Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, continues to spearhead the introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology, giving customers the widest choice of vehicles that are cleaner, more sustainable and offer even greater efficiency. A CNG vehicle reduces CO 2 emissions by about 25% compared to a gasoline-driven equivalent.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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Exhaust Waste Land Rover Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Turbo ecoFLEX natural gas version has been fitted with gas tanks made of composite material including carbon fiber. The new tank system can now hold 25 kg of natural gas, increasing the range in the CNG mode by 25%. The new natural gas Zafira Tourer will offer a range of up to 530 km (329 miles). The new Zafira Tourer 1.6

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation announced the commercial availability of a new, smaller three-way catalyst for the treatment of NO x , CO and unburned hydrocarbons from gasoline engines that uses 20% less precious metal in approximately 20% less volume, while maintaining the same exhaust gas purification performance. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine.” Residual gas reduction via the 4-2-1 manifold system. air-to-fuel ratio.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed a portfolio of advanced High Temperature Alloy (HTA) materials that help to ensure reliable long-term exhaust sealing, even on the most demanding powertrain applications with fluctuating high temperatures and dynamic mechanical loads. New sealing systems are required.

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Cleaner Engine Exhaust Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

These will plug the gaps in the existing legislation and will help to ensure that diesel vehicles in particular become considerably cleaner as regards their NO x emissions. million passenger vehicles with gasoline engines and 1.3 Only natural gas vehicles meet the new emissions regulations without any additional technical measures.

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Diesel Buy Vehicles Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks. GHG regulations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. This is due to raw, externally premixed fresh charge comprising air, fuel and lube oil being short-circuited into the exhaust during the scavenging process. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. g/kWh with a 3.3%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2017

Among the many policy and funding details in the UK Plan for Tackling Roadside Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations , produced by Defra and the Department for Transport is the cessation of the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040. —Transport Secretary Chris Grayling. Further details will be announced later this year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2018

liter four-cylinder Dynamic Force Engine is more fuel efficient, runs cleaner, and is more powerful than previous iterations, and excels at dissipating thermal inefficiencies. The VVT-iW system is employed on the intake cycle, with VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing - Intelligent) activated on exhaust. The new TNGA 2.5-liter and stroke (3.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

During each of up to 3,000 revolutions per minute in the research engine, a minute amount of fuel shoots into the glass cylinder, is compressed and ignited, and the exhaust gas then expelled. As a result, the synthetic fuels assure a more effective mixture preparation process, cleaner combustion and lower emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2014

Three engines are available for new Juke, with changes to the two gasoline options: one is new and the other extensively revised. Its lower weight, standard automatic Stop/Start feature and more fuel-efficient operation translates into cleaner and more economical performance. Engines and drivetrains. The existing 1.5 l/100km (42.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

The software will be used to develop cleaner-burning engines and potentially fuels in advance of impending regulations in the US and Europe, which call for limits on the size and number of soot particles emitted by passenger cars. This can shave days, weeks or months from a design cycle to get cleaner cars more quickly on the road.

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Design Fuel Cleaner San Diego 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

series hybrid) CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Hybrid System for transit buses, with production units expected to be available in 2011. ISE currently delivers gasoline, diesel and fuel cell series hybrid systems for the transit industry. Tags: Fleets Heavy-duty Hybrids Natural Gas. Emissions Reductions. Long Life Energy Storage.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

By Audi’s calculations, the 22,000 current owners of the two Audi TDI models in the US have saved 4,583,773 gallons of gasoline and counting—equating to more than $26 million dollars at the filling station—and prevented more than 22,000 tons of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere. —Scott Keogh.

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Diesel Audi Engine Los Angeles 252

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2009

Heat required to bring the fuel to SC states is recovered from the exhaust gas of the engine. Given the high reactivity of diesel fuels compared to gasoline, the ignition and combustion of pre-mixed fuel-air charges poses a challenging control problem. Earlier post.). DEER 2009). the elimination of after-treatment systems.

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Diesel Fuel Emissions 2009 225

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

liter i-DTEC engine to the level equivalent of a gasoline engine. This improves the fuel mixing with the air resulting in a cleaner and more efficient combustion helping to achieve the low emissions and fuel consumption. Reduced mechanical friction. For example, a shorter and thinner piston skirt was used. Honda’s 1.6 Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Engine 2000 Emissions 306

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2010

The next generation of Ford’s EcoBoost turbocharged, direct-injection gasoline engines will introduce cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation), enabling higher compression ratios, according to Ford executives speaking at the SAE 2010 World Congress in Detroit. Whitaker et al. , SAE 2010-01-0585. SAE 2010-01-0353 ).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback ( earlier post ), powered by the next-generation SKYACTIV-X spark-controlled compression-ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine ( earlier post ), SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2009

