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Yamaha Motor produces 3 mn Performance Damper since 2004 – ET Auto

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has produced a total of three-million of the Yamaha Performance Damper , an anti-vibration damper for automobiles since its manufacturing began in 2004, the company said. In 2006, it received the Technological Development Award at the 56th JSAE Awards , hosted by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan.

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Toyota Joint-venture engine plant in China begins production of advanced four-cylinder engines

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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that GAC Toyota Engine Co. Ltd (GTE), a joint venture company established with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd (GAC), began production in October of a lineup of four-cylinder, in-line AR engines at its plant in Nansha, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. liter, a 2.7-liter

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Wagner, Director of the Fuels Engines and Emissions Research Center, and Dr. Sreekanth Pannala, Senior Research Staff Member in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in a keynote talk at the recent Global Powertrain Conference. 3D DNS of auto-ignition with 30-species.

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NASA Glenn develops automated flywheel pulse-and-glide system; improving fuel economy up to 40-100%

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Drivers can use a manual “pulse-and-glide” (PnG) driving technique—accelerating and decelerating an automobile in cycles of approximately 10-30 seconds—as a way to improve fuel economy. in their 2009 study, a driver in a conventional vehicle must shut off the engine manually to apply this strategy optimally.).

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Scuderi Group expands operations to Asia

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Scuderi Group, the developer of a split-cycle and engine and air-hybrid variant, has opened a Japan office and hired a Director of Asian Operations, Deryk Langlais. According to the Greater Nagoya Initiative Center, the area produces 44% of the country’s automobiles. Earlier post.).

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EPA annual trends report finds new vehicle fuel economy at record 24.1 mpg; new powertrain technologies rapidly gaining share

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mpg increase over the previous year and an increase of nearly 5 mpg since 2004. The detailed data supporting the report were obtained directly from automobile manufacturers. Based on the final data through MY 2013, CO 2 emissions have decreased by 92 g/mi, or 20%, since MY 2004, and fuel economy has increased by 4.8 Source: EPA.

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Sanyo Supplying Li-ion Batteries for Suzuki Swift Plug-in Hybrid

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The 0.66L engine is the K6A, earlier versions of which were used in the Cappuccino. Sanyo has been supplying nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) to Honda and Ford since 2004. Suzuki has already announced its intention to start manufacturing the vehicles. kWh Li-ion battery pack.