Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
The pneumatic hybrid engine, which follows the downsizing and supercharging paradigm, offers a fuel-saving potential that is almost equal to that of hybrid electric powertrains while inducing much lower additional mass and cost penalties, according to the ETH Zürich researchers. The compressed air supply also allows extreme downsizing.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 18, 2010
The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. European automakers are striving to comply with EU CO 2 norms (average fleet emissions less than 130 g/km by 2015) to avoid penalties. (As
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Volkswagen says that its MQB strategy represents a turning point in the design and production of its future automobiles with transverse-mounted engines. The advantage is significantly accelerated pressure build-up, which leads to very responsive downsized engines. Earlier post. ). EA288 series diesel engines.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The electrification of the automobile is inevitable." This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ). Because nobody has fully figured out the optimum use of lithium-ion batteries in automobiles. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! This is unusual.
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