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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Comparison of brake thermal efficiency and specific fuel consumption at rated power (ICOMIA Mode 5), hydrogen vs. gasoline engines. Such an engine could provide a cost-effective solution for small recreational vehicle- and motorcycle applications. Oh and Plante. Click to enlarge. —Oh and Plante. g/kWh with a 3.3%

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

The new Sonata Hybrid features an upgraded powertrain incorporating a new hybrid system with a new gasoline direct injection engine that delivers fuel economy of 18.2 liter GDI (gasoline direct injection) hybrid engine mated to a 38 kW electric motor (up 3 kW—8.6%—from km/l (43 mpg US or 5.5 l/100 km).

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MAY 10, 2015

It is fairly challenging to achieve a smooth mode transition between spark ignition combustion and for a spark ignition engine capable of homogeneous charge compression ignition, because their in-cylinder thermal and charge mixture properties are quite different owing to the distinct combustion characteristics. —Zhang et al.

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MAY 24, 2012

Andreas Malikopoulos at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is leading an effort to enable an automobile engine to function as an autonomous intelligent system capable of learning and realizing its optimal calibration in real-time under different conditions while the driver is driving. Background. transient operation.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Findings in a study by a team from Texas A&M and Enerpulse ( earlier post ) suggest that pulsed energy spark plugs may be able to serve as enabling technology to support the mainstream deployment of advanced, ultra-clean and ultra-efficient spark ignition internal combustion engines.

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MARCH 7, 2013

Within his talk about the need for a US energy policy at the IHS CERAWeek 2013 energy conference in Houston, GM Chairman and CEO Dan Akerson outlined some highlights of the company’s fuel economy plan through the 2016 model year. More efficient gasoline engines. Clean diesel. —Dan Akerson. Vehicle electrification.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. —Dr. The same applies to the existing combustion-engine expertise. Bottom: Fuel pathways. Source: Bosch.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

Schematic model of a wave disk engine, showing combustion and shockwaves within the channels. The wave disc engine, a new implementation of wave rotor technology, was earlier developed by the Michigan State group in collaboration with researchers from the Warsaw Institute of Technology. The Wave Disc Engine. Source: MSU.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

A 1966 article in ACS’ Chemical & Engineering News described a General Motors press conference at which the automaker outlined research work being done on non-gasoline-based automotive power sources, with a heavy emphasis on the electrical. But the emphasis was clearly electrical. 24, page 55).

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APRIL 20, 2011

American Suzuki Motor Corporation (ASMC) unveiled a gasoline-electric concept variant of its Kizashi sedan at the company’s 2011 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) press conference. liter inline-four gasoline engine, working in tandem with a belt-driven, liquid-cooled 15-kW motor/generator unit tied to a 115-volt, 0.5

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JULY 7, 2017

Nicolas Hulot, France’s new minister responsible for environment and energy, presented the country’s new climate plan at a press conference at the Ministry. The plan at this current level of detail does not specify whether or not that is tailpipe emissions or full lifecycle emissions, factoring in upstream for electric vehicles.)

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) selected a team of Honeywell developers for its 2012 Control Systems Technology Award in recognition of the team’s work in developing the OnRAMP Design Suite for Powertrain Control.

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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.).

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APRIL 5, 2010

Daimler is also considering supplying large-displacement gasoline and diesel engines to Nissan, Japan’s third-largest automaker which is owned 44.3 percent by Renault, they said.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2011

version of its vehicle (a 2009 Ford Focus) but with fuel economy and CO 2 emissions approaching those of a Prius, according to David Boggs, Ricardo Technical Specialist, Engines, in a presentation at the recent 2011 Directions in Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Research Conference (DEER) hosted by the Department of Energy in Detroit.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

A new study by researchers at MIT’s Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL), concludes that electric commercial vehicles can cost 9 to 12% less to operate than trucks powered by diesel engines when used to make deliveries on an everyday basis in big cities and when V2G (vehicle-to-grid) revenue is incorporated.

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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. Paul Kapus and Matthias Neubauer from AVL. TGDI engine and close to the 146 g/km of the current Passat 2.0L common rail TDI engine. common rail TDI engine.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) is developing a 48-volt version of its 12 volt electric supercharger based on its variable torque enhancement system known as VTES. 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.

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MAY 5, 2010

In a special presentation yesterday at the “ Beyond Lithium Ion: Computational Perspectives ” conference held at Argonne National Laboratory, Dr. Gil Weigand of Oak Ridge National Laboratory outlined his vision of a critical solution to the energy, climate and ensuing national security threats facing the US: the Net-Zero Neighborhood (NZN).

