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Roskill: Japanese steel industry is poised for a major downsizing in the years to come

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While demand from automakers is increasing, overcapacity remains an issue for the company. With these headwinds in mind, there is no doubt that the Japanese steel industry is poised for a major downsizing in the years to come, according to Roskill.

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BluE Nexus’s first eAxle adopted on Toyota’s bZ4X EV

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BluE’s first eAxle has achieved excellent dynamic performance and downsizing and helps vehicles increase their electric mileage. BluE Nexus Corporation, AISIN CORPORATION, and DENSO Corporation jointly developed an eAxle for Toyota’s new battery-electric bZ4X. Earlier post.)

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FEV displays Ford 1.0L EcoBoost engine at SAE World Congress; provided early development support

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I3 Ford EcoBoost at the SAE 2012 World Congress. We have been very fortunate to have supported Ford Motor Company in the development of this breakthrough powertrain. FEV, Inc., is showing the 1.0L Earlier post.) And these engines are capable of doing that with very low exhaust emissions levels.

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Ricardo to assist Lifan in development of 1.2L turbocharged DI gasoline engines for downsizing applications

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Ricardo will assist Lifan Automobile Group based in Chongqing, China, with the development of a family of highly downsized gasoline engines capable of meeting future Chinese and international fuel economy and emissions regulations. capacity platform offering a competitive balance of performance, fuel economy, manufacturing cost and weight.

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Clean powertrain company Punch Powertrain acquires power electronics specialist Apojee

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Furthermore, the ICE can be downsized using a larger but slower turbo to retain power requirement. The combination of hybridization and engine downsizing can increase the total fuel saving up to 20%. As a result, the battery size of the system can be reduced, since the flywheel absorbs most of the energy peaks.

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Volvo introducing new downsized 4-cylinder engine range, with fuel economy improvements up to 35%; hybrid and flywheel drive systems

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The Volvo Car Corporation is introducing a new, downsized engine range consisting solely of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines. It proves that downsized engines can go hand in hand with our customers’ expectations on luxury and driving pleasure. It’s time to stop counting cylinders. Scalable Platform Architecture.

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New Efficient Supercharger with Variable Drive for Downsized Gasoline Engines

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Rotrak, the new 50:50 joint-venture between traction drive specialist Torotrak plc and centrifugal supercharger company Rotrex AS, will present a highly efficient supercharger system in a paper at the 15 th Supercharging Conference in Dresden on 24 September.