2013, Downsizing, Market and Oil

Bosch improves the mechanical vacuum pump

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2014

The Bosch EVOII offers the best value for money on the market and reliably provides the vacuum for the brake booster, the company claims. As of 2013, some 40% of all new cars in Europe had direct fuel injection. It can also be integrated with an oil or a fuel pump. grams per kilometer.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Downsizing Gasoline Engine

Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

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MARCH 31, 2014

The C 180 (115 kW) with manual transmission was taken as the base variant of the new C-Class at market launch for the lifecycle analysis; it was compared with the corresponding preceding model. It was not possible, however, to achieve the very good figure shown by the preceding model at the time of market exit, Mercedes-Benz said.

Mercedes

Mercedes CO2 2007 MPG

Ford launching major new product push in Europe; fuel economy and 1.0L EcoBoost engine; first Ford full hybrid car for Europe

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Ford projects that two-thirds of all the company’s vehicles in Europe will be leaders, or among the very best, in terms of fuel efficiency by 2013. The European market holds potential for profitable growth that’s clouded at the moment by the economic crisis. The Focus Electric will go on sale early next year. liter EcoBoost engine.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Europe Ford Economy

Team from GM, Ford, FCA reviews how to calculate engine efficiency benefits of high octane fuels

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Knock and fuel octane rating are becoming increasingly important due to many powertrain design trends including downsizing, downspeeding, cylinder deactivation, and hybridization. … The vast majority (87%) of gasoline sold in the US in 2013 was regular grade, with 10% premium and 3% midgrade. In their study, Leone et al.

Engine

Engine Fuel GM Ford

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

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MARCH 19, 2013

This first report (Phase I) examines only the impact of improving the efficiency of fossil-fueled vehicles, in which efficiency gains are delivered by the improvement of the internal combustion engine vehicle, including lightweighting, engine downsizing and hybridization.

Cost Of

Cost Of 2020 Fuel CO2

First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

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MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

PHEV

PHEV 2016 Hyundai Plug-in

Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine makes market debut aboard large container vessel; 103,000 hp

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JUNE 25, 2016

Here, the G95’s rpm ensures that a propeller of optimal size can be employed, in turn delivering a low fuel-oil consumption for an optimal fuel economy. Following this trend, as well as those for cost-down and downsizing, the S90ME-C has recently been supplemented with a G90ME-C10 version.

Engine

Engine Market Power Powered

Nissan unveils next-generation XTRONIC CVT, new 1-motor, 2-clutch FWD hybrid system, new fuel cell stack

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OCTOBER 13, 2011

The adoption of a more compact oil pump was achieved by reducing oil leak and reducing necessary oil pressure resulted from the interface increase between the pulleys and the belt. This, plus the use of specially formulated low viscosity oil, has reduced friction. The resulting ratio coverage of 7.0 Click to enlarge.

Nissan

Nissan Motor Motors Motoring

Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

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APRIL 24, 2012

The engine architecture has two different configurations: a fixed-geometry lower content version targeted at markets in developing countries (e.g., The sleeve valves have a short heat rejection path directly to lube oil. During the valve open event, all but the top few millimeters are drawn past a lip seal into oil.

Light

Light Fuel Economy Engine Fuel

Exploring gasoline-range naphtha as a low-soot, low-NOx alternative compression ignition fuel

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OCTOBER 8, 2013

When crude oil comes into a refinery, it is first passed into a distillation process, which separates the crude oil into its different fractions by boiling range. 2) and will provide longer ignition delay than market diesel fuels. A range of Cetane numbers can be obtained by taking different cuts in different boiling ranges.)

Gasoline

Gasoline Fuel Range Diesel

Volkswagen Group introducing Modular Transverse Matrix this year; new engine families, lighter weight construction, powertrain flexibility

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Volkswagen has already announced the launch of the latter within the MQB in 2013 in the new Golf Blue-e-Motion. The advantage is significantly accelerated pressure build-up, which leads to very responsive downsized engines. This means that a future-assured EA211 version will now be available for markets in Sweden and Brazil.

Engine

Engine Exhaust Diesel Gasoline-Electric

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) Hybrid Sonata model year 2011, possible PHEV version in 2013. Raising money to bring a PHEV to market. Batteries not ready. No announced plans.

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

As part of an aggressive deployment strategy for improving fuel efficiency across its product line-up in the near-to medium-term, Ford will offer its first-generation turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) in 90% of its product lineup by 2013. I4 initially for the C-MAX in European markets.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Economy Ford Downsizing

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Bosch improves the mechanical vacuum pump

Full lifecycle CO2 of new Mercedes C-Class 10% less than outgoing model

Ford launching major new product push in Europe; fuel economy and 1.0L EcoBoost engine; first Ford full hybrid car for Europe

Team from GM, Ford, FCA reviews how to calculate engine efficiency benefits of high octane fuels

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

First Drive: 2016 Hyundai Sonata PHEV and HEV

Largest and most powerful MAN B&W-branded engine makes market debut aboard large container vessel; 103,000 hp

Nissan unveils next-generation XTRONIC CVT, new 1-motor, 2-clutch FWD hybrid system, new fuel cell stack

Pinnacle 4-stroke opposed-piston SI engine shows fuel economy improvements of between 30-60% at light loads, 12-30% at medium loads over conventional

Exploring gasoline-range naphtha as a low-soot, low-NOx alternative compression ignition fuel

Volkswagen Group introducing Modular Transverse Matrix this year; new engine families, lighter weight construction, powertrain flexibility

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

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