Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

Envera LLC is nearing completion of a project to develop a new hydraulic actuator mechanism for its variable compression ratio (VCR) engine. A number of studies have concluded that fuel economy could be improved by about 30% with a combination of VCR, boosting and engine down-sizing. liter VCR 4-cylinder engine with DOE sponsorship.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Mancino Former manager of engineering reliability at RCA Life senior member, 93; died 24 September For most of his career, Mancino worked as an engineer at RCA , which was headquartered in New York City. Mancino began his career at RCA in 1951 as an electromagnetic compatibility engineer in Camden, N.J. While serving in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Hachigo joined Honda in 1982, and began his career in its automobile research and development operations, principally as an engineer in the area of chassis design. From April 2004 to March 2006, Hachigo was stationed in the US as Senior Vice President of Honda R&D Americas, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

The CLEEN program helps develop environmentally friendly and energy efficient aircraft and engine technology that could be introduced into the commercial aircraft fleet. The five contracts are expected to total $125 million over the five-year span of the program.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 18, 2016

1993–2004. 1973–2001. 2002–2004. 1973–1992. 2005–2011. 2012–2014. 2015 or later. Switch locomotive emission standards. Year of manufacture. Standards (g/bhp-h). 2005–2010. 2011–2014. 2015 or later.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The proposed rule would cover conversions of light-duty vehicles and heavy-duty highway vehicles and engines, and would apply to all clean alternative fuels. While properly engineered conversion systems can reduce or at least not increase emissions, poorly designed systems can lead to much more pollution. Vehicle/Engine Age.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 13, 2022

Coughlin is active in several other professional organizations including the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the Storage Networking Industry Association. As director she provided academic leadership for all of the university’s engineering programs. She has authored or co-authored more than 100 publications.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

An SAE Research Report in 2001 stated that "several automakers have pledged the introduction of fuel cell vehicles, including buses, by 2003-2005." DaimlerChrysler, for example, predicted the industry would be selling 100,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2004. Of course, we've heard these promises/predictions before.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven. In converting the standard delivery vehicles, the powertrain equipment, including the engine, transmission, fuel tank and drive shaft, were replaced with a Cummins 6.7L

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2024

No other vehicle has taken the same risks and pushed the design and engineering boundaries to the same limit,” said Tanya Gazdik. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Flexiv ] A team of engineers has devised a modular system to produce efficient, scalable aquabots. DARPA ] Tech Panel: In 2004, DARPA launched interest in self-driving vehicles with a Grand Challenge. It was July 2001. We’re looking forward to more details on how they’re making it work. Jorgen Pedersen founded RE2 Robotics.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

GE’s HC-SCR technology has been under development since 2001 at GE Global Research, the centralized research and development organization for all of GE. The potential to simultaneously remove both NO x and/or partially burned hydrocarbons from engine emissions. Mhadeshwar, A. Catalysis , Volume 18

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 11, 2024

No other vehicle has taken the same risks and pushed the design and engineering boundaries to the same limit,” said Tanya Gazdik. In 2001, Volvo was lauded for having women involved in the design process and tasked itself with developing a concept car using its all-female team.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

Left: 2001-2003 Toyota Prius (THS). Right: 2004-2009 Toyota Prius (THS-II). Engineers have sought to increase the rate of energy recuperation, and therefore overall powertrain efficiency, with succeeding generations of regenerative/ hydraulic braking systems. Source: Toyota Motor Company. Click to enlarge. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Due to the unit’s high efficiency, CO 2 emissions are substantially lower than in conventional combustion engines, and no other demonstrable exhaust is discharged—i.e., 2004) High-Performance Solid Acid Fuel Cells Through Humidity Stabilization. 2001) Solid acids as fuel cell electrolytes. Chisholm et al. Boysen et al.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Westbrook, 2001 "Gasoline to Electric Conversion Manual: A Workshop Guide for High Schools", published by the Electric Vehicle Society of Canada, July 2005 "History of the Electric Automobile: Hybrid electric vehicles", by Ernest H. com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells Ltd is leading the NECLASS project (Nano-Engineered Catalyst Layers and Sub-Structures), and together with partners Qudos Technology Ltd, Teer Coatings Ltd and Thomas Swan & Co. million (US$1.7-million) Thomas Swan is one of the largest family owned chemical companies in the UK.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

liter Power Stroke engine in its F-250 and F-350 models uses Honeywell’s VNT DualBoost turbocharger, a design that uses a double-sided compressor wheel mounted on a single shaft. In addition to DualBoost, Honeywell also offers AVNT, a variable nozzle technology that was first introduced for light truck diesel engines in 2001.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

A PHEV with only a 20-mile all-electric range is 62% lower (see printed page 95 in the 2004 study ). model in 2001 by the DOEs Argonne National Lab estimates hybrids reduce greenhouse gases by 22%, and plug-in hybrids by 36% (see table 2). CalCars produced the worlds first plug-in Prius (the PRIUS+) in 2004. The GREET 1.6

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2009

During the SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit, Gary Kissel of General Motors presented an update of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric vehicle standards being revised or developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Hybrid Standards Committee. Many of these are scheduled for completion this year.

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