Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Pierburg GmbH, part of the KSPG Group, has developed an electric compressor for spontaneously boosting the charge pressure of engines fitted with an exhaust-gas turbocharger. The electric compressor fits in well and without any constraints with the proven strategy of downsizing, the company said.

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2022

Ford said that, pending product approval, the Valencia plant could begin producing breakthrough EVs and connected vehicles later in the 2020s. We are committed to building a vibrant, sustainable business in Europe as part of our Ford+ plan, and that requires focus and making tough choices,” Farley said.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Featuring 13 hardware-based image recognition accelerators, the TMPV7602XBG incorporates ADAS features that will become part of the camera requirements for the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2014

In part-load operation, the indirect injection supplements direct gasoline injection to improve fuel economy and to reduce the output of particulates from the engine. GDI technology provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2018

Connected by a belt to the diesel engine’s crankshaft, under acceleration the MHSG provides up to 10kW of electric power assistance to the powertrain in motor mode, reducing engine load and emissions. The adoption of the MHSG also means the conventional starter motor can be downsized and used primarily for cold starts at low temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2016

Also on the path of Intelligent Power is the further improvement of downsized turbo and X-TRONIC transmissions for both fuel efficiency and seamless response and acceleration. Ubiquitous connectivity is an expectation of car consumers as an extension of their work and personal devices. Nissan Intelligent Integration.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Connected to multiple, Full HD cameras, the processors analyzes color gradients in supplied images and achieves a night-time detection rate of pedestrians that matches the day-time recognition rate of the company’s current devices. ADAS applications using the TMPV760 series. Source: Toshiba. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

As a part of next-generation Honda robotics, Honda is pursuing development for the practical applications of Honda’s original avatar robot. Honda is currently working on downsizing the hardware and further improvement of the precision of robotic hand movements such as “grasping” and “manipulation.”

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

Researchers at ETH Zürich are developing a pneumatic hybrid engine—an internal combustion engine connected to a compressed air tank instead of a battery system. The compressed air supply also allows extreme downsizing. Downsizing the engine in this instance halves the number of cylinders from four to two. Rüegg / ETH Zurich.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2015

Furthermore, the objective was to take the changing vibration behavior of the increasingly economical yet, at the same time, more powerful downsizing units into account. The 8HP75 will be part of the ZF portfolio for drives with even higher torque of up to 750 N·m. bar and, as a result, requires less energy overall.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2014

The CAM/PwC study highlighted such optimization measures as downsizing in combination with turbocharging and cylinder deactivation. The presentation ceremony for the AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Awards 2014 took place as part of a gala on 8 May 2014 in Frankfurt/Main. Conventional drives. Alternative drives. AutomotiveINNOVATIONS Awards 2014.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

Testing was done at an independent vehicle test center, certified by the UK Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) and part of one of the world’s largest Tier One automotive supplier groups. This is the design applied in the DuoDrive system. DuoDrive system layout. Click to enlarge. The EVO motor provides the drive and a battery provides power.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

GM’s fuel-economy plan through the 2016 model year focuses on a reduction in vehicle mass and aggressive investment in advanced materials, such as high-strength steel, carbon fiber and aluminum, enabled in part by our industry-first aluminum welding technology. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Cobra could enable a 5–10% reduction in CO 2 emissions when implemented in conjunction with engine downsizing and down speeding strategies, and potentially more when used in conjunction with alternative fuels, according to CPT.

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Water Commercial Engine Diesel 370

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Applied to a turbocharged, downsized engine, MultiAir can contribute to up to a 25% reduction in fuel consumption over conventional naturally aspirated engines with the same performance, according to Fiat. Through solenoid valve opening and closing time control, a wide range of optimum intake valve opening schedules can be easily obtained.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The FF Hybrid system that will be launched soon for front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive is built with three main technologies: a downsized internal combustion engine; a new highly efficient CVT, and a compact Li-ion battery. In a parallel system, the engine power and the motor power are completely independent—it’s a design choice.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

As part of the study, the team also demonstrated switching durability of the dual piston mechanism of more than one million cycles. For this reason, a VCR mechanism has been focused to achieve further fuel economy and power performance in automobiles employing downsizing technology and/or new combustion technology. Kadota et al.

