Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued its fuel economy ratings and accompanying fuel economy label for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle. The new fuel economy label for the 2011 Volt. gallons per 100 miles). gallons per 100 miles). Click to enlarge.

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MPG Volt Gas-Electric EPA 240

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.). Earlier post.)

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Engine Downsizing Lead Acid Automobile 210

Green Car Congress

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. The Kizashi EcoCharge has the capability to deliver a 25% fuel economy gain. Kizashi EcoCharge. Click to enlarge.

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New York Suzuki Concept Lithium Ion 207

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Hyundai Motor Group this week outlined its latest powertrain technologies and future plans at the 12 th Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference, held near the Hyundai Motor Group R&D Center in Korea. In keeping with the trend to downsizing, Hyundai has been expanding the application of Turbo Gasoline Direct Injection (T-GDI) engines.

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Hyundai Future Exhaust Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

Ford engineers also presented two other papers evaluating the effects of low to mid-level ethanol blends in spark-ignited engines at the conference. One of the many emerging possible technology pathways to achieve those goals is the use of a future high-octane fuel in optimized, higher-compression-ratio engines. Earlier post.)

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Engine Fuel Ford Future 253

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2017

Simona Onori, an assistant professor at Clemson University, has received a $500,000 Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation to advance her work to develop integrated modeling and control for aftertreatment systems to reduce fine-particle emissions from gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines.

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Engine Exhaust Gasoline Seattle 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

variant but with fuel economy of a strong hybrid. Ricardo’s gasoline engine roadmap focuses on CO 2 reduction through downsizing and the use of synergistic technologies. Engine downsizing is central to Ricardo’s gasoline engine roadmap for future CO 2 and fuel economy improvements.

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Downsizing Prius Hybrid Emissions 230

Green Car Congress

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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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

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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Wisconsin Gasoline Diesel Universal 225

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

Calibration is defined as the procedure required to optimize one or more engine performance indices—such as fuel economy, emissions, or engine power—with respect to the engine controllable variables.). maximizing fuel economy, minimizing pollutant emissions, and maximizing engine acceleration). in review).

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Engine Fuel Economy PHEV Economy 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2016

ExxonMobil forecasts that by 2040, one of every four cars on the world’s roads will be a hybrid; conventional cars (primarily gasoline-powered) will still remain most popular to 2040. Natural gas remains challenged as a fuel for most personal vehicles. Global vehicle fuel efficiency - projections. Source: ExxonMobil.

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2014 Carbon Energy Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

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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Hyundai Plug-in Hybrid Plug 231

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2013

One focus of the project will be centered on light- and heavy-duty vehicles running on gasoline/ethanol blends in order to improve engine efficiency and lower emissions. Premixing can be accomplished either with port fuel injection (PFI) as indicated in the figure, or with early direct injection (DI). PFS with gasoline.

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Engine Fuel Gasoline Plug-in 314

Green Car Congress

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.

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Waste PHEV Fuel Exhaust 312

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Cummins is one year into a four year program (ATLAS, Advanced Technology Light Automotive Systems) to develop, in partnership with the US Department of Energy (DOE), a new light-duty diesel truck engine that will meet Tier 2 Bin 2 (SULEV) emission requirements while achieving at least a 40% fuel economy improvement (26.1 mpg US vs. 18.6

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Light Diesel MPG Nissan 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2013

liter VW Passat, will make its global debut at the 34 th annual powertrain conference. We expect to gain an additional 4-8 percent fuel economy improvement over the 1,450 kg kerb weight, 12-volt LC SuperHybrid, which already achieves 50 mpg imperial (42 mpg US and 5.6 Batteries Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems'

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Hybrid Motor Motors Motoring 210

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

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 In effect, AVL has developed a gasoline engine with diesel-like fuel efficiency. 22 nd International AVL Conference “Engine & Environment”).

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VRLA Hybrid Downsizing Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

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.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2014

Ford introduced the all-new Ford F-150 at its press conference at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. liter EcoBoost engine features the first use of a compacted graphite iron cylinder block in a gasoline engine, the same material used in Ford’s 6.7-liter 2015 F-150. Click to enlarge. Other new features of the 2.7-liter

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F-150 Ford Engine Fuel Economy 329

Green Car Congress

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. The conference.

