Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Using aluminum will extend the efficiencies of other technologies, while enabling secondary cost-savings from downsized powertrains without sacrificing performance. According to the report, future growth in auto aluminum usage will be primarily driven by these and other applications being converted from steel.

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2012 Downsizing Auto Industrial 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

2015 Lexus NX 300h. The 2015 Lexus NX debuts in two versions, the NX 200t with a turbocharged 2.0-liter liter gasoline engine especially for use in the 2015 NX 300h. Package efficiency improvements include downsizing the Power Control Unit (PCU) with a double-sided inverter cooling system. Click to enlarge.

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North America Lexus America Fuel Economy 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

Renault’s ongoing downsizing strategy is aimed at reducing the cubic capacity of its engines in order to bring down fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions, without detracting from performance. The downsizing process involved shortening the piston stroke by reducing the size of the crank pin and conrod assembly. Select Engines.

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Environment Engine 2010 Parts 230

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2015

The first generation Sharan made its debut in Geneva in 1995; between 1995 and 2015 more than 800,000 Sharans were sold worldwide. All diesel engines are fitted with an SCR catalytic converter. In the large Sharan the downsized engine consumes on average 6.4 SCR catalytic converter. l/100 km (47 mpg US). The Sharan 1.4

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Standards Fuel MPG Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2014

The CO emissions of the new C-Class during operation are 76 % below the level stipulated by the Euro 6 standard that comes into effect in 2015. 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. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Mercedes CO2 2007 MPG 252

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Although the basic concept of the Class 1 Le Mans Prototype (LMP1)— a downsized turbocharged direct injection gasoline engine and two different energy recovery systems—was retained in the second generation, virtually every component was refined. Porsche 919 Hybrid, 2015. 2015 energy/fuel use formulas for one lap in Le Mans.

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Porsche 2015 Hybrid Carbon Fiber 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

DTNA’s SuperTruck was unveiled at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show. DTNA unveiled its SuperTruck at the 2015 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in the Freightliner Trucks booth. The Freightliner SuperTruck uses a downsized and downsped 10.7-liter Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Click to enlarge. Powertrain.

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Although downsizing—i.e., SKYACTIV-D is also one of the first diesels to comply with Tier II Bin 5 North American emission regulations without requiring expensive selective catalytic reduction (SCR) aftertreatments or a lean NO x trap catalytic converter (LNT).

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Mazda Engine Gasoline Diesel 322

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

In addition to a range of visual upgrades, the new cee’d GT Line features the debut of Kia’s all-new downsized 1.0-liter liter T-GDi is a downsized, three-cylinder power unit engineered to improve fuel consumption and emissions while offering strong performance and immediate response. liter GDi engine. Like the new 1.0-liter

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Kia Downsizing Fuel Economy Cleaner Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

The project is scheduled to end 31 December of this year; Ford is likely to request a no-cost extension to 30 September 2015. Ford’s approach to the project was to engineer a comprehensive suite of gasoline engine systems technologies, including: Aggressive engine downsizing in a mid-sized sedan from a large V-6 to a small I-4.

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Fuel Economy Ford Economy Engine 247

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APRIL 10, 2013

Focused on meeting a growing customer demand for ‘downsized’ engines offering strong power with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the new gasoline and diesel powertrains are being progressively introduced across the Opel product range. The new Cascada mid-size convertible is the first Opel model available with the new engine.

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Engine 2016 Fuel Economy Fuel 287

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JANUARY 28, 2014

The fundamental challenge is to convert as much of the chemical energy in the fuel, into mechanical energy, as efficiently as possible at the prescribed flow rate. 8% of the current Power Unit will remain homologated at the end of the season, with 92% development freedom for 2015. Conversion efficiency is now the key.

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2014 Mercedes Fuel Power 252

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

There are trucks and buses being converted commercially today. In fact, the optimized PHEV is much more efficient as a long range liquid fuel vehicle, because the engine is downsized. Volt Has Most Electric Miles, Data Shows Green Car Reports 20 May 2015. [ It is only a matter of economics motivated by incentives or taxes.

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