Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

The coming Chevrolet Cruze diesel engine for the US market ( earlier post ) will leverage GM’s global powertrain expertise. GM sold more than half a million diesel-powered cars across Europe, Asia, Africa and South America last year, including 33,000 Cruzes. Noise and vibration tests help minimize engine vibro-acoustic response.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2011

Fiat’s 875cc TwinAir engine ( earlier post ) was named the International Engine of the Year 2011. The top award for the two-cylinder turbo was Fiat’s first, and only the second time a sub-1-liter engine took the top prize (the first being Toyota’s 1-liter Yaris VVT-i engine in 1999. Compared with a 1.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2013

The OP4 light-duty opposed-piston diesel. Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. The OP4 is a two-stroke, inline two-cylinder, four-piston diesel with a swept volume of 1.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2013

Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL), the main operating subsidiary of China Yuchai International Limited, will introduce 12 new engines in 2013. Seven of the models are National V-compliant natural gas engines and the other 5 models are National IV-compliant diesel engines. —Benny H.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

The current decline is ales of diesel light duty vehicle in Europe does not put EU CO 2 targets out of reach of automakers, according to a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). In addition, vehicle manufacturers increasingly use electric motors to complement conventional combustion engines in cars.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda’s roadmap to the ideal internal combustion engine. the step-by-step introduction of electrification to SKYACTIV internal combustion engines: stop-start, followed by regenerative braking, followed by electric motor drive technologies. Energy balance in an internal combustion engine. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

During his presentation, CEO David Johnson will discuss OP engine advantages and challenges, describe methods used to leverage the advantages and minimize challenges, highlight test and analytical methods, and provide cost, weight and complexity reductions of the engine.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

million new vehicles registered in the EU in 2011. A combination of changes in buying behavior, improved technology and engine efficiency was mostly responsible for this reduction, according to EEA analysis. In 2011, 55.2% of the vehicles registered in 2011 in Europe were diesel vehicles, an increase from 51.3%

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Singh, a power-electronics engineer, has been working to replace the internal combustion engines used in the company’s equipment with hybrid (diesel-electric) and all-electric versions. in engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi “I come from a long line of farmers. as a staff engineer.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

A multinational team led by GM’s Torino Engineering Center and supported by engineers from GM India announced that production of a new 1.0-liter liter three-cylinder diesel engine will start in June 2011.

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General Motors Diesel Engine Market 247

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2012

Mazda Motorsports will sell racing versions of its new SKYACTIV-D diesel engines ( earlier post ) to teams competing in the Le Mans Prototype 2 (LMP2) class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Le Mans engine program will make its debut at the 2013 running of the race. The engines will be stock-block Mazda SKYACTIV-D 2.2-liter

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

turbodiesel engine on Cruze—one of the top-selling gasoline-powered cars in the US in 2011 and General Motors’ best-selling model globally—will establish Chevrolet as the only domestic automaker offering an American-manufactured diesel-powered compact car with a European-American developed engine.

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Diesel GM Market 2013 290

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2011

General Motors will invest €20 million (US$28 million) in the company’s Powertrain Engineering Center in Torino throughout the next four years. The new investment enables the Center to build three new dynamic engine test benches, one climatic test bench, one NVH test bench and one chassis Dyno.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Volkswagen confirmed on Thursday that no software constituting an improper emissions control defeat device as defined in law is installed in vehicles with EA 288 EU5- or EU6-engines in the European Union. million vehicles in Germany, with the EA 189 diesel engines with the software defeat device. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

a newly developed small displacement diesel engine. liter diesel will join the SKYACTIV-D 2.2 diesel and SKYACTIV-G 2.0 gasoline engine already in the product lineup. Introduced in 2011 ( earlier post ), the 2.2L SKYACTIV-D engine reduces fuel consumption compared to the older 2.2L

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

A team at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Modena, Italy) has developed and validated a quasi-dimensional combustion model applicable to any type of high-speed direct-injection (HSDI) diesel engine. International Journal of Engine Research 12: 311-335 doi: 10.1177/1468087411401285. —Perini and Mattarelli.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2010

Volvo is making the new five-cylinder 2-liter turbodiesel introduced in the all-new Volvo S60 available throughout its 2011 model range. The new five-cylinder D3 is in principle the same engine as the well-established 2.4-liter liter diesel ( earlier post ), but its displacement has been reduced with a shorter stroke.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Eligible diesel vehicles, engines and equipment may include drayage trucks; marine engines; locomotives and non-road engines; and equipment or vehicles used in the handling of cargo at a marine or inland water port. Certified Engine Repower: up to 40% of the cost (labor and equipment) of an eligible engine repower.

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EPA Diesel Emissions Mariner 261

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2011

GE Evolution Series locomotive engines in production at Grove City plant. The company will invest approximately $35 million to build capacity at a new diesel engine remanufacturing plant. The rule will cut PM emissions from these engines by as much as 90% and NO x emissions by as much as 80% when fully implemented.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

MicroPilot is based on the use of smaller diesel pilot injections representing 1-2% of the total fuel to reduce NO x emissions by more than 80%, while also reducing CO 2 emissions. Our client is a progressive, global truck manufacturer with a bold ambition for the future application of compression-ignited natural gas engines.

