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AUGUST 15, 2016

Infiniti will introduce a production-ready variable compression ratio engine VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) at the 2016 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l’Automobile) in September. Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Rosenbauer Deutschland, a company of the Rosenbauer Group, and the Berlin Fire Department plan jointly to develop a hybrid electric fire engine in the next two years. Rosenbauer presented the “Concept Fire Truck” to the public for the first time in 2016. The goal is to develop an innovative product and to then purchase it.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles in the United States (almost 15,000 of them in California). Volkswagen AG and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. TDI V6 diesel engine vehicles in the United States (almost 15,000 of them in California). TDI V6 vehicles.

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DECEMBER 24, 2012

(Teekay LNG), an offshoot of Teekay Corporation, the international shipping group, has placed an order for two LNG carriers powered by 2 × 2 5G70ME-GI dual-fuel, two-stroke, gas-injection engine, including an option for three further ships. Illustration of the 5G70ME-GI engine. —Peter Evensen, CEO of Teekay GP LLC.

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OCTOBER 24, 2016

A research team from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) and the University of Applied Sciences Bern, Laboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, reports that ethanol blending appeared to reduce genotoxic emissions from a flex-fuel Euro-5 gasoline direct injection (GDI) vehicle (a Volvo V60 with a 1.6

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NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Audi will revise , document in detail, and resubmit for US approval certain parameters of the engine-management software used in the US version of the V6 TDI 3 liter diesel engine. One of the AECDs relates to the temperature conditioning of the exhaust‑gas cleaning system. liter diesel engines from model years 2009 through 2016.

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JUNE 3, 2016

Rare earths are a group of elements critical to electronics, alternative energy and other modern technologies. If, for example, the new alloys find a place in internal combustion engines, they could quickly transform cerium from an inconvenient byproduct of rare earth mining to a valuable product in itself. —Orlando Rios.

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APRIL 27, 2011

The inaugural study examines attitudes of US consumers toward four primary alternative powertrain technologies: hybrid electric vehicles; clean diesel engines; plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and battery electric vehicles. Diesel engine vehicles: 31%. By the end of 2016, J.D. However, this consumer group is relatively small.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

V6 TDI diesel engine. —Anna Schneider, VP Industry and Government Relations, Volkswagen Group of America. Schneider leads all advocacy efforts for the Group at the federal and state level. For passenger cars, hybrids will continue to claim a larger share of the market than diesel, rising to 28% in 2025 from 15% in 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. MAN showed the Metropolis research truck, a range-extended electric refuse collection truck developed in collaboration with Benteler Engineering Services for use in the city, at IAA 2012, earlier post.)

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JULY 20, 2016

Since macrophages also play a key role in lung diseases such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), the new study is important for understanding the health risks of ship exhausts. Now, the team led by Professor Ralf Zimmermann has found in further studies that macrophages are also influenced by the exhaust gases. 0157964.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

From October 2011 until July 2013, Neusser served as the head of Engine Development for VW. Jens Hadler: from May 2007 until March 2011, Hadler worked for VW as head of Engine Development for VW. Jürgen Peter: Peter worked in the VW Quality Management and Product Safety Group from 1990 until the present.

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MARCH 18, 2016

The world’s leading manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines called for further progress in regulatory harmonisation and closer cooperation among European, North American, and Japanese regulators in order to improve energy efficiency and reduce fuel consumption associated with on-road freight transport.

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DECEMBER 2, 2015

A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) with colleagues from the US, China and Germany tested 73 Euro 6 diesel passenger cars on a chassis dynamometer over both the European type-approval cycle (NEDC, cold engine start) and the more realistic Worldwide harmonized light-duty test cycle (WLTC version 2.0,

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

The V90, like the XC90 and the S90, offers the T8 Twin Engine plug-in hybrid powertrain, delivering up to around 410 hp. The Twin Engine technology supports three modes of operation: Pure, in which the car runs on electric power alone. T8 Twin Engine AWD powertrain. This variant has a unique engine-braking mode.

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APRIL 18, 2019

After adding a third row, the Highlander not only grew in size, but is also now the best-selling retail model in the segment since 2016. liter DOHC four-cylinder engine with two electric motors in a system that’s more compact, and more efficient than before. The 295-horsepower 3.5-liter

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. Group Audit will provide its findings to the external experts of Jones Day. Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Rather than simply pegging corporate car allowances primarily to income, Britain’s BIK taxes also take into account what kind of vehicle you’re driving and whether it has an exhaust pipe. litre diesel engine has a basic list price of £47,220 including VAT. million units in 2016 to just 1.6 percent] market share in 2023.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

BPC is convening a diverse RFS advisory group to discuss opportunities for reform, hosting public workshops to solicit broad input, and ultimately publishing viable policy options based, in part, on the advisory group’s deliberations. The study does not address non-technical barriers to the use of higher blends (e.g., Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

EPA has issued a notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. collectively referred to here as Volkswagen). The NOV alleges that Volkswagen and Audi cars from model years 2009-2015 equipped with 2.0-liter,

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OCTOBER 24, 2012

The Dutch shipyard group is building hybrid tugs for stock; the second hybrid vessel will be available from stock end-2013. —Erik van Schaik, Design & Proposal Engineer, Damen Tugs. One fire-fighting/generator set is installed to feed the electric propulsion engines or to drive the 1200 m 3 /hr fire-fighting pump.

