Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

By 2022, total global annual sales for light duty stop-start vehicles (SSVs) will exceed 55 million, accounting for 54.3% OEMs must choose carefully the functionality to implement when designing a stop-start system. Annual stop-start light duty vehicle sales by region, world markets: 2013-2022. Source: Navigant. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2019

Saudi Arabia-based SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has taken a majority stake in Black Diamond Structures (BDS), a nanotechnology company established in 2014. BDS was founded in 2014 as a joint venture between SABIC Ventures US LLC and Molecular Rebar Design.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Honeywell’s Transportation Systems Forecast projects that turbocharged vehicles will acount for 48% of annual global sales by 2021, up 9 percentage points from 2016. The global turbo business is expected to reach almost $12 billion in industry sales in 2021. The current average engine size is a 3.0-liter liter six-cylinder.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

In a paper presented at the 2019 Vienna Motor Symposium this week, Delphi Technologies will unveil a new 500+ bar GDi system that can reduce particulate emissions by up to 50% compared to state-of-the-art 350 bar system without expensive engine design modifications. Delphi 500+ bar GDi pump. —Walter Piock.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2012

The modular design supports a variety of cam phasing technologies, including cam torque actuated (CTA) and torsional assist (TA) phasers with optional mid-position lock technology. The technology is planned to launch with a major global automaker on diesel and gasoline applications in 2015. New cam phaser for I4 engine. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

To showcase its capabilities, global automotive supplier Magna International Inc. MILA Blue, the seventh concept vehicle in the MILA family , represents a new lightweight design approach. Downsizing—leveraging smaller, lighter components while at the same time maintaining function and performance.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2012

Federal-Mogul’s Hybrid Liner also results in up to 30% higher heat transfer rates, reducing the cylinder wall temperature by up to 40 °C (104 °F) compared to alternative designs. Cylinder bore distortion is one of the main factors limiting increases in power and torque outputs, particularly in lightweight aluminium cylinder blocks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2015

In the shorter term, the next-generation Civic will be equipped with a new platform and downsized turbo engine, while core global Honda models CR-V and Accord will undergo full model changes in the future to make them more attractive vehicles that feature more new technologies, higher competitiveness and innovative designs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

WorldAutoSteel,the automotive group of the World Steel Association, has presented findings on the progress of FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) Phase 2, a global steel industry effort to develop advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) architectures for electrified vehicles that reduce life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2016

hybrid vehicles, downsizing, plug-ins)—or under some specific operating conditions (e.g. High-efficiency gasoline engines, diesels and turbo- and super-charged engines, as well as hybrid or full electric powertrains, are examples of where HELLA’s new electric vacuum pump is designed to provide on-demand brake-system vacuum.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The new Focus will be one of up to 10 unique models to be built from Ford’s new global C-car platform, which is expected to generate total sales in all regions of 2 million units annually by 2012—a doubling Ford’s 2008 C-car volumes. “People downsize cars, not expectations.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

The Automaker Rankings report examines the emissions of both global warming and smog-forming pollution from of the automakers. This report marks the first time another company has bested Honda, which came in second this year but has earned every “Greenest Automaker” designation from UCS since 1998. Source: UCS. Source: UCS.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2012

The company plans to commercialize the motor system after finalizing other technologies for motor/inverter cooling, downsizing and efficiency. The newly developed cylinder-shaped inverter matches the diameter of the motor, enabling them to be connected coaxially within a chassis, resulting in a substantial downsizing of the motor system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

Hyundai’s 2022 Tucson, with its all-new design, will begin arriving in the US market this spring (gasoline and hybrid models), with plug-in models available in summer 2021. Driving dynamics match the sporty exterior design, and the handling package is improved, so the new Tucson is more agile than the previous generation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

By combining its extensive experience in main drive and auxiliary drive transmissions, Torotrak has designed a variator concept with ratio spread of up to 12, operated by a low cost actuation system. Fuller said that electric vehicles could also benefit from the latest variator developments. —John Fuller.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The new approach to natural gas combustion technology is designed to provide vehicle and engine original manufacturers (OEMs) with a “downsized” natural gas solution that is cost competitive while providing similar levels of power, torque, and fuel economy to a larger diesel engine. Westport Innovations Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

The second family of new downsized power units to be introduced after the gasoline 1.6-liter liter diesel and its engine control unit have been entirely developed in-house by a global team of engineers in Turin, Rüsselsheim and the US. Click to enlarge. Opel is introducing a new four-cylinder, 1.6-liter liter range.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Class-exclusive Active Grille Shutters are designed to help improve MKC fuel efficiency at highway speeds. EcoBoost technology is available in every region Ford serves worldwide, and will be offered on approximately 80% of the company’s global nameplates by the end of this year. Other engines in Ford’s EcoBoost family are the 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

