Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2013

The OP4 light-duty opposed-piston diesel. Achates Power, which is developing a family of two-stroke, compression-ignition (CI) opposed-piston (OP) engines, has designed and is developing a light-duty diesel concept engine, the OP4. Light-duty OP4. In catalyst light-off mode, the OP4 showed a NO x flow rate of 0.9

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2013

Westport believes that the amalgamation will create the largest product portfolio and largest market presence in the North American light duty natural gas vehicle (NGV) space. ServoTech also brings a substantial technology portfolio around diesel emissions control, diesel dual-fuel operation and other alternative fuels capabilities.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2014

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) announced preliminary test results of its Dedicated-Exhaust Gas Recirculation (D-EGR) demonstration vehicle ( earlier post ) at the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit. Terry Alger, assistant director in SwRI’s Engine, Emissions and Vehicle Research Division. Overall, the engine offered a 13.1%

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Gasoline Emissions Diesel Exhaust 317

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2016

Continental will present an innovative close-coupled annular catalytic converter that supports near-complete NO x conversion in downsized turbocharged gasoline engines at the 37 th Vienna Motor Symposium next week. Markus Distelhoff, Executive Vice President Fuel & Exhaust Management Business Unit in Continental’s Powertrain Division.

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Convert Standards Exhaust Conversion 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle.

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Fuel Economy Waste Economy Fuel 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The project had already reached a key milestone before the rollout: the successful fire-up of the hybrid drive system after installation in the test vehicle at the end of June. The BMW M Hybrid V8 is powered by the P66/3 eight-cylinder turbo engine with supplementary electric drive.

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BMW Engine Hybrid Oil 293

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Drive Modes will also adjust Fiesta ST’s Electronic Sound Enhancement (ESE) technology and active exhaust noise control valve. The active noise control valve opens and ESE is adjusted to intensify the sporty exhaust note and engine noise within the cabin. The technologies amplify the naturally sporty sound of the new 1.5-liter

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Ford Exhaust Engine EPA 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The Department Of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of its Vehicle Technology Office (VTO), a program-wide Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000991) for fiscal year 2014 on or about January 2014. mpg) for light trucks by 2025 (54.5 mpg light duty average, or 4.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2015

Ford and DowAksa signed a joint development agreement (JDA) formally to advance research on cost-effective, high-volume manufacturing of automotive-grade carbon fiber, a material poised to play a significant role in the drive to make vehicles lighter. Earlier post.). —DowAska Vice Chairman Mehmet Ali Berkman.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Ford Light 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2012

The new engines are designed for light- to heavy-duty distribution transport and for service in light- and medium-duty construction and long-haul transport. The engines also feature a cooled exhaust gas recirculation system. The heavy-duty OM 470 engine with six cylinders and a displacement of 10.7

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Engine Mercedes Commercial Exhaust 299

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

The US Department of Energy will award more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of a range of advanced vehicle technologies. The funding will support 40 projects across 15 states and will help improve the fuel efficiency of next generation vehicles. Light-weighting materials.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

CDTi says that its Spinel technology uses various base metals to create an effective exhaust catalyst. CDTi’s “Spinel” technology utilizes various base metals which when combined together in a common structure achieve unusual and very effective catalytic conversion activity. Click to enlarge. Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc.

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Convert Diesel Exhaust United States 239

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Starting from a energy-based powertrain simulation model validated on experimental data from the PHEV, the researchers conducted a first- and second-law analysis to identify the potential for engine waste heat recovery, considering a variety of driving cycles and assuming the vehicle operating in charge-sustaining (HEV) mode. Skarke et al.

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Waste PHEV Fuel Exhaust 312

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

l/100 km) for a vehicle of that size. In 2013, the Cummins-led team demonstrated a Tier 2 Bin 5 version of the engine on the dyno, and then on a vehicle, while development of the Tier 2 Bin 2 engine started. Exhaust system configuration. Earlier post.). l/100 km), and as such would not meet the GHG requirement of 28 mpg (8.4

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DIY Electric Car

MARCH 3, 2012

My professional life has kept me busy, but I still have made good progress on my conversion. No engine, no fuel tank, no alternator, pumps, radiators, exhaust pipes, or muffler. I only need existing wiring for lights, horns, wipers, rear defroster, etc. Picking a Motor: I have spent many nights deciding on motors.

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Conversion 2012 Deep Cycle Lead Acid 100

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

has added 1,900 lightweight, composite-body Reach vehicles from Spartan Motors , a division of Utilimaster, to its fleet. liter Isuzu diesel engine, demonstrates a 35% fuel efficiency improvement over traditional vehicles in the FedEx Express fleet. FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. The Reach van, with its four-cylinder, 3.0-liter

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Fleet Fuel New York City Isuzu 240

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

de-ionized water, also known as Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) or AdBlue, into the exhaust stream. The EcoFit Urea Dosing System delivers improved Oxides of Nitrogen (NO x ) conversion efficiency which gives customers the opportunity to tune engines for improved fuel economy or to reduce the size of a typical SCR system.

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Russia India China Fuel Economy 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

In October 2015, the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) launched a broad, joint effort to co-optimize the development of efficient engines and low greenhouse-gas fuels for on-road vehicles with the goal of reducing petroleum consumption by 30% by 2030 beyond what is already targeted. Fuel impacts on catalyst light-off temperatures.

