Green Cars News
JULY 24, 2012
Tuesday 24 July, 2012. The Green Piece Column. Alfa Romeo has this week proven how to make downsizing fun, engaging and a treat for enthusiasts: it has launched the MiTo 875cc TB TwinAir 85. As its name suggests, it is indeed a 0.875-litre engine – even more intriguing than that, it boasts just two cylinders, [.].
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2012
The current 2012 powertrain consists of a 2 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, a 40 kW (53 hp) electric motor and a proprietary hybrid control system that operate with the OEM internal combustion engine and automatic transmission. XLH engineers have already designed the next-generation release, in which the battery pack is downsized to 1.5
Green Car Reports
OCTOBER 25, 2009
Despite the downsizing, green cars abounded, ranging from new production models like the 2012. Foreign automakers shunned the show--unless you count England's Lotus--so the biannual event had pretty much only Japanese products on display.
Green Cars News
JUNE 12, 2012
Tuesday 12 June 2012. The Green Piece Column. Far from being put off by the misapprehension that there ‘aint no substitute for cubic inches, British buyers are instead gloriously embracing the modern art of engine downsizing, seeing exactly [.]. One in four Ford Focus sales are currently the smallest-engined version.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2011
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.,
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 4, 2009
Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda has revealed that the company plans to mass produce electric vehicles in 2012 and produce fuel cell cars in the US by 2015. Toyota hopes to simplify the design of its stack, which will result in downsizing and down-weighting; as well as reducing the amount of platinum catalyst required.
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
opportunity to downsize – large-engine performance, but with the size, weight and fuel economy of a much smaller unit. The Ecoboost engine should be cheaper to produce than an equivalent diesel unit therefore it will enable more consumers to opt for a greener car. By 2012, the blue oval plans globally to produce 1.3
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