Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

The all-new Buick LaCrosse Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) made its global debut at the 2016 Buick Day event in Shanghai, where the award-winning Buick Avista concept was also shown for the first time in China. The LaCrosse HEV offers comprehensive fuel economy of 4.7

Malibu Hybrid 150

Malibu Hybrid Buick Hybrid Global 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2010

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully demonstrated that its HEDGE (High-Efficiency, Dilute Gasoline Engine) technology, using cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and advanced ignition systems, suppresses low-speed pre-ignition in turbocharged gasoline direct-injection engines. Earlier post.).

Engine 186

Engine Fuel Economy Gasoline Emissions 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

liter model but with significantly reduced real-world and drive cycle CO 2 emissions, and comparable improvements in fuel-economy. The HyBoost concept is based on a 2009 Ford Focus in which a 2.0L HyBoost demonstrator. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). naturally aspirated four-cylinder gasoline engine has been replaced with a 1.0L

Downsizing 210

Downsizing Low Cost Lead Acid Gasoline-Electric 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By integrating these systems with data from emerging CAV technologies, vehicles will be able to predict future driving conditions and events such as changing road grade or the interactions with other vehicles merging from multiple intersections. The Ohio State University. The Pennsylvania State University. 1,500,000.

Connect 150

Connect Connected Vehicles Universal 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

Mazda unveiled the redesigned 2014 Mazda3 (known as the Axela in Japan) in a series of launch events world-wide. It greatly improves dynamic performance and fuel economy over the MZR 1.5 Introduces a high tumble port and 4-2-1 exhaust system that increase engine output. 2014 Mazda3. Click to enlarge. With more than 3.5

Mazda 207

Mazda Fuel Economy 2014 Gasoline-Electric 207

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

liter concept Theta turbocharged gasoline direct injection (GDI) four-cylinder engine capable of developing as much as 286 hp (213 kW) while and delivering more than 30 highway mpg at the Los Angeles Auto show in 2008. Theta II GDI, a high pressure fuel pump injects the fuel at pressures of up to 150 bar, in precise amounts and intervals.

Hyundai 210

Hyundai Gasoline Engine Production 210

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. Even a highly efficient combustion engine converts only about one-third of the energy in the fuel into traction actually propelling the car.

BMW 218

BMW Fuel Exhaust CO2 218

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

To provide its customers with high fuel efficiency and still provide the performance consistent with today’s passenger vehicles, the Elio Motors engine must operate efficiently at two different loads—lower loads representative of highway cruising, and more demanding loads associated with the fast starts of city driving.

MPG 150

MPG Engine Motor Motors 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

Future advanced engine and powertrain configurations must address emission and fuel economy requirements for worldwide applications, transition to bio-fuels, and synergies with future powertrain trends. improvement in fuel economy over the baseline engine for the Metro-Highway (M-H) cycle. Earlier post.).

Fuel Economy 278

Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Engine 278

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

All the engines can be combined with an eight-speed automatic gearbox (standard in the BMW 225d Coupe) for fuel consumption and emissions figures that are lower than those achieved with the standard six-speed manual gearbox. Preliminary EPA fuel economy estimates for the 228i are 23 city/35 highway/27 combined (10.2, 220d Coupe.

BMW 210

BMW Fuel MPH Power 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

million grant to develop and to demonstrate a new ultra fuel efficient vehicle (UFEV) vehicle concept. Due to the lower exhaust enthalpy of lower temperature engines using PPCI, it is difficult to produce intake boost with acceptable boost system parasitis. Earlier post.) These were two main consideration in base engine design.

Gasoline 304

Gasoline Engine Fuel Wisconsin 304

Green Car Congress

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.

Fuel Economy 218

Fuel Economy Gasoline Light Engine 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

The concept of using a second, high octane fuel on demand to augment the performance of a standard gasoline fuel reaches back to the 1940s, with a recent resurgence in interest generated by the need to increase engine efficiency. Schematic of the dual injection system fitted to the engine in the experiments.

Gasoline 150

Gasoline Concept Fuel Engine 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

The 200 is the industry’s first mid-size sedan with a standard nine-speed automatic transmission, which enables expected highway fuel economy ratings of 35 mpg US (6.7 MultiAir2 takes the innovation further by simultaneously controlling both valve opening and closing events to more effectively manage combustion quality.

Chrysler 291

Chrysler Standards MPG Fuel Economy 291

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Although the EPA has not as of this writing released the final fuel economy numbers for the US A3 e-tron, Filip Brabec, Director, Product Management, Audi of America, said that the figures will be around 83 to 86 MPGe combined (depending on the equipment level), with 35 to 39 mpg gasoline only and 16-17 miles of EV range.

Audi 150

Audi Plug-in Plug Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

The new Cherokee features a segment-first nine-speed automatic transmission, developed in partnership with ZF; fuel economy improvements of more than 45% versus the outgoing Liberty model; and more than 70 advanced safety and security features. l/100 km) and a driving range on a tank of gasoline of nearly 500 miles (805 km).

Jeep 294

Jeep 2014 MPG Chrysler 294

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2009

The concept ensures long term energy storage for delivering short bursts of power to the VTES supercharger during vehicle accelerations and to the SpeedStart stop-start device during engine re-starts. Conversely, short bursts of power can also be absorbed by the SpeedStart generator to recharge the battery during vehicle decelerations.

Downsizing 191

Downsizing Power Powered Exhaust 191

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2015

The Golf SportWagen was also the basis for the hydrogen fuel cell Golf SportWagen HyMotion concept shown at the LA Auto Show last November. All the powertrains deliver comparable or more power along with improvements in fuel economy. Quick comparison of fuel economy and cargo. Earlier post.). TDI engine.

MPG 150

MPG Diesel America Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2012

million grant to develop and to demonstrate a new high-efficiency vehicle concept. At a low-load condition of 1500 rpm-2 bar IMEP, Delphi used a secondary-exhaust-valve-lift event to rebreathe hot exhaust gas and promote autoignition. Earlier post.) For all tests, intake air temperature was 50 C. Sellnau et al.

Gasoline 236

Gasoline Emissions Exhaust Wisconsin 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ).

Audi 150

Audi PHEV Diesel Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

Featuring an advanced second-generation two-motor hybrid powertrain, the 2017 Accord Hybrid midsize sedan delivers peak total system output of 212 hp, best-in-class EPA fuel economy ratings of 49/47/48 mpg US (4.8/5.0/4.9 To help boost fuel efficiency and power, the engine has a 3.4-degree Heat recovery device.

2017 150

2017 Hybrid Honda Motors 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2013

While the use of conventional diesel and gasoline pose several challenges for this approach, the Eindhoven researchers observed, other fuels in the gasoline boiling range have been shown to very suitable for the concept. The load range over which the concept can be applied depends on the reactivity of the fuel.

Gasoline 207

Gasoline Fuel Range Diesel 207

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For example, at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit this year, Volkswagen presented the Tiguan GTE Active Concept plug-in hybrid. Earlier post. Based on the new Tiguan, it showcased the technical capabilities of the modular transverse matrix (MQB) in an SUV format.

Vehicles 150

Vehicles Connect Connected Standards 150