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Top safety marks for small cars

Green Cars News

However, a new car safety study released this week shows that four of the top scoring new models are super-minis. The Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20, Kia Soul and Peugeot 2008 earned top marks in the study conducted by Euro NCAP and backed by European governments and motoring and consumer organisations.

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New General Motors officially launched

Green Cars News

Some good news at last for the battered and bruised automotive industry in North America where the new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy yesterday. The four brands will offer 34 nameplates by 2010 compared to the old GM’s total of 48 in 2008.

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Mazdas new SKYACTIV gasoline and diesel engines are steps on the road to its Ideal Engine; focus on compression ratio

Green Car Congress

Mazda hosted Green Car Congress at a SKYACTIV Technologies media workshop this week in Vancouver, Canada, at which engineering management explained the development philosophy, approach and results for the initial set of SKYACTIV technologies. Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Although downsizing—i.e.,

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Groups join forces on fuel efficient engine

Green Cars News

In April 2008, Changan displayed a prototype engine developed with Orbital at the Beijing International Motor Show. With engine downsizing and FlexDI combustion, it was able to deliver significant fuel economy benefits as well as offering the potential to use both petrol and other gaseous fuels in the same combustion chamber.

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Fiat to launch MultiAir system

Green Cars News

It was launched in 2008 and has already enjoyed 60,000 orders and is sold in 34 countries. Tags: Fiat Green cars Latest news Fiat MiTo Fiat MultiAir system. The MultiAir system, which was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show last year, is seen as a versatile technology that can be applied to all petrol engines.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The generator portion of the system can then be downsized, modular, removable, and easily able to utilize any one of a number of technologies such as ICE, Micro Turbine, Stirling, to perhaps even FuelCell and Mr. Fusion. Full - Spin used to differentiate vehicles with EV-Only modes, though which do not use Electric Fuel sources.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. 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. Batteries not ready.

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