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Delphi develops new high-pressure common rail systems for heavy-duty and light-duty engines; Euro VI and beyond

Green Car Congress

This concept system is expected to be ideal for heavily downsized applications and developing markets. Delphi has been working on the Euro VI systems since 2005. At the same event, Delphi also revealed a new common rail system for small, one- to four-cylinder diesel engines, including non-automotive applications.

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New Maruti Swift retains winning formula in a new avatar | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Maruti Suzuki India’s (MSIL’s) latest offering – the fourth-generation Swift hatchback – which was launched on May 9, continues to retain its key USPs that have made it a popular choice among Indian car buyers since 2005. New, three-cylinder fuel-sipping engine One of the key recipients of this investment is the development of the new 1.2-litre

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Viable exhaust-driven on-board ethanol reforming for improvements in fuel economy and emissions

Green Car Congress

2005 paper in this journal reported that ethanol could be reformed by a different pathway at about 300 °C, enabling the reaction to be sustained by exhaust heat. A low-cost, low-weight, compact design capable of being packaged in a vehicle exhaust train.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. The F6 DM uses ferrous batteries, with no lithium content, that BYD says are high-energy density and low cost. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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