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JANUARY 14, 2015

The stunning Ford GT—which received the EyesOn Design Award at NAIAS for best production vehicle—serves as a technology showcase for top EcoBoost engine performance, aerodynamics and lightweight carbon fiber construction. liter EcoBoost engine that produces more power with greater efficiency than the current 6.2-liter

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

Nikolai Steinberg, a former chief engineer at Chernobyl and member of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s governing board, called running the plant “a crime” in an email interview with IEEE Spectrum. Sergey Kiriyenko, the Kremlin’s point man for Russian-occupied Ukraine, led Rosatom from 2005 to 2016. national laboratories.

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MAY 8, 2018

With the market launch of the new A-Class ( earlier post ), the new diesel engines from Mercedes-Benz are now available from the compact class to the luxury class. Mercedes-Benz’s new generation of engines already demonstrated two years ago, how the NO x -challenge in Diesel cars can be solved technically.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Co-Optima’s premise is that current fuels constrain engine design—and thus engine efficiency. Co-Optima’s premise is that current fuels constrain engine design—and thus engine efficiency. The teams are also evaluating the impact of discrete fuel properties on advanced SI engine performance.

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JUNE 4, 2014

Dearman liquid air engine in a TRU system. The Dearman Engine Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hubbard Products Ltd to manage the vehicle integration of the Dearman engine liquid air transport refrigeration system (TRU) ( earlier post ). This can be used to drive an engine. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Mercedes-Benz is introducing a new family of diesel engines, starting with the new all-aluminum four-cylinder OM 654, which will make its world premiere in the new E-Class E 220 d in spring 2016. The modular family of engines will find broad application across the entire range of Mercedes-Benz cars and vans. Engine weight (DIN).

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APRIL 10, 2016

A team from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has characterized the intermediate volatility organic compound (IVOC) emissions from on-road gasoline vehicles (LDGVs) and small off-road gasoline engines (SOREs). The researchers said their results clearly demonstrate that IVOCs from gasoline engines are an important class of SOA precursors.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

meter-tall Nexø II rocket was powered by a bipropellant engine designed and constructed by the Copenhagen Suborbitals team. The engine mixed ethanol and liquid oxygen together to produce a thrust of 5 kilonewtons, and the rocket soared to a height of 6,500 meters. Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Final engineering model of the SF-BREEZE as designed by Elliott Bay Design Group. The group drew up conceptual specifications: a 150-passenger commuter ferry that would travel four 50-mile round-trip routes each day at a top speed of 35 knots (~39 mph) about 60% of the time. Less noise and vibration on-board. Optimization.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

At Bauma China 2016, Asia’s biggest trade fair for construction equipment, DEUTZ and its Chinese joint venture, DEUTZ (Dalian) Engine (DDE) unveiled new TCD 9.0 four-cylinder diesel engine. liter unit is the first in a new generation of engines that DEUTZ is planning as part of an alliance with the Liebherr Group.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

The three ships are sisters to the Wes Amelie, a 1,036-TEU feeder container ship with an MAN 8L48/60B main engine that was retrofitted to a multi-fuel, four-stroke MAN 51/60DF unit earlier in 2017. Launched in 2016 after COP 21, the initiative has since found broad support within the shipping industry and German politics. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The researchers, Kale Harrison and Benjamin Harvey, note that with recent advances in metabolic engineering, the generation of multicyclic sesquiterpenes from biomass sugars could allow for the production of these new fuels on a commercial scale. In a 2016 paper in the ACS journal Energy & Fuels (Harvey et al.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

With a sportier design and an entirely new drive system ( earlier post ), the 2016 Volt electric car features a higher capacity battery pack and 50 miles of all-electric range (MY 2015 = 38 miles); greater efficiency; and stronger acceleration. The 2016 Volt goes on sale in the second half of 2015. The 2016 Volt will use an 18.4

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 e-tron quattro features a six-cylinder TDI engine and quattro drive that deliver 275 kW (373 hp) of system power and 700 N·m (516.3 litre V6 TDI engine. litre V6 TDI engine. TDI, a highly efficient, latest-generation V6 diesel engine, delivers 190 kW (258 hp) of power and 600 N·m (442.5 TDI quattro.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

Clearly, that’s no lazy Rover diesel chugging below the hood—or even a Chevrolet V-8, a current go-to engine for vintage-car fans seeking a contemporary edge. About 60 percent of those cells go into the front engine bay; the rest reside below the cargo hold. This Defender, known for raiding tombs , has raided Tesla’s temple of tech.

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APRIL 9, 2024

It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? This is the region that is marked red on most websites of Ministries of Foreign Affairs, and this is due to rebel groups that are active here. ’ Exhausted? It was a cloudy day.

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