Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

The TEG technology, which converts waste heat from gas exhaust into electric energy and has the potential to improve passenger car fuel efficiency by as much as 5%. The DOE-funded Amerigon thermoelectric project originally began in 2004 as one of several projects targeting fuel economy improvements in light-duty vehicles of 10%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

has added 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleet by converting standard FedEx delivery trucks to hybrid-electric systems. The converted hybrids were developed with Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC) and Eaton Corporation, which provided the hybrid-electric systems ( earlier post ). FedEx Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

The technology has shown substantial increases in fuel economy when compared with traditional powertrains in the same type of vehicles. Acting as a pump, the hydraulic drive is used to re-pressurize hydraulic fluid by using the vehicle’s momentum, thereby converting kinetic energy into potential energy. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

While the Mercedes GLE 550e will use a 3L twin-turbo V6 and the Audi Q7 e-tron a 3L TDI diesel, the BMW X5 xDrive 40e also features a 2.0L Fuel consumption ( ECE ) 1 (L/100km). Both diesel and gasoline engines use a common, lightweight base engine—i.e., Luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs coming to US market. Audi Q7 e-tron.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

Even a highly efficient combustion engine converts only about one-third of the energy in the fuel into traction actually propelling the car. Using such heat to warm up the interior helps to reduce fuel consumption by a diesel engine, for example, by up to 10%, depending on the outside temperature and the driver’s driving profile.

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BMW Fuel Exhaust CO2 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (138.4 TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 mi) range in electric mode in the NEDC—like the fuel consumption, another record in the segment. It accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62.1 litre V6 TDI engine.

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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 ). Finally, looking at the non-electric fuel, instead of using gasoline for long-trips, PHEVs could run on bio-diesel, cellulose ethanol, or other bio-fuels to further reduce greenhouse gases. The GREET 1.6

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