CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 26, 2021

When considering the transition from gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles to electric, it is easy to see the disruption this will bring to the auto industry, where fewer workers are required to construct an electrical motor than a fossil fuel powered engine. But it goes further than that.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

This progress includes advanced internal combustion engines; efficient transmissions; lightweight materials; and hybrid and other energy-saving technologies. Natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology is basically mature, the government said, and is headed toward initial industrialization.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback ( earlier post ), powered by the next-generation SKYACTIV-X spark-controlled compression-ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine ( earlier post ), SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

To meet long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets as well as air quality objectives, the internal combustion engine will be further improved, being accompanied by the development and progressive implementation of breakthrough technologies, such as electrified propulsion. Sizeable efforts. At the same time, road safety.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Dr Sara De Matteis, Associate Professor in Occupational and Environmental Medicine at Cagliari University, Italy, and member of the ERS Environmental Health Committee said: Urban air quality has improved in the last half century, but petrol and especially diesel vehicle fumes remain a serious problem.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

liter diesel engines. The class-wide settlement in the Volkswagen “Clean Diesel” Marketing, Sales Practices, and Products Liability Litigation will provide owners and lessees of Volkswagen and Audi 2.0-liter If approved by the Court, this will be the largest consumer auto industry class action settlement in US history.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Additionally, suggested one of the speakers, advanced SIDI (spark-ignited, direct-injection) engines can take light-duty market share back from diesels in Europe based on the same trends. Bin 5 engine out is what we’ll need, and then to get it down to Bin 2. SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target. smog and particulates.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 7, 2015

Progress must be coming at a much faster pace than we thought: Conventional gasoline engines will power only a minority of the new cars sold just two years hence, according to a new report. That means more than half the vehicles sold will have hybrid, diesel, natural gas, or plug-in electric powertrains, right?

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

Engine maker Cummins is recalling 600,000 Ram trucks as part of a huge $2 billion settlement with both federal and California authorities for using illegal software to cheat results of diesel emissions tests. Cummins, however, said that the engines that are being recalled didn’t necessarily exceed emissions limits, the AP wrote.

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Teslarati

MAY 25, 2023

That being said, the majority of the UK’s auto sector still favors combustion engine-powered vehicles. rise in new registrations, while diesel-powered vehicles saw a 13.4% Last month, the UK had 132,990 new vehicle registrations, with gasoline being the most popular fuel choice among consumers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Among drivers testing the vehicles were CRI staff and members of the Icelandic Automobile Association as well as several local service providers in the auto industry. The participants reported virtually no difference in driving experience compared to regular gasoline- or diesel-fueled cars. It features a 1.8-liter,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2014

PME= palm oil methyl ester, RME = rapeseed methyl ester, SME = soy methyl ester, WME = waste cooking oil methyl ester, FTD = Fischer-Tropsch diesel, HBD = hydrogenated biodiesel. A study on future fuels for diesel vehicles. Impact on engine oil. Source: JATOP.Click to enlarge. —JAMA. Impact on stability.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Instead, the company is looking to take market share from the general auto segment, which remains dominated by the internal combustion engine until today. . Instead, it has to be about the fact that even this year, well over 90% of vehicles that are sold would be equipped with the internal combustion engine. .

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Hybrid cars have been touted as the bridge to fill in the gap between internal combustion engine technology and electric propulsion tech. This has been a point of debate in the auto industry, as many appealed to the government to lower the tax rate for hybrid cars considering they are less polluting than the pure petrol models.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If Australia does legislate an internal combustion engine ban in 2035 Nissan says it will be ready to comply. Although it has shed little detail on what to expect this is the first tentative step toward an eventual internal combustion engine sales ban that pro-EV lobbyists want to happen as soon as 2035.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The Volkswagen diesel scandal is eroding trust in German engineering and the auto industry in general, a. Today, Toyota kills off its Scion "youth brand," a look at how General Motors and LG collaborated on 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV development, and everything we know so far about the Tesla Model 3 electric car.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Mitsubishi Motors Australia CEO Shaun Westcott told automotive media last week at a preview of the new-generation diesel-powered Triton ute that renewable power generation, such as solar, was critical to EVs making sense. Where is Australia for renewable energy power stations?” he asked. “We

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EV Central

DECEMBER 18, 2022

To be distributed in Australia by independent BLK Auto, JAC has already commenced sales here with the N55EV electric van and will follow with the turbo diesel T9 Hunter dual cab ute in mid-2023. The future of JAC is EV,” declared Jason Pecotic, the managing director of BLK Auto. litre turbo-petrol engine.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

