Green Car Congress
JULY 26, 2012
The 2012 APEAL Study finds that 27% of new-vehicle buyers who replaced a vehicle downsized—i.e., The downsizing trend also has an impact on owner satisfaction with the fuel economy of their new vehicle. purchased a new vehicle in a smaller segment than the vehicle they replaced. Power and Associates.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2010
BMW is bringing its twin-turbocharged inline-6 engine that produces V-8 power on six-cylinder fuel consumption to the 7 Series in North America. Both BMW 740i and BMW 740Li will go on sale in the United States as 2011 models in Spring 2010. In 1977, the original BMW 7 Series was launched exclusively with inline-6 propulsion.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2010
Working with BMW, BorgWarner combined two advanced turbocharging technologies—regulated two-stage (R2S) and variable turbine geometry (VTG)— to accelerate BMW’s engine downsizing strategy without compromising power and torque. BMW was the first to introduce BorgWarner’s R2S technology in a diesel passenger car.
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2014
Top spot went to Volkswagen Group, followed by Daimler, BMW, GM and Toyota. Daimler followed in second place, then BMW Group, GM and Toyota. CAM also selected Mercedes-Benz as the most innovative brand; BMW came in second, followed by Volkswagen, Audi and Ford. Source: CAM. Click to enlarge. Conventional drives. Source: CAM.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 27, 2016
The panel, moderated by Jesse Schneider, BMW, included Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D; Dr. Will James, Manager, Safety, Codes, and Standards at the US Department of Energy (DOE); and Dr. Ralph Clague, Head of Motive Systems and Architecture, Intelligent Energy. Earlier post ). kW/L–approximately a 60% improvement.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 1, 2016
Bosch currently supplies water injection parts for the BMW M4 GTS—the first production vehicle to feature a water injection system. Bosch is now more broadly commercializing its water injection system for turbocharged engines ( earlier post ). Earlier post.) Rolf Bulander. Water injection can also boost power by up to 5%, Bosch says.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
In testing on a BMW demo 3-Series vehicle, a 1.6-liter Downsizing a gasoline engine (e.g., AVL reasoned that merging turbocharged GDI with a mild hybrid function can result in excellent driveability even with the combination of strong downsizing and downspeeding. naturally aspirated baseline; a 1.6L The Turbohybrid system.
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