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Visitor observation: The upcoming frontier of EV innovation: The powertrain

Baua Electric

much less — than automobiles that run on interior combustion. In interior combustion-powered automobiles, the transmission machine distributes energy from the engine to the wheels, occasion energy control in an EV is ruled via the pressure inverter regulating energy tide from the battery to the motor.

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Survey: Fuel efficiency top criterion for US buyers regardless of size of vehicle; good news for start-stop

Green Car Congress

Of the 1,006 people surveyed, fuel efficiency (57%) is top of mind for consumers when they go to buy any size automobile, followed closely by cost (55%) and safety (54%). That preference is consistent with a similar survey conducted five years ago, despite falling gas prices, which are down more than 37% from the national average in 2011.

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Mitsubishi Motors and the Thai Government to start joint study for fleet testing of i-MiEV; MMC adding third plant in Thailand for global small car production

Green Car Congress

The “global small” will conform to Thailand’s Eco-car Project, implemented by the Thai government with the objective of promoting investment in Thailand’s automobile industry and reduction of dependence on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions.

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The EV Battery Wish List

Cars That Think

Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range. All this could grant the ultimate, elusive wish for EV makers: Price parity with internal-combustion automobiles. More useable space for passengers and cargo.

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Ford to bring 20 new engines and transmissions to China and improve fleet fuel economy by more than 20% by 2015; producing the new 1.0L EcoBoost in China

Green Car Congress

The EcoBoost approach enables the downsizing engine capacity—replacing naturally-aspirated engines with much smaller units without sacrificing power output. Compared to conventional fuel injection, direct injection produces a cooler, denser charge, delivering improved fuel economy and performance.

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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Smaller charges between €5 and €25 for excesses of 1 – 3 g/km. The European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association (ACEA) says that its members have introduced more than 50 new technologies in their vehicles over the last 10 years to reduce CO 2. Super-credits are awarded for vehicles emitting less than 50 g CO 2 /km.

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Concept: Honda RD Developing Variable Compression Ratio Engine with Dual Piston Mechanism

Green Car Congress

Honda R&D began developing the VCR mechanism due to what Masahsi Kato, who presented a paper on the control system of the dual piston mechanism, described as drawbacks to current approaches to improving fuel-efficiency in gasoline engines of downsizing and new combustion technology. Kadota et al.

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