Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The Ford Evos Concept previews a new global design language for the next generation of Ford cars, MAVs and CUVs. Ford will unveil the Ford Evos Concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show in September. The other customer benefits of Ford’s approach include: The personalized, cloud-connected lifestyle.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Event: Ford Bronco Sport Off-Roadeo Experiencing the Bronco Sport in the Wild When Ford debuted the all-new Bronco Sport in 2021, it said it was “Built Wild.” Or was Ford merely selling an aspiration, since the country was still deep into the pandemic and people were getting a bit restless staying home? Cute, but fun.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Ford and Corning have developed Gorilla Glass hybrid windshield technology—a light-weighting innovation set to debut on the all-new Ford GT. The Gorilla Glass hybrid window will be used on both the windshield and rear engine cover of Ford GT. —Paul Linden, Ford body exteriors engineer. Click to enlarge.

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EV Central

APRIL 28, 2024

New BYD super-brand Leopard shows off 4×4 and supercar concepts READ MORE: Beware Toyota HiLux, look out Ford Ranger! Fuel economy is quoted at 7.8L/100km, READ MORE: Beijing show: Stunning BYD Ocean-M is a rear-drive electric hot hatch based on an all-new platform READ MORE: Wanted for Australia! 2025 BYD Shark tease.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 22, 2012

People are expecting more and more from their performance cars these days, and that includes improved fuel efficiency. That's why, even with traditionally V-8 pony cars like the Ford Mustang, the next model will include a more efficient, four-cylinder variant.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Sales in Europe of Ford’s new C-MAX and Grand C-MAX have increased by more than 100% over the previous model, with a high percentage of customers opting for new technology features. Through November, Ford sold 118,800 C-MAXs in Europe, more than doubling C-MAX sales from a year ago. liter Ford EcoBoost gasoline engine.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Results of a new design study for a lightweight steel proof-of-concept twist beam (used in suspensions) by the Steel Market Development Institute’s (SMDI) Automotive Applications Council indicate that the preferred U-Beam Design based on 22MnB5 tubular construction with DP780 and SPFH540 sheet achieves a 30.0% Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2011

Ford is adding a 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost three-cylinder engine—the first three-cylinder engine Ford has built for a regular production car—and an new eight-speed automatic transmission to its line-up. ” —Derrick Kuzak, Ford group vice president, Global Product Development. Ford US small car sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2011

Ford is offering two additional, more fuel efficient, powertrain options for the Focus in Europe: the Ford PowerShift automatic with dual dry-clutch technology, and the Flexifuel derivative capable of utilizing E85 fuel. New Ford Focus models with the 125PS (123 hp, 92 kW) 1.6-liter The Ford Focus 1.6

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 4, 2023

The company will remain dedicated to developing new sedan models, including an electric model based on a concept shown in 2021.& Rumors have swirled for years that Toyota would bring the funky Stout pickup back after more than 20 years off the market. & [Image: Toyota] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

Biofuel advocacy group Advanced Biofuels introduced the concept of “E30 Capable” vehicles as part of its comments to the the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) recently proposed Tier 3 motor vehicle fuel and emission rulemaking. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) mpg fleet-wide CAFE standards.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

These include: HiTED In wheel motor for bus/truck (Volvo, Kollmorgen, Magnet Applications); HiUCV In wheel motor for refuse vehicle (Dennis Eagle, MIRA, Arnold Magnetics, MTL); MCVT Magnetic eCVT for heavy duty vehicles (Volvo, Arnold Magnetics); and MAGSPLIT Magnetic eCVT for passenger car (Ford, Romax Technology, Arnold Magnetics).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Ford has officially announced the second member of its turbocharged, gasoline direct-injection EcoBoost family, a 2.0-liter, The first engine in the EcoBoost line, a 3.5L, V6 engine ( earlier post ), is being applied in the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO and Flex and Lincoln MKS and MKT. 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid. Earlier post.)

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 14, 2023

Ford cut the option from its F-150 line over a year ago, and Jeep removed diesels from its Wrangler lineup heading into 2024. Though they’re better on fuel economy and offer more substantial torque, diesels aren’t the cleanest propulsion method around. Jeep has shown its Recon EV concept, which is expected to go on sale by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

variant but with fuel economy of a strong hybrid. Engine downsizing is central to Ricardo’s gasoline engine roadmap for future CO 2 and fuel economy improvements. HyBoost offers comparable performance to the conventional current 2.0L Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. —David Boggs. Micro-hybrid market.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The Automobile Division of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has awarded its Prize for the Environment to Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Controlled Power Technologies and Valeo engineers for their paper HyBoost—An Intelligently Electrified Optimized Downsized Gasoline Engine Concept. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Ford Auto Start-Stop. Ford will begin applying start-stop technology—currently used in Ford hybrids and some Ford cars in Europe—in conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America in 2012. Ford is the leading domestic producer of start-stop systems. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

million hours on Titan to a project led by ORNL with Ford and Convergent Science as co-investigators. Detailed analytical tools, such as computational fluid dynamics, become attractive to reduce the number of probable injector concepts for a given combustion system. ORNL/Ford/Convergent. Optimizing injector design.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

With the addition of this project, Gentherm adds the US Army Tank Automotive, Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to its passenger car key partners Ford and BMW. The TEG developed in that project provided a proof-of-concept for stack-arranged TE engines in a cylindrical form factor. Click to enlarge. Resources. ????

