Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2010
Since the end of 2006, Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK and FKFS have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and technology. The primary goal is developing a prototype of a CNG-fueled parallel hybrid based on an Opel Astra Caravan with less than 90 g CO 2 /km emissions.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 26, 2009
The resulting higher BMEP levels allow downsizing of the engine at equivalent vehicle performance. The MIT team spun off a startup— Ethanol Boosting Systems , LLC (EBS)—in 2006 to commercialize the concept. Earlier post.) EBS has a collaborative R&D agreement with Ford, and participated in the study reported at the World Congress.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2014
liter, normally-aspirated V8 engine used from 2006 to 2013 is replaced by a turbo 1.6-liter Per the regulations, the Mercedes team downsized their internal combustion engine (ICE) to a 1.6 Oil thins at higher temperatures; thus, a hotter engine needs a thicker oil to stop metal components from rubbing together and failing.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 10, 2009
The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. Downsizing therefore isn’t vital and, due to the improved light-load efficiency and emissions performance we see with Omnivore, this technology approach and ‘upsizing’ could permit a more efficient engine.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
JANUARY 28, 2009
They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. By early 2006, the solutions we promote had become so broadly welcomed that they were supported by President Bush. PHEV - These vehicles combine the advantages of both HEV and EV vehicles.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 25, 2022
From 2006, the RFS set a schedule of yearly obligations through 2022, with annually rising RIN targets. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which stewards the RFS, had repeatedly downsized the targets by nearly 25 percent. If a refiner couldn’t manage it, it could buy credits, called RINs, from a supplier who did. In 2016, a U.S.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Ford Chairman and CEO Bill Ford at 2006 Shareholders Meeting ) GM top 12/31/07 [GM Vice Chairman Bob] Lutz, 75, is undergoing a green conversion in the twilight of his career. "I I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. GM Press Release ).
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