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MAY 6, 2013

If these warnings are ignored, eventually the engine may stall and/or the vehicle may not start. kW) @ 1,000-2,200 rpm maximum electric motor power (electric assist). liter gasoline engine. The system provides an electrical boost to aid the engine at low speeds and on inclines where fuel efficiency can suffer most.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

Their paper was presented at the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2012 Fall Technical Conference by Marcello Canova, assistant professor at OSU; lead author was Philipp Skarke, from the University of Stuttgart Institute for Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering. —Skarke et al.

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MAY 3, 2017

Speaking this week at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance conference in New York, Total SA’s chief energy economist, Joel Couse, forecasted that EVs will make up 15 to 30 percent of global new vehicle sales by 2030. One barrier is the cost of owning an electric vehicle versus a cheaper, comparable gasoline-engine vehicle.

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JANUARY 19, 2012

Gen Y’s strong affinity for hybrid vehicles could make it the “ generation that leads us away from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles ,” reports Craig Giffi, vice chairman and automotive practice leader at Deloitte LLP, after seeing the results of Deloitte’s annual survey of consumers and what they want in an automobile. —Joe Vitale.

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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. Detroit News. Earlier post.). The Detroit News previously reported it had received board approval for production.

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MAY 24, 2011

We are in the decade of the hybrid electric vehicle despite the fact that most off-road and underwater vehicles are pure electric. Indeed, most electric aircraft are pure electric as well. These vehicles are mainly small, as are electric two wheelers which are also almost all pure-electric.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Waukesha based Odyne Systems, LLC, a manufacturer of hybrid systems for medium- and heavy-duty work trucks, introduced its new advanced hybrid propulsion system at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference (EUFMC) in Williamsburg. Examples of continuous minutes of all-electric operation. Earlier post.). – 39.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

V6 gasoline engine producing 380 PS (375 hp, 280 kW) and 332 lb-ft (450 N·m) of torque and a Formula 1-inspired hybrid boost system with a steering-wheel-mounted button for on-demand acceleration. km/h) under electric power alone and has CO 2 emissions of 165 g/km. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 8, 2015

Geely Auto has invested significant resources in the development and promotion of methanol-fueled engines and vehicles over a long period and has already made progress with this technology in China. The project will be followed by similar initiatives in Shanghai municipality, Jinzhong in Shanxi province, and Baoji in Shanxi province.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Controlled Power Technologies’ VTES (Variable Torque Enhancement System) electric supercharger ( earlier post ) is being incorporated in a project by engine developer AVL ( earlier post ) and will also feature in the Ricardo-led £3 million (US$5-million) HyBoost program announced by the Technology Strategy Board on 9 September ( earlier post ).

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APRIL 11, 2013

The power plant then combusts the more energy dense syngas to produce electricity. Our system will enable power plants to use less natural gas to produce the same amount of electricity they already make. —PNNL engineer Bob Wegeng, project leader. PNNL will conduct field tests of the system at its campus in Richland, Wash.,

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

At the tank.tech 2009 congress in Bad Gögging, Germany, Delphi’s Dr. Andrzej Kalina, engineering manager, evaporative emission control products, is presenting a technical paper co-authored by Jan Jasinski, group engineering leader, evaporative emission control products and titled, “Evaporative Emissions Control Strategies for Hybrid Powertrains.”.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Essentially, the use of the Cobra supercharger helps reduce engine-out emissions, effectively making Eminox’s task easier. Electric supercharging provides a cost-effective technology for controlling emissions without increasing fuel consumption. Phil Bush, technology manager at Eminox. —Andy Dickinson. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 25, 2009

The BLUE-WILL concept is powered by an all-aluminium Gasoline Direct Injected 1.6-liter liter engine which is coupled to a Continuously Variable Transmission and a 100 kw electric motor which is at the heart of Hyundai’s parallel hybrid drive architecture. The Blue-Will concept PHEV. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 27, 2013

Audi of America also confirmed that it will offer the A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in gasoline electric hybrid (PHEV) model in the US market later in 2014. At launch, the engine line-up will consist of four four-cylinder engines: 170 hp (127 kW) 1.8 TFSI engines will be available closer to launch. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 11, 2023

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity.

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MAY 12, 2009

EnerFuel is developing advanced high-temperature PEM fuel cell systems and is currently focused on developing a range extender for electric vehicles, said Daniel Betts, EnerFuel’s Principle Engineer and on the executive management team, on the conference call.

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