Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The project’s focus on sustainability is evident beyond the target of delivering zero-emission transport for rapid response fleets, such as in the use of recycled carbon-fiber in the motorcycle’s construction, and the selection of a downsized battery pack with fast charging capability that reduces the use of rare earth materials.

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Motorcycles Fully Electric Concept Electric Motorcycles 397

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

Subaru has established a roadmap toward 2050 with the goal of contributing to a carbon-neutral society, and is accelerating initiatives such as electrification. Subaru has established a roadmap toward 2050 with the goal of contributing to a carbon-neutral society, and is accelerating initiatives such as electrification.

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Auto Downsizing Corporation Environment 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

The unit will be launched at this year’s LCV (Low Carbon Vehicle) Show, which takes place at Millbrook, UK, 4-5 September. It can also provide the opportunity to downsize or remove the standard 12V battery altogether.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 17, 2010

Hermosa Beach Mayor, Michael DiVirgilio, has on Op Ed piece in today’s Daily Breeze on why he is leading his city to a carbon neutral future.

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Carbon Climate Change Stimulus Climate 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

This investment is part of our ongoing strategy to put the UK at the forefront of low carbon vehicle technology. The work will help to accelerate the reduction of carbon emissions and deliver mass-market low carbon road vehicles within 5 to 15 years. Other projects include: TSB Low-Carbon Vehicle Technology Awards.

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Carbon Li-ion Downsizing Gas 225

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. The cO 2 emission factor was calculated assuming a fuel carbon content of 8887 g/gallon. mpg (10.99

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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ricardo will display the first functional integration prototype of the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) collaborative research project ( earlier post ) in public for the first time this week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV 2014) in the UK.

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Diesel Downsizing Lead Acid Gasoline-Electric 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

These improvements in combustion not only reduce the tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide, NO x , carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons but also allow for increased engine speed operation, enabling the downsizing of engines. Engine downsizing results in improved operational efficiency and reduced weight.

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Hydrogen Downsizing Power Powered 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2016

Current mild-hybrid vehicle projects, in partnership with Ford and Hyundai/Kia, that utilize advanced 48V lead-carbon batteries, can reduce CO 2 emissions by 15-20%, according to the latest data from the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), presented at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (25-28 January, Mainz).

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Emissions Hybrid CO2 Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

The UK government and automotive industry are investing £500 million (US$755 million) each over the next 10 years in an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) to research, to develop and to commercialize the technologies for the low carbon vehicles of the future. Downsizing and downspeeding including more sophisticated charge air/boost systems.

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Industrial Industry Carbon Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Audi’s principle of downsizing: “ Forced induction replaces displacement ” One twin-scroll turbocharger per cylinder bank compresses the fresh air. The piston pins have a fine, diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating. Weighing 220 kilograms (485 lb) including all key add-on parts, the V8 is comparatively light.

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Audi Downsizing Fuel Engine 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Downsizing—leveraging smaller, lighter components while at the same time maintaining function and performance. MILA Blue uses a compressed natural gas hybrid drive that achieves a carbon footprint of less than 49g CO 2 /km. The combustion engine is coupled with an automatic manual transmission and a belt-driven starter generator.

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Concept Gas Vehicles Downsizing 290

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

liter ELC-Hybrid to downsized 1.4L VTES + SpeedStart. CPT and AVL’s most recent work assesses the potential of a VTES equipped downsized ELC-Hybrid vehicle in combination with the CPT SpeedStart Integrated Starter Generator ( earlier post ) and the UltraBattery. Click to enlarge.

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Hybrid VRLA Downsizing Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2009

The work of the consortium will be structured into a series of modules, the first of which will focus on the effect of downsized light duty gasoline and diesel engine technologies on lubricant soot levels and engine wear. The drive towards thinner, lower viscosity lubricants for reduced friction.

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Engine Future Downsizing Carbon 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2018

Dearman has launched a partnership with UK retail giant Marks & Spencer, as the retailer seeks to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions from its chilled deliveries. M&S’ last 10-year sustainability plan already saw it become the world’s first and only carbon neutral major retailer.

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Emissions Diesel Belgium Downsizing 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

These extreme downsizing indicates the potential of a SI, knock-free engine, operating at the same peak pressure as the diesel engine and higher engine speeds. However this aggressive downsizing may not be practical because other constraints (durability, exhaust temperatures). In this manner a 3.6 —Bromberg and Cohn.

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Diesel Engine Downsizing Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2017

Carbon-coated glass derived-silicon (gSi@C) electrodes demonstrated excellent electrochemical performance with a capacity of ~1420 mAh g -1 at C/2 rate after 400 cycles. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Within this category falls transportation and efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of product manufacturing and shipping. Investing in EV vehicles , controlling fuel costs and fleet downsizing are other green means that benefit this industry. A McKinsey & Company U.S.

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Transportation Green Waste Fleet 61

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

The company plans to commercialize the motor system after finalizing other technologies for motor/inverter cooling, downsizing and efficiency. The newly developed cylinder-shaped inverter matches the diameter of the motor, enabling them to be connected coaxially within a chassis, resulting in a substantial downsizing of the motor system.

