Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2017

Toyota unveiled the eighth-generation Camry in Detroit at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). The new Gen8 Camry utilizes TNGA (Toyota New Global Architecture) which represents a completely new strategy to the way the company designs, engineers, and packages its vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2013

GAC) brought three to the 2013 North American International Auto Show (2013 NAIAS) in Detroit this month: a 4x4 Hybrid Version of the Trumpchi Sedan; a battery-electric version of the Trumpchi GS5 SUV; and the Compact NEV E-JET range-extended electric vehicle. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Qoros Auto Co. Another view of the E-JET.

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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. liter gasoline direct injection engine. The D-EGR demonstrator is a converted 2012 Buick Regal with a 2.0-liter Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2011

Concept 1 is a cooled EGR stoichiometric spark-ignited direct-injection concept, featuring a long stroke design (stroke/bore=1.5) The long-stroke design (lengthening the stroke while maintaining displacement), reduces heat loss and also increases piston speed, creating more turbulence. In the 1NZ engine, Toyota reduced friction 21.1%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

At SAE World Congress next week in Detroit, Delphi Automotive will present two technical papers describing its ongoing progress with the Gasoline Direct-Injection Compression-Ignition (GDCI) engine concept. The undertook a design effort to package practically the two devices and two coolers into a vehicle. Source: Sellnau et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2018

INFINITI Motor Company will introduce new vehicles with electrified powertrains from 2021, said Nissan Chief Executive Officer Hiroto Saikawa at the Automotive News World Congress in Detroit. Nissan’s e-POWER borrows from the EV technology in the Nissan LEAF.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2012

A key strategy for achieving the project goals is the further development of a new low-temperature combustion system: gasoline direct-injection compression-ignition (GDCI). The most advanced injector design did not require swirl to achieve very low smoke and NO x levels. Sellnau, M., Sinnamon, J., and Husted, H.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2015

Volkswagen is unveiling a five-seater Cross Coupe GTE plug-in hybrid at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit as a preview to its new seven-seater mid-size SUV due to enter production at the end of 2016. The Cross Coupe GTE is the ambassador of a new design language developed by Volkswagen for the US. Cross Coupe GTE.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Hakan Yilmaz, Global Technology Management, Gasoline Systems, for Bosch presented an overview of and update on the project at the 2011 DEER conference in Detroit in October. Multi-hole direct injection with individual nozzle geometry design for improved mixture preparation and combustion efficiency. Source: Bosch.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2010

(SAIC Motor) are expanding their partnership to develop a new small-displacement gasoline engine family and an advanced transmission. The new small gasoline engine will be offered in displacements from 1.0 The new small gasoline engine will be offered in displacements from 1.0 liters to 1.5 liters to 1.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2014

The next generation Chevrolet Volt will debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January, Global Chevrolet Chief Marketing Officer Tim Mahoney said today. That has saved more than 25 million gallons of gasoline.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 31, 2024

Just your daily driver with no tailpipe The bottom line: If you are shopping to replace your current gasoline-powered SUV there is no reason for not visiting your Chevrolet dealer to seriously consider the Equinox EV. The Equinox EV does everything a gasoline-powered car can do, but smoother, quieter and more economically.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2012

SAE’s 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit—the second as an immediate precursor to the SAE World Congress—opened on Sunday with a consideration of several alternative engine designs: opposed piston 2-stroke (Achates Power); variable compression ratio (MCE-5); split cycle (Scuderi); and advanced rotary (Liquid Piston).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2016

The Tiguan GTE Active Concept is equipped with a turbocharged and direct-injection TSI gasoline engine that produces 148 hp (110 kW) and 184 lb-ft (201 N·m) of torque, mated to two electric motors: 40 kW on the front axle and 85 kW on the rear. When the gasoline engine alone is powering the vehicle, only the front wheels are driven.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Each trademark packages have been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO) August 14 masking “motor vehicles, namely gasoline and electric automobiles, pickup trucks, sport utility vehicles, and their structural parts.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

BUZZ (Detroit, 2017, earlier post ), this concept car follows as the third progressive member of the I.D. family—a new generation of zero emission vehicle with a long range and a charismatic electric mobility design. (Paris, 2016, earlier post ) and I.D. The CUV of the I.D. The CUV of the I.D. Teaser shot of the I.D>

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2010

Volkswagen presented the new Jetta design at Times Square in New York. VW had earlier previewed the new Jetta’s styling with the NCC coupe concept car shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. liter gasoline engine and the top-end turbocharged 2.0-liter The new design has resulted in the largest Jetta yet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2018

The the Detroit Auto Show, Lexus introduced the Lexus LF-1 Limitless concept—a flagship crossover. The LF-1 concept could be powered by fuel cell, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, gasoline, or even all-electric powertrains. The LF-1 was created at CALTY Design Research in California.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 24, 2024

