Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Two-thirds of owners surveyed said they expect their next vehicle to get better fuel mileage than the one they’re driving now, and fuel economy topped the list as the most important consideration when shopping for their next car, followed by quality and safety.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2011

’s decision to cut stop producing the Colt subcompact there highlight the a downsizing trend in Europe for Japanese carmakers as the new-vehicle market there shrinks. The EU market for new passenger cars declined by 5.5% In Germany, the largest car market in Europe, new-vehicle sales tumbled 23% to about 2.91

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The Volvo Car Corporation is introducing a new, downsized engine range consisting solely of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines. At the Frankfurt Motor Show we will reveal a new concept car. It proves that downsized engines can go hand in hand with our customers’ expectations on luxury and driving pleasure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

StoreDot, the developer of extreme fast charging (XFC) battery technology ( earlier post ), says it will soon be manufacturing silicon-dominant batteries that enable car makers to design and produce cheaper, lighter and more sustainable EVs. When charging times are no longer an issue, it makes a lot more sense to fit smaller battery packs.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 7, 2024

VW was selling lot of low and middle category cars, before acquiring Audi. Mercedes was selling a lot of top class cars, making lot of money, before founding Smart. Or selling their A-Class, a small car. NIO has no profit, selling few cars, brings the downsized cars to the market too late, against fierce competition.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation will rely on a powertrain strategy based on its new downsized 4-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture) engine platform ( earlier post ) and hybrids for the US market, said John Maloney, recently appointed President of Volvo Cars, US, in an interview at the Detroit Auto Show. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

The Advanced Elastoval II piston enters series production later this year in a new European passenger car, where it contributes to gains in fuel economy and reductions in CO 2. Specific power outputs in engines are likely to increase from current levels of around 95 kW/L to 130 kW/L to coming years. generation pistons.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

We drive Mitsubishi’s plug-in SUV, and wonder if downsized pickups really are a bigger thing than automakers project. This is The Week In Reverse for Friday, September 12, here at Green Car Reports. This week at Green Car Reports, we brought you our first drive report of the.'

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack. Mercedes-Benz might not see what Ram sees in a plug-in range-extended vehicle. And why is each EV still losing thousands to full-line automakers?

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Electrek

JULY 16, 2022

In today’s age of police militarization, perhaps it’s time to take a step back and see how we could downsize some of the police gear used on our streets. The post Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: World’s Tiniest Electric Police Car appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Schematic of downsized and supercharged four-stroke hybrid pneumatic spark injection engine. The reduction in fuel consumption is obtained mainly through enabling the effective use of a heavily downsized engine, rather than from regenerative efficiency. The major part of this gain is due to downsizing the engine. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2020

Hyundai hybrids tackle battery downsizing with a novel approach. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. What started with the Prius has now hit 15 million. And Chicago is requiring more EV charge points. Chicago has made a move that requires more charge points to be installed in large-scale residential and commercial development.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2020

Kia peeks at the next wave of electric cars from the brand. Land Rover downsizes engines and upsizes batteries. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. And Porsche says yes to a rear-wheel drive version of its Taycan.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 18, 2019

Seres, the startup electric carmaker formerly known as SF Motors, is shelving plans to bring a new electric car to market in the U.S. The electric-car company was founded in 2017 when the Chinese industrial company Sokon bought the battery-technology company founded by former Tesla CEO and founder Martin Eberhard.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2020

What looks like a modern-but-downsized electric VW Microbus? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 31, 2020. Which Chinese brand is aiming to have the most affordable EV in the U.S. General Motors showed a little more of its upcoming GMC Hummer EV on.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

The new Polo GTI, in what Volkswagen is calling “textbook downsizing”, is powered by a new 1.4-liter The tradition of the sporty top Polo model versions reaches back nearly a 25 years and is based on the Polo Coupé G40 from 1986—the first car ever to be equipped with a mechanical G-charger. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Continuing to emphasize a downsizing approach, Volkswagen presented two new engines at the at the 30 th Vienna Engine Symposium (7-8 May): the 1.2-liter Downsizing is rigorously being developed in the volume segments with the 1.2 The resulting car offers fuel consumption is just 3.6 Click to enlarge. liter TDI diesel.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2009

Based on detailed model-level data for US light-duty vehicles from 1980 to 2006, a recent analysis by a UC Davis researcher found that if weight, horsepower and torque had been held at their 1980 levels, fuel economy for both passenger cars and light trucks could have increased by nearly 50% from 1980 to 2006.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

All this and more on Green Car Reports. Today, we look at why more SUVs and crossovers don't offer hybrid powertrains, Faraday Future scales back production plans, and three battery energy-storage sites come online in California, including one from Tesla. See the Lucid Air electric luxury sedan hit the road in this new video.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

