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NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Porsche has earned a third consecutive Manufacturers’ World Championship title with the 919 Hybrid. The Porsche 919 Hybrid has netted six world championships, three outright Le Mans wins, a total of 17 race wins including seven double victories, 19 pole positions and twelve fastest race laps from 33 races. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Hyundai introduced the Hybrid version of the seventh-generation Sonata at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Hyundai expects the 2016 Sonata Hybrid to improve fuel economy more than 10%. Sonata Hybrid will be built at Hyundai’s Asan, South Korea assembly plant and will go on sale early this summer.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter ELC-Hybrid to downsized 1.4L VTES + SpeedStart. CPT and AVL’s most recent work assesses the potential of a VTES equipped downsized ELC-Hybrid vehicle in combination with the CPT SpeedStart Integrated Starter Generator ( earlier post ) and the UltraBattery. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Following successful practical trials in December 2009, Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB) has now brought three Mercedes-Benz Citaro G BlueTec Hybrid buses ( earlier post ) into service, with a further two vehicles due to be delivered later this year. The Citaro series hybrid uses a 160 kW, 4.8-liter

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MAY 27, 2014

In November 2013, Nissan introduced the new Skyline with Nissan’s novel one-motor two-clutch hybrid system in every grade. has launched the New Skyline 200GT-t (the next-generation turbo model) featuring a high-power, fuel-efficient lightweight turbocharged gasoline engine with maximum power output of 155 kW?(208 Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. This is not an either-or choice between hybrids and electric cars. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

million to a project to develop a high-efficiency engine system that integrates a compact micro-hybrid configuration of a supercharger with an electric waste heat recovery system and employs high rates of recirculated exhaust gases. The project— Split Micro-hybrid Boosting Enabling Highly Diluted Combustion —is headed by Anna G.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

The new Mondeo Hybrid is Ford’s first full hybrid car in Europe. liter EcoBoost is the most power-dense production engine the company has ever produced. The Ford Mondeo Hybrid will be Ford’s first full hybrid-electric vehicle for Europe. The Ford C-MAX Energi is Ford’s first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

These projects will receive more than $115 million in funding to develop and demonstrate systems-level fuel efficiency technologies by 2015, including improved aerodynamics, reducing engine idling technologies, waste heat recovery to increase engine efficiency, advanced combustion techniques, and powertrain hybridization. 38,831,115.

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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 four-cylinder engine and the NX 300h hybrid with 2.5-liter liter Atkinson-cycle gasoline engine, which brings the brand’s number of hybrid offerings to six—the most among luxury brands. Click to enlarge.

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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. The new C-Class, features a lightweight design concept with weight savings of up to 100 kg (220 lbs); excellent aerodynamics; and new, economical engines (along with a hybrid model).

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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 Engine power (kW). Total system power (kW).

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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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JANUARY 17, 2017

billion) in 2015, including around 16% from the companies located in NAFTA. There is also thermal management; you need the radiator, you need a couple of valves, you need pumps, you need power for that. Rheinmetall Automotive AG is the management company of the Automotive sector of Germany’s Rheinmetall Group. billion (US$2.8

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MARCH 27, 2015

Porsche has presented the second generation of its Le Mans Prototype 919 Hybrid race car. System power now totals nearly 1,000 hp (746 kW). Porsche 919 Hybrid, 2015. 2015 energy/fuel use formulas for one lap in Le Mans. The reworked drive system is more powerful and more efficient than before. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine. Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Although downsizing—i.e.,

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APRIL 27, 2016

For Honda on the vehicle side, that strategy encompasses ongoing development of more efficient hybrids, as well as battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles. Honda has set a target of two-thirds of its overall unit sales coming from plug-in hybrid/hybrid vehicles and zero emission vehicles (BEVs and FCVs) by around 2030.

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MARCH 27, 2015

I want 2015 to be a year in which we take steady and bold steps toward sustainable growth. By improving thermal efficiency in engines and energy-relay efficiency in transmissions, Toyota has increased the overall fuel efficiency of its powertrains by approximately 25% and overall power output by more than 15%.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ford Motor Company announced that the all-new Ford Mondeo (which is badged as Fusion in the US) in Europe will offer a new high-power diesel engine in addition to a new 1.0L EcoBoost gasoline engine option and a new hybrid option. The high-powered diesel will be available in early 2015. First Mondeo Hybrid.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Achates Power will work with Delphi Automotive and Argonne National Laboratory on its ARPA-E-funded project to develop an innovative opposed-piston, gasoline compression ignition (OPGCI) engine. At SAE World Congress 2015 earlier this year, Delphi’s Mark Sellnau and his colleagues presented the latest results from their work for a 1.8L

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Hyundai is also displaying the diesel i40 48V hybrid concept, featuring a lead-carbon battery. As well as being lighter and smaller, it features greater efficiency and power. The new design injects fuel directly inside the cylinder, improving combustion rates for better power and fuel efficiency. liter T-GDI. The new Kappa 1.0-liter

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

HYBRID VEHICLES. Six new stretch technical goals have been established by the 21CTP for heavy-duty hybrid vehicles. These projects will receive $115 million in DOE funding to develop and demonstrate full vehicle system-level technologies by 2015. Recommendation 4-3. Recommendation 4-5. Finding 6-3. kW versus 3.0

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 28, 2014

The PU106A Hybrid Power Unit. At the core of the racer is the new PU106A Hybrid Power Unit designed to meet the new philosophy and resulting requirements of Formula One. With a normally aspirated engine, the power potential is controlled by the flow of air into the engine via the capacity and the rpm it can be run at.

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JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars.

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In fact, Maruti’s F-series, which had its origins in the 1980 Suzuki SS80 and powered the first Maruti 800, underwent several upgrades and ran for almost 40 years! litre) two-cylinder (E08A), debuted in 2015 on the Celerio hatchback. diesel in the Brezza and power Maruti Suzuki’s (and Toyota’s) future SUVs. This lightweight 1.5

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). The company was created from the old GM’s strongest operations and was reborn with a clear focus on building better and more environmentally friendly vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Chrysler’s new powertrain strategy is relying on the rapid transfer of Fiat Group technology for Multiair; Gasoline Direct Injection; turbocharging and alternative fuels to support rapid downsizing and improvement of fuel economy, along with the simplification of the company’s engine line-up, according to Paolo E. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The Tucson ix FCEV can travel more than 400 miles (644 km) on a single fueling, a 76% improvement over its predecessor, and a range equal to a gasoline-powered car. In addition to improving the fuel economy and range of the powertrain, Hyundai has also created a more compact power source for the Tucson ix FCEV. Specifications.

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JUNE 19, 2015

While about 90% of respondents indicated that they basically understand how diesel engines and gasoline-hybrid vehicles work, a majority also said they had never heard of twincharging, cylinder deactivation or continuously variable transmissions. The study should include an analysis of the increased residual value of a diesel-powered vehicle.

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