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AUGUST 3, 2009

Rolf Reitz, are investigating a blended dual-fuel (gasoline and diesel) concept to extend the operating range of partially premixed charge compression ignition combustion by using the varying fuel reactivity of the charge blend, which is determined in real time. Emissions under the dual-fuel concept, at 11 bar IMEP.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The concept hybrid C-X16. Jaguar has released details of the C-X16 concept ahead of its world debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. The two-seater concept hybrid features a next-generation supercharged 3.0L Click to enlarge. The front-mounted supercharged V6 engine is a modular development of the Jaguar AJ-V8.

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MARCH 19, 2020

The BMW Group plans to invest more than €30 billion up to 2025 in research and development to underscore its position as an innovation leader, said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, at the company’s Annual Accounts Press Conference in Munich. This also expresses our confidence for the future business development.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Cackette was in effect suggesting that the future tailpipe emissions baseline (LEV III) for light duty passenger vehicles—both diesel and gasoline—was likely to be or to approximate CA SULEV/US Tier 2 Bin 2. We see dramatic downsizing and boosting [as] something that’s going to for gasoline engines especially. Robert Czarnowski.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

At the Google I/O conference in May, Ford introduced its research and innovation into using the cloud to predict driver behavior in order to optimize vehicle control systems and improve vehicle performance attributes such as fuel or hybrid-electric efficiency. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Engineers at GM’s R&D Center are developing a new low-cost concept for NO x control from lean-burn spark ignition direct injection (SIDI) engines: passive ammonia SCR. gasoline) engines, with a higher charge mass and higher temperature spread, can deliver improved thermal efficiency and better fuel economy. Lean-burn (i.e.,

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Moreover, they studied the possibility of implementing new advanced combustion concepts, as alternatives to the conventional diesel system, with what they said was very promising results. de Lima (2014) “Analysis of combustion concepts in a newly designed 2-stroke HSDI compression ignition engine” (THIESEL 2014). Novella, D.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Comparison of Fuel Consumption, Fun to Drive and System Cost of the different powertrain concepts. Stage 1 of the Turbohybrid powertrain concept. Downsizing a gasoline engine (e.g., Nevertheless, the most essential fuel economy aspect of the Turbohybrid concept is the possibility of a high level of downsizing and downspeeding.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

liter Ford EcoBoost turbocharged direct injection gasoline engine. In July, Ford officially announced the second member of its turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost family, a 2.0-liter, At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Ford had also shown a Lincoln C (C-size) concept car powered by a 1.6-liter,

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MARCH 11, 2014

Showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show in January in Las Vegas ( earlier post ), the FCV Concept, which presages the introduction of the series-production vehicle, made its European debut at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show. Toyota is also considering integrating a boost converter on the stack itself, McClory said at the SAE conference.

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APRIL 22, 2013

downsized, turbocharged) gasoline engine, as operating an engine with higher compression ratios at low load can increase fuel economy compared to operating an engine with fixed compression ratio. There have been a number of concepts proposed to enable such VCR systems. DEER Conference 2012). Click to enlarge. Kleeberg, H.,

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MAY 5, 2010

The NZN concept relies on high energy density storage systems incorporated into the local grid, as well as efficient photovoltaic generation. NZN can integrate with the centralized grid. Source: Gil Weigand. Click to enlarge. You commoditize energy. If you have local storage, transients are irrelevant.

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JANUARY 11, 2010

GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show, announced that GM will produce the Cadillac Converj extended-range electric vehicle. Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Detroit News.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

The paper was jointly authored by CPT engineering director and chief technical officer Guy Morris with Mark Criddle, Mike Dowsett and Toby Heason from CPT and Dr. Based on a VW Passat family-sized saloon, the demonstrator currently incorporates a advanced, AVL-developed 2-liter gasoline engine already delivering a fuel consumption of 6.6

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FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Further development of diesel and gasoline fuels now offers the chance of preventing the formation of hazardous exhaust gases directly at their origin, i.e. during combustion in the engine. A promising concept for diesel fuels is the use of oxymethylene ethers. The 6 th International Conference on Applied Energy ICAE2014.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture. Hîrceagã, M.,

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

At 48 volts, a VTES electric supercharger will transform 7kW of battery power into a highly boosted charge of air for downsized gasoline and diesel engines. The demonstrator will improve significantly on the energy efficiency of a gasoline-engine variant of the VW Passat. With performance similar to that of the 1.8

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GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz made the announcement Sunday at a conference of the Society of Automotive Analysts on the eve of the North American International Auto Show. The Converj was shown as a concept last year at the Detroit show, and The Detroit News has previously reported it received board approval for production.