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

These have been applied to a Ford Focus project demonstrator which, for the first time, will be made available for public ride and drive evaluation by delegates at the Low Carbon Vehicle event (LCV2016), at Millbrook, UK.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The 2010 Ford Focus ECOnetic. At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, Ford of Europe introduced the new 2010 Focus ECOnetic. The standard Focus ECOnetic offers combined cycle fuel consumption of 4.0L/100km Thilo Seibert, Manager CO 2 Technologies for Ford of Europe. For the Ford Duratorq 1.6-litre Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2016

The ADEPT project is led by Ricardo in a research partnership including the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC); Controlled Power Technologies (CPT); Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies UK Ltd; Ford Motor Company and the University of Nottingham. The final results will be presented at the UK’s LCV2016 event on 14-15 September.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

Nissan Surf-Out concept (2021) Series hybrids A chunk of Nissan’s electrification strategy lies within its e-Power powertrains , which is the automaker’s marketing speak for a series hybrid. It would be more of a lifestyle truck aimed at city dwellers and or surfers, like the Nissan Surf-Out concept shown in 2021. “e-Power

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2009

Proposed by John Heywood and colleagues at MIT in 2005, the basic premise of E85 boosting is that ethanol (or other lower alcohols) suppresses knock due to the large evaporative cooling effect it has on the air-fuel mixture when injected directly into the cylinder, supplemented by ethanol’s inherent high octane number. Earlier post.)

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 7, 2007

Amidst the well-deserved hoopla about GM's plug-in serial hybrid Chevy Volt , Ford is touting its own equally ugly plug-in hybrid concept car. Ford makes no pretense of its intention not to produce its car. Classic concept car fare. There is one important point to note in Ford's prototype.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The HyBoost project has been led by Ricardo in partnership with Controlled Power Technologies, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium, Ford, Imperial College London, and Valeo, with co-funding from the UK government-backed Technology Strategy Board. The HyBoost concept is based on a 2009 Ford Focus in which a 2.0L

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Engineering Excellence—total vehicle concept and execution; clever solutions to packaging, manufacturing and dynamics issues; cost-effective tech that benefits the consumer. Efficiency—low fuel consumption and carbon footprint, relative to the vehicle''s competitive set. Ford Mustang. liter turbocharged I-4 gas engines.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold. Credit: Audi.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

ALTe already has Gen 1 proof-of-concept systems running in a Crown Vic taxi equipped with a 20 kWh Li-ion battery pack. In the Crown Victoria, the proof of concept powertrain conversion systems improve fuel economy from 80%-200% from the base 4.6L 20 kWh pack in the proof-of-concept Crown Vic conversion.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

Source: Ford. At the US Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC last week, Cory Weaver from Ford Research and Advanced Engineering reported that Ford has completed the planned build of 12 units of the new engine, and is working on vehicle integration for further testing per the project timeline.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

As far as the big intros go, we had the new Camry , the updated Forester , a new Kia Sorento (plus two concepts ), a debut from Genesis , the Lucid Gravity , a hi-po Hyundai EV , and confirmation of how the Hyundai Santa Fe will be equipped in this market. Still, it was a hit among attending media, based on conversations I had.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

New Two-Cylinder Prototype Demonstration and Concept Design of a Next Generation Class 3-6 Opposed Piston Engine. Ford Motor Company. Improving Network-wide Fuel Economy and Enabling Traffic Signal Optimization Using Infrastructure and Vehicle-based Sensing and Connectivity. Achates Power. University of Alabama.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2010

Alternative Fuel Technology, LLC has been awarded a Phase 1 SBIR contract (W56HZV-10-C-0200) from the US Army to concept design and demonstrate an ultra-high pressure, intensified fuel injection system for use with jet propellant (JP-8) fuel. With most fuel injection systems, JP-8 fuel causes wear and premature failure.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The green innovations continue to come thick and fast from the leading car manufacturers with Ford announcing the second member of its turbocharged, petrol direct-injection EcoBoost family. While announcing the new EcoBoost at a media overview, Ford also unveiled its 2010 product line-up with 30 new powertrain actions globally.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938. has fully embraced EVs and, after years of teasing with snazzy concepts, the real hardware is for sale–and is selling well. In its cavalcade of concepts, VW also recently showed an entry-level model that appeared to be an electric reincarnation of the Beetle, but without its iconic shape.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

In particular where enhancements are sought to performance, fuel economy, emissions and supervisory control, such changes frequently entail the use of a prototype level controller for the purposes of initial development. Its business model and development capability is complementary with that of Ricardo, the two said.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 20, 2009

Ford Motor Company is displaying a series of exciting vehicles and leading technologies at the Shanghai Auto Show. Making its first Asia Pacific appearance, the iosis MAX concept car features Ford’s kinetic design language, EcoBoost engine technology and PowerShift transmission. Tags: Ford iosis max shanghai auto show.

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