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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

liter, twin-turbocharged W12 in 2003, the engineering team in Crewe has continually improved the performance of the engine in terms of power, torque, emissions and refinement. The first is designed to bring the cylinder heads up to optimum operating temperature as quickly as possible for best engine performance and low emissions.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Post-race analysis showed that the victorious Audi R18 e-tron quattro of Loïc Duval/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish (F/DK/GB) designated as car number ‘2’ made 34 pit stops at Le Mans and required 47 minutes and 14.799 seconds for them. Audi also topped the efficiency index as well. Audi engine technology boasts a win rate of 86.7%

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JUNE 13, 2023

The revamped R&D organization will be led by its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO), with each Total Vehicle Development (TVD) Division, Vehicle SW Tech Unit, and Mobility Engineering and Tech Acceleration (META) Tech Unit, as well as new business and Design Centers being reorganized to have their own development systems.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The all-new Mazda3 adopts Mazda’s new Skyactiv-Vehicle Architecture, designed to enable people to make the most of their natural sense of balance. Running on regular gasoline, SPCCI works by compressing the fuel-air mix at a much higher compression ratio, with a very lean mix. The Skyactiv-D 1.8

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FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The 2016 Pilot, launching at Honda dealerships nationwide this summer, is the third generation of Honda’s three-row midsize SUV to be designed, developed and manufactured in the US. For improved fuel efficiency, the 2016 Pilot will also include a stop start feature—Honda’s first non-hybrid application of this technology.

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Fuel Economy Honda 2016 Economy 150

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MARCH 30, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has updated rules making it easier for manufacturers to sell fuel conversion systems—i.e., systems that alter a conventionally-fueled vehicle or engine to enable it to run on an alternative fuel. MY 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and < useful life mileage.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

WTW energy expended and GHG emissions for conventional fuels ICE and hybrid vehicles shows the potential for improvement of conventional fuels and ICE based vehicles. It adds an assessment of electrically chargeable vehicle configurations, such as plug-in hybrid, range extended, battery and fuel-cell electric vehicles.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

The first of a planned fleet of eight hydrogen fuel cell buses in London will start operating on 18 December. The vehicles were specifically designed for Transport for London (TfL) using technology developed by ISE, Wrightbus and Ballard. The buses will form the only hydrogen bus fleet in the UK and the largest currently in Europe.

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London Hydrogen Fleet Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Under the Proalcool Program, sugar companies were ordered to increase production and the state-run oil company, Petrobras, was required to make álcool (ethanol) available at its fuel stations. The production and consumption of hydrous ethanol fuel followed an expected pattern. of water.

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JULY 17, 2018

On average, the modeled SST burned 5 to 7 times as much fuel per passenger as subsonic aircraft on representative routes. One-way mission fuel consumption per passenger by route and class. The ICCT team contacted Boom for information about the design and performance characteristics of its aircraft. Source: The ICCT.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2014

In the course of a year, the community is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes. Zipcar was the first car-sharing company in the United States to introduce electric vehicles, starting in Boston in 2002, and the first to offer hybrid vehicles through a partnership with Honda in Seattle in 2003.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 8, 2023

With an aluminum engine block, the V8 used a split port design with two intake ports per cylinder, as well as variable runner length intake manifolds.& In 2003 the InTech appeared in its only SUV usage, as the motivator of the new and doomed Lincoln Aviator. Part of Ford’s Modular engine family, the new mill shared its 4.6-liter

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Parts Mercury 2003 2004 98

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Volkswagen presented its latest technologies for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions—which includes the first 10-speed dual-clutch gearbox (DSG)—in an Innovation Workshop for the media at the Ehra-Lessien test track facility near Wolfsburg. Mild hybrid: stop-start 2.0 and coasting with engine off. The start-stop 2.0

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Emissions Fuel Range Fuel Economy 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Fuel-based particulate matter emission factors (A: PM 2.5 mass, B: organic carbon fraction (OC/PM), C: elemental carbon fraction (EC/PM)), global warming commitment (D: GWC-Kyoto, E: GWC-All), and F: fuel consumption. The mean fuel-based PM 2.5 Credit: ACS, Reynolds et al. Click to enlarge. g kg -1 (6.2-26.7)) g kg -1 (0.3-0.9))

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Gasoline Emissions Fuel India 287

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JUNE 8, 2018

km-resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California for years 2001–2003, 2007–2009 and 2013–2015. The MISR instrument used in the study was initially designed to help understand Earth’s climate. Maps of 3-year averaged PM 2.5 sulfate, nitrate, OC and EC concentrations estimated using 4.4 Click to enlarge.

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Los Angeles California Clean Cleaning 250

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MAY 7, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to make it easier for manufacturers to gain approval to sell fuel conversion systems. 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. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing 2.

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Conversion EPA Fuel Clean Alternative 230

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MAY 24, 2017

Dual clutch transmissions (DCTs) have become popular in the Chinese automobile market, because drivers benefit from improved fuel efficiency, smooth gear shifting and increased overall vehicle performance. The first DCT was successfully launched worldwide in 2003. Click to enlarge.

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Supplies 2003 Oil Chinese 150

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AUGUST 18, 2011

The latter are designed for an extended service life of at least six years or 12,000 operating hours. Fuel cell power. The fuel cell stacks of the new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid are identical to those of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class F-CELL with fuel cell drive, which is also being deployed in Hamburg. Max passengers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2013

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) comparing official and “real-world” fuel consumption and CO 2 emission values for passenger cars in Europe and the United States shows that the average discrepancy between the values in Europe increased from less than 10% in 2001 to 25% in 2011.