GKN Automotive, Drive System Design and the University of Nottingham are collaborating on an £8-million (US$10 million) project to design and develop a world-leading electric vehicle powertrain for the global market. Following detailed simulation and analysis, final design will commence in Q3 2019.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The KWID CONCEPT is powered by the latest-generation downsized 1.2-liter The KWID CONCEPT was designed with inputs from Renault Design India and is covered by the ‘Explore’ petal of Renault’s lifecycle-based design strategy. Axel Breun (Technocentre Design) was the overall Project Manager. KWID Concept.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

liter engine is the latest addition to Ford’s global family of EcoBoost engines, which currently range in capacity from 1.6 liters globally. Downsized EcoBoost engines feature turbocharging, direct injection and other technologies and replace larger engines with no loss of performance and with lower fuel consumption.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Honda is striving for an avatar robot that is capable of using its multi-fingered hand to make full use of tools designed for human use and performs complex tasks quickly and accurately based on the AI-supported and more intuitive control by the user.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

kg of gaseous hydrogen—two housed next to the driver and two in the trunk of the car—and the refueling system developed by Alset Global and its partners are approved by German motorsport’s governing body, the DMSB. Alset Global and its partner organizations hold a number of key patents relating to the entire system.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2011

Mitsubishi Electric began the mass production of power modules for hybrid vehicles in 1997, since which time the demand for these modules has grown in parallel with increasing concerns for the environment expanding global market for electric as well as hybrid vehicles. Increased T-PM power capacity further contributes to inverter downsizing.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2019

Another technology to help on the path to regulation compliance is Eaton’s TVS EGR pump, which is designed to save fuel while meeting new global emission regulations. Similarly, intake valve modulation can be used at higher loads to enable Miller cycle operation to improve engine fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2011

This new body design eliminates the traditional B-pillar structure at the trailing edge of the front door, which connects the roof to the floor. Designed to replace larger conventional four-cylinder gasoline engines, the three-cylinder Ford EcoBoost engine is undergoing final development prior to its production launch. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Downsized, heavily turbocharged engines with high levels of aftertreatment such as particulate filter systems and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) run hotter than their predecessors, explained Frank Zwein, Federal-Mogul’s global application engineering director, Valve Seats and Guides. Source: Federal-Mogul. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2011

should not discount novel engine designs. In the longer term (out toward 2030), Mahle sees increasing downsizing, with a surge in 3-cylinder applications, increasing electrification, and increased use of bio- and gaseous fuels. Sophisticated adaptive control schemes and new sensor technologies will be critical. —Byron Bunker.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2011

Only 5% of the vehicle design and engineers polled said they are “very confident” that currently available materials will help them meet proposed CAFE standards. And it’s one that breaks the silos of the value chain and is inclusive of the global marketplace. —David Glasscock, DuPont global automotive technology director.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Power, and could approach 11 percent of the global market this year. Sophisticated chassis and battery design gives new life to “lesser” chemistries—especially lithium iron phosphate that’s the hottest thing in batteries around the world—that would otherwise be uncompetitive and obsolete. EVs may have seized a record 5.8

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The successful application of the technologies would allow a global vehicle manufacturer to reduce its in-use carbon footprint of a typical vehicle by 50g/km—a 30% reduction on today’s baseline. The electrical machine design and control system for this application is particularly challenging for a number of reasons, the authors note.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2019

will address natural gas engine emissions and efficiency improvements by developing a natural gas specific combustion design utilizing optimized in-cylinder charge motion and cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). The engine will be integrated on a global heavy-duty base engine platform, enabling up to a 20% system cost reduction.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2017

Global Tier 1 supplier Rheinmetall Automotive—formerly KSPG and Kolbenschmidt Pierburg— expects electrification to account for more than half of its sales in 2020. The Liteks design, which is repeatedly being fine-tuned, has been developed specifically for lightweight, low-friction yet rugged gasoline pistons for car engines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

Ford unveiled the new, fifth-generation global Mondeo in China, the first Ford to be equipped with the new 1.5-liter EcoBoost is the fifth and latest member to join Ford’s global family of EcoBoost engines, which includes a 1.0-liter liter EcoBoost engine. The new 3-cylinder, 1.5L liter three-cylinder, 1.6- liter V6 variants.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

The new venture, which will be called “Rotrak”, will add Torotrak’s variable speed traction drive to Rotrex’ supercharging technology to address the automotive industry’s need for affordable, effective engine downsizing technologies. As part of the agreement, Torotrak will acquire a 15% stake in Rotrex and a seat on the company’s board.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2016

The upside of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines is widely seen as being improved fuel economy coupled with an increase in specific power (especially with turbocharging), enabling significant downsizing. The extent of fuel-air mixing can be affected by injection system design. A significant fraction of the GDI PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2011

Jaguar says that the high-performance hybrid will stay true to the initial concept design study—albeit without the micro-turbines—that made its debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show, while fulfilling requirements that allow it to be homologated for road use.

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