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Ford / AVL study concludes mid-level ethanol blend attractive as a long-term future fuel for use in optimized engines in US

Green Car Congress

Ford engineers also presented two other papers evaluating the effects of low to mid-level ethanol blends in spark-ignited engines at the conference. Fuel Economy and CO2 Emissions of Ethanol-Gasoline Blends in a Turbocharged DI Engine,” SAE Int. The team presented a paper on their work at the 2013 SAE World Congress in Detroit.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

August 9, 2007 (Multiple reports on speech and press conference by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz) Lutz said his goal is for GM to develop a plug in hybrid on sale by 2010. told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo. Well certainly be careful not to announce anything that we cannot deliver." New York Times ) 10/22/07 ".in

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