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AUGUST 15, 2016

Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years. There have been a number of concepts proposed to enable such VCR systems. liter turbo gasoline engine with a high level of efficiency at the same time. In a 1976 SAE paper, Grundy et al. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 4, 2009

George Anitescu from Syracuse presented the work in a poster at the DEER 2009 conference in Dearbon, Michigan. 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.). Earlier post.). Anitescu et al. DEER 2009).

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Mercedes-AMG plans to begin production of the SLS AMG E-CELL electric super sportscar ( earlier post ) in 2013, said Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG during the company’s press conference at the North American International Auto Show. Click to enlarge.

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to the Annual Press Conference 2012 in Ingolstadt, Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, said that the company believes that five key innovation areas will determine the shape of future mobility: design; lightweight construction; connected vehicles; mobility services; and electric mobility. In his speech.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In a presentation at the 2011 Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (AABC) in Pasadena, California last week, Daniel Andree, a battery development engineer at Audi AG, outlined the implementation of a Sanyo lithium-ion battery pack in the upcoming 2012 Audi Q5 compact crossover hybrid. by Jack Rosebro. Components of the Q5 hybrid system.

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Gasoline engines can operate lean to improve fuel economy, potentially reducing CO 2 emissions significantly. Further, advances in combustion development for gasoline have led to the potential for reduced engine-out NO x emissions for homogeneous lean operation compared to stratified lean operation. Resources. Koehler, R. Osborne, M.

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MAY 24, 2011

The “ Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 ” conference and exhibition will take place in Stuttgart, Germany 27–28 June. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November. There will be an investment session and an awards dinner.

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Unlike battery electric vehicles, which require hours of charging time, FCEVs can be refueled in just a few minutes, similar to traditional gasoline-powered vehicles. One significant advantage of FCEV technology is its ability to provide long-range driving capability without requiring lengthy recharging times.

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The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s president, Tom Gage, explains the company’s vehicle-to-grid technology at a 2001 conference in Seattle.

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This is the opposite of the approach taken by Toyota with its Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) and Honda with its new FCV Concept ( earlier post ). The h-tron concept car shows that we have also mastered fuel cell technology. US gal) of gasoline. We don’t know which technology will be the winner.” Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Kia Motors America (KMA) unveiled the Ray Plug-in Hybrid concept compact sedan during a press conference at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. Based on the Kia Forte platform, the Ray Concept is designed to be powered by an all-aluminum 153 hp (114 kW) Gasoline Direct Injected (GDI) 1.4-liter The Kia Ray plug-in hybrid.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The A dvanced C ombustion C oncepts— E nabling S ystems and S olutions (ACCESS) is developing advanced combustion control concepts along with with an enabling system, subsystem and component level solutions for the management of multi-mode/multi-fuel combustion events. HCCI range extension with boosting. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2009

in a press conference last week, is the linkage of transportation planning with greenhouse gas emissions reductions. cent-per-gallon gasoline user fee, which has not been increased since 1993, and produces progressively less revenue as the fuel efficiency of automobiles increases. Oberstar (D-Minn.) and Ranking Member John L.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Gross indicated efficiency (%) of Scania heavy-duty diesel running on gasoline using PPC. Bengt Johansson presented the results at the US Department of Energy’s 16 th Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research (DEER) Conference in Detroit. The Lund team used regular US gasoline in their engines.

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MAY 27, 2009

First, the industry is approaching the ethanol-to-gasoline blend wall of 10% ethanol, 90% gasoline in standard gas engines. Second, a Congressional Budget Office study issued in April said even with subsidies ethanol is only profitable when a gallon of gasoline costs 70% or more than a bushel of corn, i.e, Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 30, 2009

The morning session started out with an hour long press conference, the highlight being the unveiling of the Volt’s 230 mpg preliminary EPA city fuel economy finding ( earlier post ), as well as a tour showing selected elements from the studios of the four GM North American brands: Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Build better products.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2015

The Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC) last month showcased three hybrid electric concept vehicles resulting from its R&D program that demonstrate the real-world potential of lead-carbon batteries in 48V architectures. Loosely-based on the 48V LC SuperHybrid, this concept vehicle is powered by the Optima’s existing 1.7

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JULY 17, 2015

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. Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure. It is much more than that. Engineering Advantages of the PHEV.

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APRIL 18, 2011

Achates Power, the developer of a two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston opposed-cylinder (OPOC) engine ( earlier post ) is now “concept-ready”, David Johnson, Achates Power CEO, told GCC in an interview at SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit. of fuel over the majority of the operating range. —David Johnson.

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