Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2012

This September, a brand new Mercedes-Benz A-Class (pictured) will go on sale across Europe – and it will feature a family of petrol and diesel engines that can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 26 per cent. When it is launched, the Mercedes A-Class 180 CDI will emit only 98g/km of CO2 while achieving [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Now at the Frankfurt Motor Show Ford has announced a new family of petrol engines offering the opportunity to down size engine capacity without suffering a reduction in performance. In fact, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to a conventional petrol engine. “With the 2.0-litre

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2013

The four-cylinder SKYACTIV-G petrol engines and SKYACTIV-D clean diesel units, which appear in the CX-5 [below] and Mazda6, significantly improve fuel economy and CO2 emissions, compared to [.]. Mazda will increase production of its fuel efficient SKYACTIV engines by 25% in response to popular demand.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. 1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3 Diesel engines can use biodiesel alone or blended with petroleum fuels. #2 Infrastructure : Methanol infrastructure, such as refueling stations, is currently less common compared to gasoline or diesel. You can guess it easily.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 27, 2009

At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2009

It is already on sale in the UK and delivers potential fuel savings up to 20 per cent in heavy urban traffic and a reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of eight per cent. The Freelander 2 TD4_e will also make its way to the Motorexpo - it is Land Rover’s most fuel efficient vehicle to date.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 19, 2023

It is rapidly becoming clear that electric vehicles will replace petrol and diesel ICE vehicles in most use cases. New Zealand currently has 4 million passenger cars in its fleet, the vast majority of which are fuelled by petrol and diesel. EV smart charging could save the New Zealand economy close to $3 billion by 2035.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2012

Sample consumer and societal break-even curves for BEVs, with data points for a compact diesel for comparison. intractably linked to fuel efficiency improvements in petrol and diesel cars—at least to around 2020. generate fewer lifecycle CO2 emissions than comparable fossil-fueled. Click to enlarge. counterparts.

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Green Cars News

MAY 20, 2011

Renault’s new Scenic model now benefits from emissions as low as 115g/km CO2 despite its family-sized dimensions. In the Scenic, the new engine boosts fuel economy [.]. Introducing an new 1.6

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Manufacturers continue to make efforts to slash carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and now Citroen has introduced two new greener power plants to its C5 range. 16V THP 155hp petrol engine that replaces the out-going 2.0i 16V 143hp unit; and a new 2.0HDi 16V 160hp diesel that replaces the 2.2HDi 16V 173hp engine.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Rapid downsizing, improved fuel economy and simplification of the company’s engine line-up – they are the key elements of Chrysler’s new powertrain strategy. Tags: Chrysler Green cars Latest news Chrysler diesels Chrysler Fiat Chrysler petrol engines Chrysler Powertrains Dodge RAM 1500 Fiat Fiat MultiJet.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

In addition, it is subject to similar refining, storage and distribution costs currently associated with petrol and diesel, including upstream CO2 emissions where the electricity required is usually generated from fossil fuels. Fourth, like all fossil fuels hydrogen is highly volatile, far more so than petrol.

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Green Cars News

JULY 2, 2009

Not only could fuel cell technology help to clean up the earth’s atmosphere, but it is providing a boost to the economy too. The fuel cells will be charged with hydrogen gas, which is then converted into electricity, water and carbon dioxide (CO2) via a chemical reaction.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

As part of the event, the company presented the capabilities of its Aerodynamic Test Centre and Aerolab, along with a new 3.0litre petrol unit that combines turbo-charging, direct fuel injection and VALVETRONIC fully variable valve management. km (40mpg) with an average CO2 rating of 158g/km.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 5, 2009

Valvematic petrol and 2.2 D-CAT 150 diesel to its range as well as increasing the availability of the popular 1.8 Its fuel economy figures are 43.5mpg and its emissions are 152g/km. It produces CO2 emissions of 169g/km and returns 44.1mpg in combined cycle driving. The company has added both a 1.6 Valvematic engine.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

Unlike battery-powered electric vehicles, FCEVs can go over 500 kilometers on a full tank of hydrogen and can be refueled in 2-3 minutes, exactly like regular petrol/diesel cars.   Hydrogen will become increasingly prominent as the global economy decarbonizes, a process that cannot be postponed.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

An electric vehicle is a type of vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion instead of an internal combustion engine that runs on fossil fuels like gasoline or diesel. Electricity is usually cheaper than gasoline or diesel on a per-mile basis. A petrol car has an efficiency of 28%.

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Green Cars News

MAY 28, 2009

Engineers at the VW Group are working on two 600cc two-cylinder turbo-charged units - one diesel and one petrol - with fuel economy predicted to be around 95mpg. This will leave carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions below 100g/km and the Audi won’t cost a penny under existing road tax rules.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Answer: Ford’s broad general direction is less and less CO2 emissions, with the ultimate goal of zero emission vehicles. Ecoboost is a petrol engine technology that gets more out of the same engine. Q: How efficient can diesel engines become? Q: EcoBoost is a new petrol engine platform, can you tell us more? litre and 2.0

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Drive Electric

OCTOBER 26, 2022

BEVs are better for the planet , emitting 80% less Co2 than an equivalent petrol vehicle in New Zealand. An ICEV is a vehicle that is powered by regular internal combustion engines; think of your typical ‘car’ that is filled up with petrol or diesel. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF A FULLY ELECTRIC CAR?

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

However, unlike most other manufacturers, Mercedes has decided to tweak its petrol-powered cars, rather than its diesels. This new BlueEfficiency model has been tweaked by Mercedes engineers to return better fuel economy and emit less carbon dioxide – but not by a huge amount.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2011

A choice of four BMW TwinPower Turbo technology engines will be available for the new BMW 3 Series Sedan from launch, including two optimized diesel engines and, on the gasoline side, the familiar six-cylinder unit and a new-generation four-cylinder engine in the 328i offering substantially reduced fuel consumption and emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

At the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science, Dr. Martin Davy will lead the project on compression ignition in diesel engines. We are on a very positive trajectory to reduce vehicle emissions and improve fuel economy. Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency Research' Earlier post.).

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. The CO2 based allowances announced in last year’s Budget were confirmed. 16. * +3% for diesel cars. Confirming future increases in fuel duty.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 17, 2009

Photo: CC DigitalK) Profile-raising Hjalmar readily admits that major CO2 reductions will not realistically be achieved by the introduction of electric Lotus Elises. Also the low autonomy is not really a problem, on vacation you will have a portable petrol fired generator that finds a place in the booth, or in the caravan.

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Plug In India

APRIL 8, 2021

You would like to tell them that Petrol, Diesel, CNG cars are the best for India? Car companies like Maruti offer petrol cars costing more than 12 lakh Rupees. Mahindra Electric’s vehicles had completed 250 million km oil and emission fee transportation which saved 25,000 metric tons of CO2.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 30, 2009

TFSI: Part of Audi’s philosophy in addressing efficiency is downsizing and so it’s no surprise to see a new turbocharged petrol direct injection 1.2 Both versions can reach 118mph and have an average fuel economy of 42.8mpg while emitting 127g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2). It can reach 62mph in 5.4

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Blue Concept PHEV Van with diesel or hydrogen fuel cells and rooftop photovoltaic. They will buy a car and rent or lease the battery and the cost of leasing the battery will be the same as, or less than, the cost theyre paying today for petrol. Expects production around 2014. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! Red Herring ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

based technology will actually achieve any economy in production. It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. If no one wants your car (because people think it sucks), then no one will buy it, regardless of how good the fuel economy may or may not be.

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