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Mitsubishi Motor Motors Motoring 252

Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2018

The combustion of 1 liter of diesel fuel produces approximately 11% more energy than gasoline fuel, but the diesel fuel also releases approximately 11% more CO2 due to its higher carbon content. On top of the higher energy density of diesel fuel, diesel engines historically possessed a number of efficiency advantages over gasoline engines.

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Diesel CO2 Standards Emissions 186

Green Car Reports

JULY 5, 2017

Downsized and turbocharged engines, transmissions with many more gears, lighter-weight structures, better aerodynamics and more all add incrementally to efficiency.

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Downsizing Fuel Economy Corporation Economy 104

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The concept of “intelligent electrification” enables highly aggressive engine downsizing and down-speeding beyond what might normally be possible other than through more expensive hybridization approaches. ADEPT powertrain architecture.

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Emissions Affordable Hybrid Future 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

The team will integrate the novel technology with a downsized engine to create a Ford vehicle demonstrator. The Blade Supercharger is a novel variable flow compressor with the ability to meet the boosting requirements of heavily downsized engines, both gasoline and diesel.

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Downsizing 2004 Water Engine 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Utilizing technologies such as turbocharging, direct injection, twin independent variable camshaft timing (Ti-VCT) and six-speed transmissions, the upgraded powertrain portfolio will deliver more than 20% in fuel economy improvement to Ford’s passenger vehicle fleet in China by 2015 while reducing tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions by 20%.

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Fuel Economy China Economy 2015 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

BladeGlider’s streamlined deltoid body comprises a tough and structurally optimized chassis wrapped in carbon fibre reinforced plastic (CFRP). BladeGlider was conceived around delivering a glider-like exhilaration that echoes its lightweight, downsized hyper-efficient aerodynamic form. The narrow, 1.0

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Nissan Concept Motor Motors 230

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2017

According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. Plug-in vehicle GHG CI vary based on the carbon intensity of the electricity produced in a given region. Compression rations between 13 and 14 to maximize work extraction. Click to enlarge. 2016.8.

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GM Engine Future Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Top: Gravimetric PM mass, PM mass calculated based on the IPSD method, black carbon, and EC/OC emissions over the LA92 cycle. The found that using a GPF did not show any fuel economy and CO 2 emission penalties, while the emissions of total hydrocarbons (THC), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) were generally reduced.

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Gasoline Emissions Engine Fuel Economy 253

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2011

Downsizing the Si particles, alloying Si with metals, and making Si/C composites are some methods proposed to relieve the volume expansion effect. Its volumetric capacity is double that of carbon. The cycle life of Si anode could be prolonged these ways, but the capacity decay could still not be avoided.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Downsizing New York 325

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2012

downsized diesel engines with improved fuel economy and CO 2 emissions. Federal-Mogul's 2D ultrasonic inspection technique enables high performance pistons for diesel downsizing. thermal and mechanical loads than previously possible, without the risk of engine oil cracking and carbon deposit formation associated with a steel piston.

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Diesel Light Engine Downsizing 271

Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2015

Hitachi uses an NMC cathode paired with a hard carbon anode. Ah Li-ion cell—a downsized and lightweighted version of the 5.5 In addition to this, the battery’s ability to maintain its high output power density in GM evaluations, even under extremely low temperatures such as the -30 ˚C cold region test, led to its adoption.

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Malibu Hybrid Li-ion 2016 Lithium Ion 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Opel also estimates it will reduce the average carbon tailpipe emissions from its fleet by 27% by 2020. The company is also the thermodynamic efficiency of gasoline engines using a suite of technologies that include downsizing, turbocharging, direct injection, variable valve timing and cylinder deactivation. Earlier post.).

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GM MPG Manufacturer 2017 275

Green Cars News

MAY 16, 2009

As part of its efforts to go green, Volkswagen is placing a clear emphasis on downsizing as it proved with two new engines at the 30 th Vienna Engine Symposium. Both engines show how Volkswagen reduces carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and fuel consumption.

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Downsizing CO2 Petrol Green Cars 36

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

MAY 28, 2010

The hybrid bus will reduce fuel consumption by up to 35% and carbon emissions by an equal amount. Volvo’s hybrid buses have a downsized diesel engine and an electric motor that can operate the bus independently or jointly. The coaches for the double-deckers will be built by Wrightbus in Northern Ireland.

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Volvo Hybrid Production Ireland 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

Given the properties of the fuel blend, improved fuel efficiencies can be generated by several approaches, including downsizing/downspeeding; increased compression ratio; reduced enrichment; and the leveraging of improved efficiency at part load. Downsizing/downspeeding. Volumetric fuel economy.

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Engine Fuel Ford Future 253

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Skeleton says that the electrical conductivity of its curved graphene is almost seven times better than that of regular activated carbons. This is also an advantage because cooling systems can be downsized or removed altogether.

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