The Silverado gets electric motivation Clean Fleet Report had the opportunity recently to drive the Silverado EV RST at an automotive media event in Detroit, Michigan. Chevrolet engineers, designers and the brand marketing team members were on-hand to answer questions about Chevrolet’s first full-size electric pickup truck.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. The Charger will also have a version with a gasoline engine (the electric one is the “Daytona”)—but every version of the EV will outperform its gasoline counterpart. And the Daytona’s range?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Lexus Australia revealed the second version of the Lexus LF-LC hybrid concpet, which made its debut at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year ( earlier post ), the new LF-LC Blue. The high-energy battery pack is designed to deliver greater power from a smaller battery than those currently used in Lexus’ range of hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

The new metric gives fleet owners, operators, municipalities, and policymakers a direct apples-to-apples comparison between gasoline or diesel fuel and electricity pricing. Unlike gasoline or diesel fuel prices, electricity prices can vary significantly on a kWh basis. At about $0.19/kWh —Vic Shao, founder and CEO of AMPLY Power.

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Charged EVs

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. So we’ve had Ram ProMasters since the 2015 model year, replacing the Dodge Sprinter van based on a design from previous owner Mercedes-Benz. liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey. Got all that?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

On the eve of the Detroit Auto Show, Cadillac introduced the 2013 ATS, a new rear-drive compact luxury sports sedan developed on an all-new, lightweight vehicle architecture. 2013 Cadillac ATS. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) GM says the ATS will be able to deliver peak highway fuel economy of more than 30 mpg. pounds (2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2014

A newly designed battery system features an overall storage capacity of 19 kWh and uses 192 lithium ion cells. Changes in battery design will not affect the Spark’s MPGe, or gasoline equivalent, performance compared to the 2014 model. The cells are produced at LG Chem’s plant in Holland, Mich. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2018

A future vision realized by Infiniti designers, Prototype 10 evokes the spirit of early Californian speedsters. This is the first project to come to fruition under the direction of Karim Habib, Infiniti’s new Executive Design Director, and it hints at how the brand’s design teams will evolve the appearance of its production cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

At WCX SAE World Congress Experience this year in Detroit, Nissan presented a paper on the development of and technologies applied in the new 2.5L However, since aluminum cannot endure the friction and heat that arises in the cylinder itself, designs also use a cast iron cylinder liner. liter engine. (At Yoshida, N.

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Baua Electric

JULY 22, 2023

He said he doesn’t want to shake the hands of the CEOs until they come to him with a good deal.” — Michael Martinez, Automobile Information reporter, at the UAW president’s determination to forgo the ordinary handshaking ceremonies with Detroit 3 CEOs as word talks start “The trick for the auto industry to do this is not to discover the material.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The NEXO can be refueled in as little as five minutes, allowing a consumer lifestyle very similar to a comparable gasoline-powered SUV in terms of range and refueling speed. The 2019 awards ceremony will take place at a banquet during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. liter), 2010 (4.6-liter)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2011

Vertrek is engineered as a global vehicle, and is designed for use with EcoBoost or diesel engines. The Vertrek concept previews a next-generation product with a sleek design while maintaining the cargo volume offered by the current Ford Escape in North America, a traditional compact SUV with 66.3 The Vertrek concept. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2018

LiquidPiston received this award after meeting the objectives for Phase I of the program, which had focused on the clean sheet design of the X4, and demonstrating the structural integrity of the new engine platform while operating under compression ignition of diesel fuel. Nickerson, M., Kopache, A., Shkolnik, A.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

Horning Memorial Award for a 2012 technical paper (2012-01-1149) investigating different octane-rated gasolines and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) levels. Broadly, they found that: The improvement in effective AKI of the fuel from using EGR is constant across commercial grade gasolines at about 0.5 ON per % EGR. Mangold, B.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2011

At the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit, Michigan, US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs, David Sandalow, announced the official launch of the EcoCAR 2 : Plugging into the Future competition and the sixteen university teams selected to participate. EcoCar 2 Malibu. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2014

a leading developer of advanced powertrain and vehicle system technologies, will showcase a turbo-diesel outboard marine engine developed in cooperation with Neander Motors AG at the upcoming SAE World Congress 8-10 April at COBO Center in Detroit. Space ball design. FEV North America, Inc. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The Ram ProMaster is a Fiat design dating to 2014, but it now offers an up-to-date electric powertrain. So we’ve had Ram ProMasters since the 2015 model year, replacing the Dodge Sprinter van based on a design from previous owner Mercedes-Benz. liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey. Got all that?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2015

The two new luxury diesel SUVs are making their debut at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and go on sale Fall 2015. Peak torque arrives at 1,750 rpm in the Td6 while the gasoline V6 produces its 332 lb-ft (450 N·m) at 3,500 rpm. seconds for gasoline V6 models. seconds respectively, compared to 6.9

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2017

The 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee mid-size SUV has become the second gasoline-driven, US-made, US-brand vehicle to qualify for Japan’s Eco-Car tax break. The system is designed to remain mostly in low-lift mode – until the customer demands more power. The Jeep Grand Cherokee is produced at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit.

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