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Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Much has been made of late of Toyota and other automakers claims they will commercialize hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in 2015. An SAE Research Report in 2001 stated that "several automakers have pledged the introduction of fuel cell vehicles, including buses, by 2003-2005." Tags: fuel cell vehicle toyota. In 5 years.

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Toyota Fuel Seattle 2001 100

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2010

All routes from algae to ‘drop-in’ fuels such as renewable diesel and jet fuel require hydrogen and hydrotreating. NREL Research Review 2003 Certain green alga such as Chlamydomonas reinhardtii use sunlight to produce hydrogen directly from water. New Horizons for Hydrogen ”, NREL 2003 Research Review. Earlier post.).

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Hydrogen 2003 Water Production 250

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MARCH 19, 2014

The group focuses on furthering the infrastructure for hydrogen-powered vehicles such as those powered by fuel cells. Participants in H 2 USA are working together to create ways to deliver affordable hydrogen fuel safely. Hyundai, Honda and Toyota are poised to sell fuel-cell cars within the next two years.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

The US Air Force Office of Scientific Research ( AFOSR ) has awarded an interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers a two-year, $3-million grant to develop nanoscale graphene additives for novel fuels to help supersonic jets fly faster and diesel engines cleaner and more efficient.

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Diesel Fuel Li-ion 2009 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2009

The facility, located in the midst of the sugarcane processing industry, secures the final development step before full commercial production of Amyris’s renewable fuels and chemicals. A key attribute of the fuel is that it is a renewable hydrocarbon—i.e., A key attribute of the fuel is that it is a renewable hydrocarbon—i.e.,

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Brazil Renewable Commercial Production 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

This creates the potential to produce fuels and chemicals at much lower cost. … Periana has designed some of the most efficient systems (Periana et. Science 1993, 1998 and 2003) for alkane conversion that operate at lower temperatures. Fuels Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Natural Gas' —Roy Periana. Ess, and Roy A.

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Conversion Gas Convert 2003 210

Baua Electric

JANUARY 28, 2024

Affordable and fuel-efficient, the 800 democratised the passenger car and did so reliably, something new to the Indian landscape back then. Before its arrival in 2005, Maruti was associated with practicality and fuel efficiency, and generally perceived as a car for conservative buyers. million households.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2010

million matching grant in 2009 by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to increase the United States’ capacity to manufacture cost efficient, fuel-efficient commercial-duty hybrid truck propulsion systems. Allison Transmission has been producing hybrid propulsion systems for city transit buses since 2003. Allison was being awarded a $62.8

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Indianapolis Commercial Manufacturer Hybrid 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2016

Although the Sustainability Showcase will embody the highest level of sustainability designs and practices, the entire campus—including remodeled and refurbished buildings as well as new builds—will incorporate sustainable designs, technologies and practices, many of them used or developed over the past 15 years at Ford sites.

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Environment Ford Building Water 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2009

will begin its promised mass-producution of compact direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) for devices such as cellular phones and notebook computers starting as early as next month. The Japanese firm, said to be first to turn out portable fuel cells on such a scale, is installing an assembly line at a Yokohama facility. Source: Toshiba.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Fuel-filler door. These components—which meet European Union (EU) 2003/102/EC Phase II lower leg pedestrian protection requirements and Economic Community of Europe (ECE) and Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) impact test requirements for low speed vehicle damageability—form a globally compliant bumper system.

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Chery 2003 Chinese Parts 210

Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Today's airliners travel no faster than their counterparts of 60 years ago—indeed, they tend to fly somewhat slower to reduce fuel costs. They're preparing prototypes for flight and they've got designs for full-blown airliners capable of carrying scores of passengers. Kennedy announced plans to develop a U.S. supersonic airliner.

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Oklahoma City Ozone Oklahoma Fuel 110

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Greater fuel efficiency, along with the use of cleaner fuels, can help mitigate these impacts, although increases in the numbers of cars and the distances driven threaten to overwhelm fuel economy advances. South Korea has improved its fuel economy by one third since 2003. —Michael Renner. l/100 km (52.3

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Global Auto Production Hybrid 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2009

The two new outboards, the 200 Pro XS and the 125 hp, use Orbital FlexDI direct injection fuel systems ( earlier post ), and are reported as having best in class fuel economy. The 200 Pro XS, designed for the professional sports fisherman and other high performance applications, is based on the successful 3.0-liter

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Mercury Mariner Emissions Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2010

The 6-cylinder 92 kW (123 hp) 2010 H06B CNG engine—developed by Ashok Leyland in conjunction with Eden’s wholly-owned US subsidiary, Hythane Company—was initially designed to meet the country’s current Bharat IV (Euro IV) mandatory emissions targets. Fuel efficiency improvement of 6.5% based on fuel combustion energy.

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India Hydrogen Engine Energy 210

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MARCH 8, 2009

integrating biological and thermochemical processing to produce biofuels and/or power could offer similar, if not lower, efficiencies and costs and very large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions compared to petroleum-derived fuel, according to a comparative analysis of 14 mature technology biomass refining scenarios. Ethanol + H 2.

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Emissions Gas Fuel 2009 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

To prepare the Transit Connect, introduced in Europe in 2003, for the needs of small businesses in the United States, Ford upgraded the powertrain to a Duratec 2.0-liter More than 600,000 Ford Transit Connects have been sold since 2003, to customers in 58 countries and on four continents. The Duratec 2.0L A final-drive ratio of 4.20

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Transit Connect 2010 Connect Connected 170

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MAY 23, 2011

This includes identifying electric charging infrastructure appropriate for the unique characteristics of the city of Saitama, maintaining compatibility between current charging infrastructure and electric vehicles developed in the future, and using solar panels and fuel cells to supply energy. Click to enlarge. has been attained.

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