2003, Exhaust and Gasoline

Bentley ending production of iconic W12 engine with the most powerful version ever

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Bentley will cease production of its 12-cylinder gasoline engine in April 2024, by which time more than 100,000 examples of the iconic W12 will have been handcrafted in the company’s Dream Factory in Crewe, England. Twin-scroll turbochargers minimize turbo response time and provide a more efficient exhaust package.

Bentley

Bentley Engine Power Powered

Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

There will be a common engine package for full-size truck, large SUV and large sedan/coupes, and the technologies and benefits will be more substantial than cylinder deactivation was in 2003, Lee said. FCA also plans to consolidate its small gasoline engine lineup with a new family to be launched in 2015. Integrated exhaust manifold.

Chrysler

Chrysler 2016 PHEV Gasoline

Mazda unveils new Mazda3; first production car to offer Skyactiv-X SPCCI engine with M Hybrid system

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Running on regular gasoline, SPCCI works by compressing the fuel-air mix at a much higher compression ratio, with a very lean mix. liter versions of the latest Skyactiv-G comprise the gasoline engine lineup for the new Mazda3. All-new Mazda3 is the first production car to offer Mazda’s innovative Skyactiv-X engine.

Mazda

Mazda Engine Fuel Economy Los Angeles

Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

Chassis dynamometer emission testing conducted on 30 in-use Indian auto-rickshaws—two-stroke and four-stroke CNG-fueled (CNG-2S and CNG-4S) and four-stroke gasoline-fueled (PET-4S)—found that global warming commitment (GWC) associated with emissions from CNG-2S was more than twice that from CNG-4S or PET-4S, due mostly to CH 4 emissions.

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Fuel India

Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2016

Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years. Nissan, in a 2003 paper, said that its multi-link geometry resolved those previous issues. liter turbo gasoline engine with a high level of efficiency at the same time. Takahashi, N., and Hiyoshi, R.

Infinity

Infinity Engine Motor Motors

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

In 1975, General Ernesto Geisel, then-president of Brazil, ordered the country’s gasoline supply mixed with 10% ethanol. The level was raised to 25% over the next five years, which was intended to maintain a constant Brazilian gasoline supply for an ever-increasing demand.

Transportation

Transportation Fuel Renewable Gasoline-Electric

EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing 2. Exhaust and Evap testing + OBD attestation. Intermediate age.

Conversion

Conversion EPA Fuel Clean Alternative

1.0-liter EcoBoost engine for India to debut in new Ford EcoSport

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

liter gasoline engine while emitting less than 140g/km CO 2. The new EcoBoost engine also features an exhaust manifold cast into the cylinder head, which lowers the temperature of the exhaust gases and in turn enables the engine to run with the optimum fuel-to-air ratio across a wider rev band.

India

India Ford Engine South America

UK study concludes cumulative global sales of EVs could reach 30M units by 2050, or 1.5% of projected global car parc; decisive global action required

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Allowing for this, the report concludes, to effectively electrify the global car market by 2050—by which time the exhaustion of oil reserves may make electrification an urgent necessity—EV production would need to increase by an average 2 million units/year over 23 years.

Global

Global Recharge Sale Cars

Pre-orders start for Mazda Axela in Japan; gasoline and hybrid models first, followed by diesel

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Sales will begin on 21 November, starting with the gasoline engine and a hybrid models, to be followed by a diesel version. This will make Mazda the first domestic automaker to offer gasoline, diesel and hybrid versions of a single model in Japan. Since the launch of the first generation model in 2003, the Axela has sold more than 3.7

Mazda

Mazda Japan Gasoline Diesel

SwRI engineers win SAE award for paper on impact of octane and cooled EGR on engine performance and efficiency

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

Horning Memorial Award for a 2012 technical paper (2012-01-1149) investigating different octane-rated gasolines and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) levels. Broadly, they found that: The improvement in effective AKI of the fuel from using EGR is constant across commercial grade gasolines at about 0.5 Alger joined SwRI in 2003.

Engine

Engine 2003 Gasoline 2012

Rav4 EV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Except for the quiet power, no exhaust, no shifting no starting, no vibration and no idling or fill ups or tune ups - you can hardly tell this car from the gasoline version. :) Most of the Rav pages will only be of interest to Rav4EV drivers, but feel free to look around. The Mods section is where most of my time is spent.

RAV4EV

RAV4EV EV1 2002 Toyota

Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

First shown as a concept vehicle at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, the production car version of Mitsubishi i was introduced to the Japanese public in January 2006. To exhaust the conditioned air that circulates around the battery pack. Background. In its home market, the Mitsubishi i was a keijid?sha—a i-MiEV, Japan-spec.

i-MiEV

i-MiEV Mitsubishi Lithium Ion Batteries

EV Driven

Bentley ending production of iconic W12 engine with the most powerful version ever

Chrysler to introduce PHEV models in 2016 and 2017 to meet ZEV requirements; new FCA gasoline engine family coming in 2015

Mazda unveils new Mazda3; first production car to offer Skyactiv-X SPCCI engine with M Hybrid system

Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy

Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

EPA Proposes to Streamline Approval Process for Fuel Conversion Systems

1.0-liter EcoBoost engine for India to debut in new Ford EcoSport

UK study concludes cumulative global sales of EVs could reach 30M units by 2050, or 1.5% of projected global car parc; decisive global action required

Pre-orders start for Mazda Axela in Japan; gasoline and hybrid models first, followed by diesel

SwRI engineers win SAE award for paper on impact of octane and cooled EGR on engine performance and efficiency

Rav4 EV

Mitsubishi to begin offering customers test drives of North American spec i-MiEV in November

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