Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2009
Ford invested $55 million to retool and reopen the plant, which had been idled in 2007. EcoBoost technology combines turbocharging and direct gasoline injection to deliver up to 20% improved fuel economy, 15% fewer CO 2 emissions and superior driving performance compared with larger displacement engines. The EcoBoost begins production.
Cars That Think
JUNE 27, 2022
Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. Given the rapid uptake of electric vehicles, many people are thinking hard about how to make the best use of all that rolling battery power. This is good for the grid. Kempton and Letendre’s.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 20, 2017
Larger trucks and SUVs with powerful, high-displacement engines are the low-hanging fruit for any policymaker seeking the most efficient path to reducing gasoline use and the associated emissions, according to an issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 29, 2013
Volkswagen first launched the EA888 engine generation in spring 2007 (Gen 1). T engine that produced 110 kW (150 hp) of power was emitted 197 grams CO 2 /km (317 g/mile). This is the first implementation of such a system in a turbocharged direct-injection four-cylinder gasoline engine, noted Lemke. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 10, 2012
VTP seeks projects in the following areas: Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries. To meet the demands of future high efficiency engines new low temperature catalyst materials for exhaust after-treatment having the ability to reach 90% efficiency at or below 150 °C are needed. L/100 km) for cars and more than 43 mpg (5.5 Biobased Products.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
Because diesels operate at higher temperatures than gasoline engines, NO x formation has always been an issue for diesels. In 2007, as the automaker discussed introducing the Jetta with the new 2.0L NO x (nitrogen oxides: nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide) formation is a function of temperature. Volkswagen planned to use both.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna. See Chevy Volt for latest.
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