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Honda Concept Engine Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Vycon Energy has developed a flywheel energy storage technology for rubber tired gantry cranes (RTG) that can either be retrofit to existing RTG cranes or included as part of a new build. The Vycon flywheel for the RTG crane consists of a 3-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor-generator connected to a 3-phase inverter.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

MCE-5 moving parts. The MCE-5 VCR engine block has no impact on other engine parts or vehicle components. Its connection to gearbox, pipes and peripherals requires no additional device, as well as its integration into vehicles, which remains conventional. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

To ensure accurate monitoring of the route, journey time and distance driven, the record car was fitted with a tracking device, provided by fleet telematics and stolen vehicle recovery expert, TRACKER (part of the Tantalum Corporation). In addition, lighter pistons and connection rods were used. The new 1.6 liter i-DTEC.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

By downsizing from the present 2.2L For the mini-vehicle class, the transmission features a control mechanism and innovations in axle placement to reduce the engine size lengthwise, while a reduction in parts by simplifying the transmission casing structure helps realize a lightweight and compact body. Diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Demand for C-segment vehicles globally will come in part from a rightsizing trend in which customers—more conscious of fuel price instability, their own carbon footprints and their individual vehicle needs—are increasingly expected to choose vehicles in this segment as the right cars for them. Earlier post.). Global aspects.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2016

The panel, moderated by Jesse Schneider, BMW, included Takashi Moriya, Senior Chief Engineer at Honda R&D; Dr. Accordingly, Honda has not only launched FCVs that use hydrogen, but has also developed compact hydrogen stations that generate hydrogen, and external power output devices that get connected to FCVs. Earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2012

For this next-generation design, 70% of the parts have been redesigned, which, along with a downsized oil pump, lower oil level and low viscosity oil results in up to 40% reduction in internal friction (versus the previous design). (Power and torque levels are estimates.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Based on the results of the study, CAR believes the economic risk to the auto industry connected to mandating permanent fuel economy standards in the long run is “ very serious ” The group recommends periodic review to assess the rate of technology development and cost reduction of advanced technologies leading up to 2025.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Combined with a radial compressor connected to an ultra-low inertia rotor, the device accelerates from idle in less than half a second to 60,000 rpm, providing instantaneous boost and thereby avoiding transient torque and smoke issues.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Although downsizing—i.e., The SKYACTIV-G engine also features 20% lighter pistons, 15% lighter connecting rods and a 30% reduction to internal engine friction compared to the current 2.0-liter liter MZR engine. SKYACTIV-D. Click to enlarge. pounds (25 kilograms).

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Plug In India

MARCH 24, 2021

This is a hybrid design, as in quite a few parts that are used are from a conventional ICE tractor. So we have a clutch that connects to a huge flywheel. One thing which definitely need to be part of testing is what happens when the tractor goes to a village washing center and is hosed down under high pressure.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2011

Efforts on combustion initiation in pre-chamber cavities in spark ignition engines reaches back to the 2-stroke Ricardo Dolphin engine in the first part of the twentieth century. Strong synergies also exist at high load when applying the jet ignition combustion system to a heavily downsized platform. Background. —Attard et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

3 B-Cycle gasoline engine is the first example of Volkswagen’s “Rightsizing” strategy—an engine development strategy that looks to for the optimal balance of displacement, output, torque and efficiency based on vehicle class and real-world operating conditions, rather than just seeking to downsize. Third, the EA888 2.0TSI Gen.3

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 15, 2023

For the original Argus II users, it should mean a steady (if dwindling) supply of replacement parts, although Cortigent will not be developing or building any retinal-device upgrades from the proceeds of an upcoming initial public offering on Nasdaq. The company believes it could bring Orion to market by 2027. This is a complete 180.”

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Cars That Think

JULY 28, 2023

In China’s case, LLMs are currently downsizing in their size and number of parameters. As part of this downscaling trend, in June the Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI) introduced Wu Dao 3.0, Who said all large-language models (LLMs) necessarily need to be large? a series of open-source LLMs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2015

Despite its efficiency, the Golf TSI BlueMotion with the 85 kW / 114 hp downsized 999 cc EA211-series engine reaches 100 km/h in 9.7 The crankshaft group—crankshaft, pistons and connecting rods—is distinguished by low moving masses and low friction. Other new options are Volkswagen Media Control and App Connect.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

It’s a subcompact SUV designed first and foremost for Europe, where it’s a starter family car—sized well for tight city streets and alleys, or the winding one-and-a-half-lane roads that connect rural villages. The EX30 will be a big part of that. Volvo claims the EX30 is the most sustainable vehicle it’s built to date.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The automotive industry, including Lotus Engineering, has quite rightly advocated engine downsizing for four-stroke engines. This is as a result of the dominance of the four-stroke cycle in the automotive world and its generation of throttling losses at part-load, where vehicles run most of the time. Charge Trapping Valve.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

There are a variety of mechanical design arrangements of crankshafts and connecting rods to articulate the pistons in an opposed piston engine. The A48 architecture uses conventionally designed crankshafts and connecting rods. Cutaway of power module concept, showing internal gear train. Click to enlarge. The A48 gear architecture.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

The new, downsized General Motors Company emerged from bankruptcy Friday morning. He will report to Henderson, and be part of the newly formed executive committee. This new role allows him to take that passion a step further, applying it to other parts of GM that connect directly with customers. Fritz Henderson.

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