Unlike conventional diesels, Cyclone Engines do not require any exhaust after-treatment. The Cyclone Engine burns its fuel at approximately 2,000 °F (1,093 °C), whereas NO x forms at temperatures above 2,300 °F (1,260 °C)—ranges typical for both diesel and gasoline-powered internal combustion engines. Frankie Fruge, Cyclone’s COO.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

The VVT-iW system is employed on the intake cycle, with VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing - Intelligent) activated on exhaust. liter four-cylinder Dynamic Force Engine is more fuel efficient, runs cleaner, and is more powerful than previous iterations, and features enhanced thermal management. A new TNGA 2.5-liter inches; bore remains at 3.44

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Alcohol fuels can also be produced from natural gas or coal. Use of ethanol, methanol or alcohol mixtures could be particularly attractive for heavy duty vehicles because of the need for cleaner engines than present diesel engines and a less demanding infrastructure requirement than that for light duty vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2023

At the heart of the Capstone process are microturbines that burn liquid or compressed natural gas, a hydrogen blend with natural gas or 100% hydrogen, all of which can be produced from renewable sources. Renewable natural gas made from organic waste is not a fossil fuel and does not involve drilling, making it appealing.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 5, 2022

The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA , rates fuel economy at 40 highway when running in gasoline mode only. That number jumps to 105 MPGe, or miles per gallon equivalent, when combining electricity and gasoline. No gasoline used. liter 4-cylinder while the non-hybrid models have either the gasoline 1.5-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

liter inline-four-cylinder D-4S gasoline engine and a new 3.5-liter With its long-stroke and high compression ratio, multi-hole direct fuel injectors, variable cooling system and VVT-iE, this high-output powerplant takes the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine to an increased level of thermal efficiency. Powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2018

The new Focus features a broad suite of Ford advanced driver assistance technologies and advanced EcoBoost gasoline and EcoBlue diesel engines offering a 10% fuel-efficiency improvement across the range. Particulate emissions are reduced using standard gas particulate filter technology. Ford has unveiled the all-new Ford Focus.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 12, 2022

MPGe is a measurement of how far a car can travel, electrically, on the same amount of electric energy as is contained in 1 gallon of gasoline (33.7 For a cleaner and more elegant look, the rear wiper could be tucked under the spoiler to increase rearward vision for the driver. kilowatt-hours/kWh). A family resemblance. per gallon.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

All models of the new A-Class are also powered by new diesel and gasoline engines. New, efficient gasoline and diesel engines. All the new A-Class models are powered by new, efficient engines: two new four-cylinder gasoline engines are available at market launch. Cylinder cutoff, 4-cylinder-gasoline engine M282.

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

million gallons of gasoline or 4.2 While traditional gas motorcycles use less gasoline and thus have lower emissions than passenger cars, motorcycle exhaust is higher in smog-forming pollutants and poisonous carbon monoxide, meaning that electric motorcycles (and EVs in general) are a great option to significantly improve air quality.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2016

A new study by a team from the Engine Research Laboratory at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur explores the combustion, performance and emission characteristics of a prototype spark ignition engine operating with different blend ratios of HCNG (hydrogen and compressed natural gas blends). Their paper is published in the journal Fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Included in the lineup are four-, six- and eight-cylinder diesel and gasoline powerplants with outputs ranging from 150 kW/204 hp to 285 kW/ 388 hp. The HP turbine is located directly at the exhaust manifold and initially allows exhaust gas to flow through it; it then rotates at up to 215,000 revolutions per minute.

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Mercedes Engine CO2 Power 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

liter T-GDi (turbo gasoline direct injection) “Kappa” engine and new seven-speed dual-clutch transmission in Europe. The engine is also fitted with an integrated exhaust manifold, which lowers the exhaust gas temperature slightly.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2014

Until recently, the Times also observed, policy makers in Europe, including France, “ were extolling diesel cars as cleaner and more fuel efficient compared with gas-guzzling vehicles, emitting less carbon dioxide per kilometer. European regulations reduced pollutant emissions from diesel vehicles to those of gasoline vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2015

liter gasoline automatic; RWD, 300PS (296 hp, 221 kW) 3.0-liter liter gasoline automatic. The new XF offers a choice of four- and six-cylinder Euro 6 diesel and gasoline engines and transmissions ranging from the 104g CO 2 /km 2.0-liter The powertrain range will consist of: 163PS (161 hp, 120 kW) and 180PS (178 hp, 132 kW) 2.0-liter

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Diesel Engine MPG Exhaust 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. Though the PHEV combines the two types of energy and power, it is not merely a temporary “transition” between gasoline and diesel cars to pure electric cars. by Professor Andrew Alfonso Frank. It is much more than that.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

in), and exhaust valves are 24.5 1 on the previous model, contributing to cleaner combustion and providing more power. For this engine, cast-iron exhaust manifolds are utilized. liter Pentastar V-6 gasoline engine. Intake valves measure 28 mm (1.1 in) in diameter. Combustion-chamber volume is 24.68 cm 3 (1.51

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