One in ten people have downsized their car to smaller engined-model to save money of running costs, according to new research from Enterprise Rent-A-Car. In a survey of some 2,000 UK motorists, drivers also revealed how they are cutting down on their car use with two thirds (65 per cent) indicating that they have changed [.].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

The unique operating profiles and requirements of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft—also known as flying cars—present formidable challenges to batteries. Further, eVTOL batteries should continue functioning even after a safety incident occurs until a safe landing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Originally developed for Formula One Racing, PUNCH Flybrid products now enable generator set downsizing for dynamic applications such as tower cranes , chillers, rock sizers, hoists, mast climbers and pumps. PUNCH Flybrid flywheel KERS for LMP1 car.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

This 10-min fast-charging battery was developed for electric cars, with the black box on the top containing a battery management system to control the module. Since there are not enough raw minerals for every internal combustion engine car to be replaced by a 150 kWh-equipped EV, fast charging is imperative for EVs to go mainstream.”.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 23, 2018

And DC fast chargers have the potential to downsize. All this and more on Green Car Reports. A much-publicized Tesla teardown from earlier in the year reveals some lessons and missed opportunities. Battery manufacturing happens to be in places with dirty power sources.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 13, 2014

Once the preserve of basic economy cars, they''re now used in everything from the latest generation of economy vehicles, through sporty hatchbacks like the 2015 MINI Cooper and Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost, to BMW''s i8 plug-in hybrid sports car. Three-cylinder engines are all the rage right now.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 04 Feb 2024, 10:48 AM Ferrari claims all of its current cars are sold throughout 2025 and deliveries against new bookings will be made only in 2026. Ferrari claims all of its current cars are sold throughout 2025 and deliveries against new bookings will be made only in 2026.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Volvo Car’s 3-cylinder gasoline engine. Volvo Cars confirmed its production program to develop a lightweight 3-cylinder Drive-E gasoline engine. The move to include a 3-cylinder in Volvo’s engine program is a natural next step in its downsizing strategy, the company said. Volvo Cars’ new three-cylinder engine.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Xtrac, best known for the gearboxes and driveline components it develops for numerous motorsport formulas and high performance road cars, is joining a group of experts from industry and academia this week looking at cutting-edge technologies that could enhance the performance of transmission systems generally. million cycles. Steve Vanes.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2012

Alfa Romeo has this week proven how to make downsizing fun, engaging and a treat for enthusiasts: it has launched the MiTo 875cc TB TwinAir 85. Tuesday 24 July, 2012. The Green Piece Column. As its name suggests, it is indeed a 0.875-litre engine – even more intriguing than that, it boasts just two cylinders, [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 21, 2012

Downsizing is all the rage these days and one of the first sectors to truly embrace it was the people carrier class (more commonly called MPV these days – when did that happen?). What’s most striking is how this happened effectively across a generation. The Renault Espace was the first European MPV, launched in the [.].

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

Peugeot launched a comprehensive new Marque plan, with the objectives of moving up three places in the world car market by 2015 (it is currently in 10 th place); establishing Peugeot as a benchmark for style; and becoming the leader in mobility services. The concept car embodies the new world of Peugeot, reflected by the new Lion badge.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 26, 2012

Even supercar makers take the environment into account when designing a car these days. Modern Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches have to meet the same regulations as regular passenger cars, even if ultimately they still use more gasoline and pump out more emissions.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 25, 2022

As many tech companies are finding ways to cut costs and downsize ahead of an expected recession, Tesla CEO Elon Musk seems confident that the automaker will be okay.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

With the projected growth in 48V systems (predicted to be in as many as a third of all light vehicles by 2030 by consultancy LMC Automotive) enabling mild hybrid systems solutions on cars, the converter provides businesses with a solution in a neat package to provide power to existing 12V systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2013

The company developed a front-axle add-on electric module, transforming the Lancia 037 rear-wheel drive rally car into an innovative hybrid 4WD vehicle. At the front axle multiple speed transmissions can be tested to improve performances, optimize energy consumption and evaluate possible downsizing of the electric motor.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will unveil three world-premiere concept cars at the 43 rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013 at the end of this month: two plug-in hybrid (PHEV) concepts, and one mild-hybrid concept. The mild-hybrid Mitsubishi Concept AR is a compact MPV equipped with a lightweight hybrid system which comprises a downsized 1.1-liter

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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. Cylinder deactivation may be inhibited if an irregular pattern is detected, for instance at a roundabout or when the car is driven hard on interurban roads.

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