Affordable Downsizing Gasoline Hybrid 
Baua Electric
MAY 29, 2024
VW gets on board with affordable EVs. And Cadillac’s most affordable EV makes its debut. Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda are allying to build downsized engines for hybrid models —engines that would potentially burn hydrogen or e-fuels in addition to gasoline. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. There will be no torque deficit or other tradeoffs from essential engine downsizing and higher gearing, which now dominates the development of internal combustion engines.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
At the SAE 2013 Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Technology Symposium in Anaheim this week, Owen Thunes, Senior Project Engineer, Zero Emissions Research Group at Nissan, provided an updated overview of the company’s development efforts on the upcoming FF (Front-engine, Front-wheel drive) hybrid system. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)
The Truth About Cars
MAY 31, 2024
While each brand was provided time for presentations, Toyota CEO Koji Sato served as the master of ceremonies and focused on the fact that combustion-equipped hybrids are roughly as environmentally friendly as battery electric vehicles — noting that the final results would vary based upon how individual regions sourced their electricity.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2017
Meeting regulatory targets while keeping vehicles affordable will require the synergistic integration of fuels and engine technologies, he noted. According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. Low variability across the marketplace.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 30, 2009
The HyBoost project ( earlier post ), a two-year collaborative research program led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, aims to demonstrate a very cost-effective, ultra-efficient gasoline engine in a C-segment passenger car.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 1, 2014
CPT, together with other sponsors of the event, including AVL and Ricardo, is in the vanguard of 48V mild hybrid developments intended to address the ever-tightening European CO 2 regulations and potentially a new and more aggressive test cycle—i.e., —Paul Bloore, product validation manager for CPT’s hybrid product group.
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