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.

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Volt Hybrid Downsizing Lead Acid 207

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.

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Fuel Honda Hydrogen Production 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

From a powertrain frame of reference, Mazda is planning a building block strategy—i.e., Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Although downsizing—i.e., Regenerative braking can thus serve as the predominant source of power to charge the battery.

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Mazda Engine Gasoline Diesel 322

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The unit features a six-hole GDI injector, pressured to a higher-than-average 200 bar, securing a clean combustion and improving fuel economy and emissions to fulfill Euro 6c emission standards, three years ahead of their introduction in 2017. The relocated and re-engineered turbo means throttle response time and low-end torque have improved.

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Hyundai Downsizing Engine Hybrid 239

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure. Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. With this charge it can travel an average daily distance of about 30 miles (50 km), which is often enough to serve most consumers’ needs.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Small long-term evaluation program, including modeling of vehicle-to-grid building benefits and economics, begun with Southern California Edison, joined by EPRI, other utilities, US DOE. Ford spokesman in Wards Auto ) 6/9/06 "So, Mr. Ford is saying we’re looking into it. Establishing dealer network. Batteries not ready.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45