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Advanced Turbocharged, Direct Injected Gasoline Engines Poised to Take on Diesels in US and in Europe for Reduced Fuel Consumption and Emissions

Green Car Congress

First of all, future passenger vehicles have to stay as clean as the best vehicles out there today. Current 50-state baseline Projected future baseline. John Kirwan from Delphi presented a 3-cylinder turbocharged SIDI concept, “ a high value solution for meeting Euro 6 in smaller passenger cars ”. smog and particulates.

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Taking another look at methanol as an alternative transportation fuel for the US

Green Car Congress

A recent white paper by Leslie Bromberg of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center and Wai K. of cellulosic ethanol be realized in the future. The concept has been demonstrated and proven in systematic dynamometer tests at Ford. In addition, Honda has independently investigated the concept. —Bromberg and Cheng.

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ONE’s hybrid battery pack combines the best aspects of two chemistries to deliver 600 miles of EV range

Charged EVs

kWh battery with an energy density of 416 Wh/l, and drove it 752 miles on a single charge, as a proof of concept. To learn more about ONE’s technology and future plans, Charged recently chatted with CTO Dr. Steven Kaye. That’s where most of the work on the Gemini program is happening, as well as future technology development.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Has shown some concept fuel-cell PHEVs.

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