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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The 2018 Kona for the US will initially feature a 1.6L GDI engine, customers in Europe can also opt for Hyundai’s downsized 1.0 Hyundai said it will showcase its latest gasoline engine, diesel engine, hydrogen fuel cell ( earlier post ) and battery electric technologies in these vehicles. In addition to the 1.6T-GDI

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JANUARY 20, 2019

HyMag could especially benefit a weight-sensitive application, such as wind turbines, because the technology’s higher efficiency could lead to downsized structures. HyMag received a 2018 R&D 100 award for its innovative solution to increasing usable magnetic flux density.

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MAY 10, 2016

Today, Tesla aims to produce 500,000 cars per year by 2018, rather than 2020 was originally stated. Also, new-car average fuel economy fell in April, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is reportedly working on a downsized turbocharged 4-cylinder engine for fuel efficiency. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Downsizing, turbocharging and direct injection are becoming more popular. Bosch estimates that diesel’s market share there will rise from 3% today to as much as 10% in 2018. China leads the field: there, nearly 100% of all new car purchasers choose a gasoline engine; in the US and Japan, the figure is roughly 75%.

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JUNE 27, 2017

Volkswagen of America is in the process of rolling out its all-new long wheelbase 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan ( earlier post ). As with the all-new 2018 Volkswagen Atlas full-size SUV ( earlier post ), the new Tiguan is based on Volkswagen’s Modular Transverse Matrix (MQB) architecture. Significance of the 2018 Tiguan. Height (in).

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NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The new IC, with its output stage especially designed for optimal power management of TMP7608XBG, contributes to set downsizing and achieving the low heat operation required for ADAS applications. ADAS applications using the TMPV760 series. Source: Toshiba. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

of new vehicles sold in North America by 2018 having the feature. Stop-start systems will help to roll out other electrification features that will combine with engine downsizing and other enhancements to increase efficiency without large-scale adoption of full hybrid or plug-in electric capability, Navigant suggests. By then, 82.8%

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Navigant expects sales of plug-in EVs from luxury manufacturers, such as Tesla, Mercedes, Audi, and BMW to grow strongly through 2018 before leveling off at around 50% of the plug-in EV market. Accordingly, Navigant expects this luxury brand push to increase global sales of plug-in EVs significantly in the near term.

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JANUARY 2, 2018

Researchers at Tianjin University in China report that combing split injection to the Miller cycle with boost pressure can effectively decrease the knock tendency and increase the engine torque in a downsized spark-ignition engine. Their paper is published in the journal Fuel. 2017.11.006.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

Expand credits for fleet downsizing, adding cleaner vehicles ahead of any regulatory requirements, and for installation of early retrofits. If no retrofit is available, the buses have until 2018 to be replaced by vehicles with a 2010 model year engine or emissions equivalent. Ease annual requirements to clean up engines (e.g.,

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The new coating also was developed to help meet requirements for new production engines planned for 2018-2020, which call for less cylinder-bore friction and the use of lower-viscosity oils and alternative fuels. It provides the superior performance of a more costly premium inlaid top ring.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

The extreme valve temperatures experienced on today’s highly boosted downsized engines can lead to reduced valve fatigue life and critical valve guide and stem seal temperatures, resulting in the need for expensive valve steel alloys. Federal-Mogul Powertrain received a first nomination with intended start of production in 2018.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Start of production for this order worth a total €65 million is mid-2018. Weighing around nine kilograms, these components serve to hold the rechargeable battery cells installed in two electrically powered vehicles of this OEM—a crossover SUV and a high-power sports limousine.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Torotrak has been in commercial discussions with passenger car Tier 1s and OEMs as they seek to understand the full capability of V-Charge—Torotrak’s variable-drive mechanical supercharger that can enable ambitious engine downsizing ( earlier post ). V-Charge variable drive supercharger exploded view.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

liter downsized turbocharged centrally-mounted direct injection engine. In the study, the team used two MY 2016 passenger cars. The first was equipped with a 2.0-liter liter all-guided direct injection SI Atkinson cycle engine; the second was equipped with a 1.5-liter —Yang et al. Jiacheng Yang, Patrick Roth, Thomas D. Durbin, Kent C.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

DeWitt downsized his operations after an economic recession hit the United States in 1975. He closed the business in 2018. The company also developed a way to conserve fuel during landing and takeoff of the Apollo 11 lunar landing module. Johnson Mechanical filter pioneer Fellow, 88; died 18 April. Johnson served in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), in collaboration with Eaton, Ricardo, JCI, BorgWarner, Honeywell, and the ITB Group, analyzes current turbocharged, downsized gasoline engine technology developments and trends. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 27, 2016

Employing original Honda technologies, the fuel cell stack for this model was downsized by 33% compared to the previous version of the fuel cell stack yet delivers 130 kW of output, with an output density of 3.1 Earlier post ). kW/L–approximately a 60% improvement. The fuel cell powertrain was made as compact as a Honda 3.5L

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JANUARY 10, 2013

Even in the BRICs, ICE downsizing has become a big deal. The survey found that most companies are hedging their bets and spreading funding across a wide range of areas, with ICE downsizing and plug-in hybrids expected to receive the greatest investment over the next 5 years. —“14 th Annual Global Automotive Executive Survey”.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The project’s goal is to help increase autonomous vehicle performance by providing faster and more accurate vision response, reducing the power draw of various AV systems to increase battery life, and even helping to enable the downsizing of vehicle batteries.

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MARCH 29, 2018

2019 Kona Electric models will be produced in Ulsan, Korea and available in the fourth quarter of 2018, with initial availability in California and subsequently in the ZEV-focused states in the western and northeastern regions of the US market. Smartphone integration is also included in the premium system.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The new system, where we have adopted a pretty radical change in the architecture itself, downsizes dramatically, takes 100 kg of the mass out, and takes the size down to half of that of the Equinox. The first generation fuel cell system (with fourth-generation stack technology) used in the Equinox. Click to enlarge. Charles Freese.

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MARCH 27, 2015

The Freightliner SuperTruck uses a downsized and downsped 10.7-liter —Derek Rotz, principal investigator for SuperTruck, Daimler Trucks North America. DTNA SuperTruck technology elements. Click to enlarge. Powertrain. liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades.

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JUNE 19, 2019

The ACeDrive project will deliver a complete system that combines a downsized electric motor, optimized transmission and high-frequency inverter within a single unit, enabling shared cooling and a remarkably compact housing.

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AUGUST 24, 2018

Infiniti unveiled its electric Prototype 10 at the 2018 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The new concept follows two other design studies revealed by Infiniti in the last 12 months: the Prototype 9 and the Infiniti Q Inspiration Concept ( earlier post ), unveiled at the 2018 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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JUNE 19, 2015

Beginning in 2016, NHTSA and EPA will coordinate a mid-term review that must be finalized by April 2018. In addition, deploying turbocharged, downsized engines—which are expected to replace many current engines—may cost more and produce less fuel savings than the agencies’ analysis indicates. Recommendations.

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