A survey commissioned by the electric vehicle maker Polestar has found 34 per cent of Australian drivers support a ban on petrol and diesel cars by 2030. The survey’s results are being thrown into the mix in Australia at a time when debate heightens about the future of internal; combustion engine son Australian roads.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

American Honda Motor has introduced a Class 8 hybrid diesel electric truck into its truck fleet at its parts center in Alpharetta, Ga—the first such in the auto industry. The company’s diesel truck fleet, operated by its truck fleet partner, UPS Freight Truckload, typically travels 300,000 miles per day.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The new partners have agreed upon, and will implement with immediate effect, specific projects in the areas of a new common architecture for small vehicles; engines; and light commercial vehicles. Daimler will provide gasoline and diesel engines out of its current portfolio to Infiniti. stake in Renault and a 3.1%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

JAMA endorses the use of FAME-blended diesel as well as ethanol-blended gasoline and believes it imperative that they have quality equivalent to the conventional gasoline or diesel fuel so that satisfactory safety and emission performance of vehicles can be achieved. Blending and fueling. Specifications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2015

Professor Neville Jackson, Ricardo’s chief technology and innovation officer, presented the results of a research project carried out by the Automotive Council UK to establish a long-term (to 2050) transition from current gasoline and diesel fuels to a majority renewable energy portfolio. Summary of the roadmap to 2050.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The switched reluctance (SR) motor-based SpeedStart and TIGERS technology are being incorporated into the recently announced Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain project known as ADEPT. Rick Quinn, senior manager for advanced engineering. There is a continual drive within the auto industry for low carbon vehicle technologies.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2013

This first report (Phase I) examines only the impact of improving the efficiency of fossil-fueled vehicles, in which efficiency gains are delivered by the improvement of the internal combustion engine vehicle, including lightweighting, engine downsizing and hybridization. —“An Economic Assessment of Low Carbon Vehicles”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Enova’s Pre-Transmission Parallel Hybrid System locates the electric motor between the engine and transmission. has delivered the first 70 pre-transmission hybrid drive systems to First Auto Works for application in a hybrid bus. Enova’s Pre-Transmission system locates the electric motor between the engine and the transmission.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

The heads of BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault have spoken out against European Union’s emission targets in recent days, arguing that the phase-out rules put too much pressure on the industry and that consumers aren’t buying EVs fast enough. We are not contesting 2035,” said de Meo. Now we must get down to it.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2010

This will include new investment in a host of incremental improvements to conventional gasoline powered internal combustion engines, from new controls for valves and timing, to variable speed transmissions and advanced electronics. It will also include entirely new systems like hybrid drive trains and advanced diesel engines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

Auto execs are split between thinking OEMs (31%) and consumers (27%) should own the data, while consumers overwhelmingly believe only they should own it. Good-bye to auto-digital fusion, hello to co-integration. This means that we need to let go of the vision of a complete auto-digital fusion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2009

While in the past consumers tended to count horsepower and cylinders in the engine, they now are focusing more on fuel consumption and CO 2 values, he said. However, Winterkorn said, VW, and the German auto industry in general, abandoned the early advantage and work in electromobility. We are witnessing an electro-hype.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

The Green Car Initiative concentrates on long-term R&D, largely combining existing projects under a clear policy focus and underlining the importance of a joint approach between industries and policy makers. Optimization of powertrains for alternative fuels: gasoline for alcohol fuels / blends, diesel for 2 nd generation, CNG/biomethane.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 As required by the loan agreements signed in December 2008, GM and Chrysler submitted their updated restructuring plans showing a pathway to achieve financial viability to Congress on Tuesday.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Well, America’s auto industry delivered over 100,000. That helped us become the world’s greatest industrial power. It helps that the auto industry will be building more efficient new vehicles. It’s a 21st-century equivalent of what we did in 1942. And no one asked what it would cost. We just had to do it.

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 17, 2006

"That requires nothing less than a complete and radical change of mindset : not only for Ford Motor Company, where we are undergoing this transformation, but for the whole auto industry."

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

This approach of virtually redesigning the tax structure within the auto industry also stands out amongst other countries, which mainly rely on direct subsidies to incentivize EV purchases over internal combustion engine cars. Buying the electric model in Norway is often good for your eco-conscience as well as your wallet.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Both engines have 48-volt mild hybrid electrification that adds up-to an additional 21 hp and 184 lb.-ft. The term luxury is tossed around pretty loosely in the auto industry. Our focus is on vehicles that offer the best fuel economy in their class, which leads us to emphasize electric cars, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and diesels.

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