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Engine Fuel Vehicles Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2012

The ISX15 G will be based on the ISX15 diesel engine and will build on Cummins technology with spark-ignited, stoichiometric cooled exhaust gas recirculation (SEGR) technology, first introduced on the 8.9 A simple, maintenance-free Three-Way Catalyst will be the only required exhaust aftertreatment. EcoFit Urea Dosing System.

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Gas Engine Fuel Economy Exhaust 240

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The transportation sector was responsible for over 7 million tons of NO x emissions in the US in 2014, with 50% of this sector’s NO x attributed to heavy-duty on- and off-road vehicles and equipment. Furthermore, catalyst development has produced higher activity catalysts that can provide higher NO x conversion with lower catalyst loading.

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Emissions Diesel Engine 2010 291

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The goal of this AOI is to support advanced fuels and lubricants technologies that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines for passenger and commercial vehicle applications. approximately 45% peak thermal efficiency for light duty and greater-than 50% peak thermal efficiency for heavy duty).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

Conflicting evidence does not support making a firm conclusion on the fuel consumption benefit of catalysed Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), according to a review of current studies by a team at the University of Bath (UK). According to the review, the conversion of HCs, CO, and NO in the exhaust gas by the catalyst can result in up to a 4.5%

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Fuel Exhaust Gas Engine 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2018

Avalon HV continues to be the only full hybrid vehicle in the segment. inches) and high compression ratio (14:1); multi-hole direct fuel injectors; a variable cooling system; cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system; and a full variable oil pump. liter V6 (2GR-FKS), and a 215-net-horsepower 2.5-liter l/100 km) combined.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The researchers assessed the gaseous, particulate, and genotoxic pollutants from two current technology gasoline direct injection vehicles when tested in their original configuration and with a catalyzed gasoline particulate filter (GPF). Their study is publishedin the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. Yang et al.

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Gasoline Emissions Engine Fuel Economy 253

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter liter EcoBoost with integrated exhaust manifold is projected to deliver horsepower and torque output comparable to the 1.6-liter—an

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Escape Standards Ford Auto 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

Since 2010, all Sprinters in the US have been powered by BlueTEC diesel engines, marking the first use of BlueTEC technology, with its selective catalytic reduction (SCR) exhaust aftertreatment system, in the commercial van market here. The two overhead camshafts actuate 16 intake and exhaust valves.

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2014 Diesel Standards Exhaust 306

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2018

Avalon Hybrid continues to be the only full hybrid vehicle in the segment. The VVT-iW system is employed on the intake cycle, with VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing - Intelligent) activated on exhaust. Its revised logic control better matches vehicle speed, engine speed, and torque engagement, while also facilitating poised downshifts.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2014

A recently completed European project coordinated by Centro Ricerche Fiat (CRF) demonstrated the technical feasibility of a Bi 2 Te 3 -based thermoelectric generator (TEG) for waste heat recovery for application to a diesel light-duty truck (LDT). Reduced fuel consumption for these purposes translates to emissions reductions.

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Waste Cheap MPH Gasoline-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE’s) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) issued an Incubator Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOAs) for a total of approximately $10 million. ( in electric vehicles (PEVs). The components to enable electric drive vehicles must be more affordable.

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Carbon Fiber Engine Battery Powered Fuel 252

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

In addition, Pinnacle will employ high rates of exhaust gas recirculation and a low temperature combustion strategy, which will improve knock tolerance and reduce heat loss, pumping work, and NO x emissions. Pinnacle’s proposed technology will reduce fuel consumption beyond that of state-of-the-art series hybrid electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2016

The scaling of state-of-the-art technologies and electrification options from 12 V to 48 V to high-voltage plug-in applications makes it possible to configure the appropriate powertrain for every vehicle. The still existing 12 V system supplies power to consumers such as lights, cockpit, infotainment and control units.

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Gasoline Mercedes Engine Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, continues to spearhead the introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology, giving customers the widest choice of vehicles that are cleaner, more sustainable and offer even greater efficiency. A CNG vehicle reduces CO 2 emissions by about 25% compared to a gasoline-driven equivalent.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

million) in the latest round of IDP10 funding from the UK’s Technology Strategy Board to support the development of a heat-recovery system for urban commercial vehicles. After each expansion cycle the heat exchange fluid is recovered from the exhaust and reheated to ambient temperature via a heat exchanger similar to a conventional radiator.

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Waste Engine Land Rover Transportation 246

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

The engine features VVT-iE on the intake side while utilizing VVT-i (Variable Valve Timing with intelligence) for the exhaust, a highly efficient compression ratio of 13:1 (14:1 for the hybrid version) for increased thermal efficiency and fuel efficiency and a bore and stroke measuring 3.44 inches and 4.07 Like the 2.5-liter inches and 3.27

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2018 Hybrid Camry Hybrid MPG 150

Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

Because of the support of Tata Motors — the passenger and commercial vehicle business, along with JLR — we were able to build the whole ecosystem for EVs,” he said. The latter two have witnessed a much stronger traction in the industry due to the government’s FAME (Faster Adoption of Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles) policy.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 1, 2021

If you order the performance exhaust or go for the Z51 package, those numbers go up to 495 and 470. The front-wheel drive Mazda MX-5 Miata and Hyundai Veloster R-Spec are wonderful, handle great and are zippy, but are not in the same conversation with the much larger, rear-wheel drive, more powerful and heavier Corvette Stingray.

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Chevrolet MPG Clean Cleaning 87

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2011

The newly funded APC projects include: Project: Integrated, Intelligent Energy Management Systems for Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Partners: Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc. This project builds on an existing collaboration between Simon Fraser University and Future Vehicle Technologies Inc.

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