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Standards International Vehicles Hybrid 257

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

a high air-to-fuel ratio) SIDI (e.g., gasoline) engines, with a higher charge mass and higher temperature spread, can deliver improved thermal efficiency and better fuel economy. Each has drawbacks, noted GM’s Wei Li in a presentation at the recent Department of Energy DEER conference in Dearborn, Michigan.

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GM Concept Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The tank.tech conference focuses on fuel systems. Delphi is detailing the aspects of evaporative emission control in hybrids with open and sealed fuel systems. Standards require control of volatile hydrocarbons (fuel vapor) being released from gasoline fuel systems at any vehicle condition: driving, refuelling or parking.

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2009 Emissions Hybrid Gasoline-Electric 170

Green Car Congress

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.

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

The higher-voltage variant will support moves by European vehicle manufacturers announced earlier this year to introduce 48 volt passenger vehicle power networks to help meet the requirement for lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. TDI models, but even lower CO 2 emissions and fuel consumption than the current production 1.4l

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Volt Hybrid Downsizing Lead Acid 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2016

Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years. liter turbo gasoline engine with a high level of efficiency at the same time. Infiniti will present more information on the VC-T engine at Mondial de l’Automobile on September 29 during its press conference.

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Infinity Engine Motor Motors 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The additional control of compressed air for transient performance provided by Cobra means that we can purge diesel particulate filters and other forms of exhaust after-treatment for NO x reduction and, most importantly, without compromising fuel economy. Phil Bush, technology manager at Eminox. —Andy Dickinson. Earlier post.)

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Vehicles Exhaust Emissions Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

A study by Jonn Axsen and Ken Kurani from the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, estimates electricity and gasoline use under three recharging scenarios. In this scenario, gasoline use is estimated and aggregated based on the respondents’ anticipated next conventional vehicles and recorded diary days. Axsen and Kurani.

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Plug-in Plug PHEV Electric Vehicles 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

the developer of the NuVinci continuously variable planetary (CVP) transmission ( earlier post ), introduced a new suite of automotive- and truck-related applications for the NuVinci CVP, referred to as continuously variable accessory drives (CVADs), at the Clean Heavy Duty Conference and Expo in Long Beach, Calif. Fallbrook Technologies Inc.,

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Fuel Economy Long Beach Gasoline-Electric Engine 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2017

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.

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Gasoline Engine Insight Clean 150

Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Synovate Motoresearch presented some very interesting survey results at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference in Long Beach, CA last week, as reported in MIT's Technology Review. Ethanol contains much less energy than gasoline does, so miles per gallon will be significantly lower, as will range on a tank of gas.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Industrial 100

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. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy Gasoline Light Engine 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Comparison of Fuel Consumption, Fun to Drive and System Cost of the different powertrain concepts. Downsizing a gasoline engine (e.g., with the use of turbocharged GDI) and downspeeding can result in a significant increase in fuel efficiency, but with a negative impact on traction force reserve and driveability. Fischer et al.

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Hybrid Concept Downsizing Fuel 150

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Theta II GDI, which is its first gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine. The new technology was showcased at the Ninth Annual Hyundai-Kia International Powertrain Conference in Korea and has a compression ratio of 11.3:1. Now the carmaker has unveiled the 2.4

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Hyundai Engine Kia Fuel Economy 39

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Liquid transportation fuels—and combustion engines that burn them—are “ going to be with us for quite awhile, a number of decades ,” said Dr. Steven E. However, he noted, “ we need to learn how to use liquid fuels more efficiently than in the past.”

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Fuel Building Engine California 231

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

To reflect this market evolution, staff is proposing amendments that would better define the potential regulated parties for electricity and the order of priority in which that status would be conferred. Reporting Requirements.

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Carbon Oil California Standards 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The new Fisher buses will provide more than triple the equivalent fuel economy in all-electric mode and reduce CO2 emissions due to the extensive use of lightweight materials and the large capacity battery system. Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Indiana: $2,180,000. Madison Metro Transit, Wisconsin: $150,000.

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Emissions Gas Energy Maintenance 256

Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

million gallons of gasoline or 4.2 The cost of an e-bike ranges from $500 to thousands of dollars, with the average price around $2,500, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Lawncare in 2019 used almost 3 billion gallons of gasoline , with an estimated 17 million gallons spilled during the refueling process.

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