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Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. The team’s first step in February 2018 was to use GRIDSMART cameras to create an image dataset of vehicle classes.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 2, 2018
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 9, 2011
For purposes of the new HD National Program, the heavy-duty fleet incorporates all on-road vehicles rated at a gross vehicle weight at or above 8,500 pounds, and the engines that power them, except those covered by the current GHG emissions and Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for model year 2012-2016 passenger vehicles.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2017
It has proven industry-best fuel economy gains of up to 30 percent and significant emissions reductions. The vehicle will debut at the 2018 North American International Auto Show, in Detroit. Zermeno, R.,
Green Car Congress
JUNE 28, 2019
While fuel economy ratings of today’s cars significantly outstrip those of just a decade ago, cost-effective efficiency improvements remain limited by existing engine designs and fuel formulas. It represents the most detailed correlation to date of fuel properties and engine efficiency.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 7, 2018
Achates Power, founded in 2004, currently has a number of development projects underway spanning a variety of applications of its opposed-piston engine architecture, from light-to-heavy duty. We also deliver a significant fuel economy improvement. liter Opposed-Piston Gasoline Compression Ignition (OPGCI) engine. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2021
The 12V ALiS (Advanced Lithium-ion battery System) mild hybrid system available on new Qashqai is a more affordable hybrid technology that provides torque assist, extended idle stop, quick restart and coasting stop [CVT only], with improvements to both fuel economy and CO 2 output (-4g/km).
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