button. Max torque (N·m). 145 @ 1900. Fuel consumption and emissions are 4.1 Earlier post.).

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Peugeot Shows Two HYbrid4 Concepts, New BB1 EV Concept at Frankfurt

Green Car Congress

It features a new generation ECCS (Extreme Conventional Combustion System) combustion chamber; a variable-geometry low-inertia turbocharger; and a high-pressure pump with a maximum pressure of 2000 bar combined with a common rail and solenoid injectors with 8 apertures. seconds, and top speed is 209 km/h (130 mph). Click to enlarge.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

I mean, when the electricity it uses is produces, pollution still happens, just not "right from your car"? Having centralized energy production in that way allows for centralized pollution control measures, filters, so-called "clean coal" rather than depending on X number of cars, manufacturers, and consumers to deal with pollution control.