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Clean Cleaning Gas Engine 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

EcoDual , LLC, a provider of dual fuel natural gas conversion systems for heavy-duty diesel trucks, has achieved US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance for installing its systems on 2004 to 2009 Cummins ISX engines. The EcoDual system achieved its EPA compliance under this rule.

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Conversion EPA Diesel Gas 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Diesel is currently taxed at a lower level than gasoline in Europe; however, since 2011 the EC has been considering reversing that situation by making energy taxes systematically reflect the CO 2 performance of the energy product. However, they also are more expensive, mainly because automakers capture a part of the expected gains.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Ford Motor Company reported that it has built its two-millionth EcoBoost engine since the launch of the line in 2009. With customer demand exceeding its initial projections, Ford now expects EcoBoost production to exceed its global diesel engine production. Ford’s global EcoBoost engine family now includes the 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The new Peugeot 208 B-segment supermini, which launches this spring in Europe, will be available in 3- and 5-door bodystyles with a range of gasoline and diesel engines including a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine range and the latest generation of Stop & Start System (e-HDi) diesel engines. mpg US or 4.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

will exhibit its High Efficiency Combustion System (HECS) diesel engine at the 2011 SAE World Congress, 12-14 April at Cobo Center in Detroit. Flexible multiple injection and two-stage turbocharging improve low-end torque, in spite of the reduction in engine capacity. Implementation of a high-performance glow plug system.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

This rise in average CO 2 emissions correlates with a decrease in demand for diesel cars across Europe—which produce lower CO 2 emissions than gasoline cars—and the rising popularity of SUVs, which emit higher average CO 2 emissions of 133.0 In turn, diesel cars accounted for just 43.8% g/km—a difference of 5.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2018

liter Power Stroke diesel engine ( earlier post ) this month. The F-150 Power Stroke diesel features a targeted EPA-estimated 30 mpg (7.83 The F-150 Power Stroke diesel features a targeted EPA-estimated 30 mpg (7.83 liter Power Stroke diesel fuel economy estimates will be published this spring. Final EPA F-150 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

FEV) a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle technologies, will exhibit a lean burn engine concept at the SAE 2011 World Congress that has been modified to run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). FEV developed ATAC more than a decade ago, targeting large-bore engines in stationary and heavy-duty applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

The Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (MECA) released the results of its survey of the total number of diesel retrofit devices sold by MECA member companies in 2012. In California, 7,825 diesel retrofit devices were sold, of which 90% (7,034) were DPFs. This total also includes 506 closed-crankcase filters.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

3 , comparing to a base year of 2011. While current federal regulations have emissions limits on new vehicles, the regulations do not affect vehicles already in use, said senior author Oliver Gao, Cornell professor of civil and environmental engineering. Using a modeling framework, the researchers quantified the impacts of PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

Land Rover will offer the 2011 Range Rover equipped with a new V8 diesel engine and new 8-speed transmission, contributing to combined European cycle fuel consumption of 9.4 liter diesel and is unique to the Range Rover. liter LR-TDV8, diesel models are fitted with the same Brembo-based braking system fitted to the 5.0-litre

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2011 Diesel Range Land Rover 150

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JANUARY 26, 2012

liter diesel engine ( earlier post ) at its Ujina Plant near Mazda’s headquarters in Hiroshima. The debut of the CX-5 with a diesel engine marks a new push on clean diesels in Japan market for Mazda. 1 for a diesel engine for mass production vehicles. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2012

Technology changes related to revised emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks are causing an increase in heavy-duty truck engine problems and a decrease in overall satisfaction with the powertrain, according to the JD Power and Associates 2012 US Heavy-Duty Truck Engine and Transmission Study. mpg in 2011. Overall Scores.

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Engine EPA Emissions Power 268

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

The Ricardo-led Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) project will apply 48V “intelligent electrification” concepts, mild hybridization and waste heat recovery in a Ford Focus diesel demonstrator. In 2011, the HyBoost team reported that the HyBoost demonstrator was achieving comparable performance to the conventional 2.0L

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Fuel Economy Diesel Economy Gasoline 239

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

MAN Diesel & Turbo is introducing its Liquid ME-GI (Liquid Gas Injection) engines for marine applications. The announcement follows closely on the company’s announcement last autumn that a full-scale type test for its ME-GI concept would take place at its test center in Copenhagen in 2011.

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Mariner Diesel Engine Sweden 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2012

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to overproduce saturated and monounsaturated aliphatic methyl ketones in the C 11 to C 15 (diesel) range from glucose. In previous research, Beller and his colleagues engineered E. Although native E.

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Diesel Engine Range Fuel 252

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FEBRUARY 8, 2014

liter diesel engine with an electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery. XLV is 290 mm longer than the XIV-1 concept that preceded it (unveiled in 2011), and provides accommodation for seven passengers in an innovative 2+2+2+1 arrangement, where the seventh seat slides between the second and third rows for optimum flexibility.

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