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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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AUGUST 25, 2015

Knock and fuel octane rating are becoming increasingly important due to many powertrain design trends including downsizing, downspeeding, cylinder deactivation, and hybridization. … Most regular-grade gasoline in the US is sold with a minimum octane rating of 87 AKI, corresponding to approximately 91−92 RON.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2010

Since the end of 2006, Opel, Robert Bosch, IVK and FKFS have been working on a natural gas hybrid vehicle in a project supported by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and technology. The primary goal is developing a prototype of a CNG-fueled parallel hybrid based on an Opel Astra Caravan with less than 90 g CO 2 /km emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

They then designed a quasi-static thermodynamic model of an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) optimized to fit the prototype vehicle. Internal combustion engines have been significantly improving in the past decade, after the adoption of technologies such as Gasoline Direct Injection, mild electrification, downsizing and turbocharging.

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JULY 11, 2017

This will depend on each automaker’s assessment of diesel’s cost-effectiveness compared with other technologies, such as hybrids, and customer desire for the advantages of diesels. Diesel engines will also benefit from e-boosting and 48V mild hybridization. —Isenstadt and German (2017). Isenstadt and German (2017).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

During his presentation at the recent California Air Resources Board (ARB) ZEV Technology Symposium, Tatsuaki Yokoyama, from Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, said that Toyota aimed to reduce the cost of fuel cell vehicles to 1/10 of the current level by design and materials improvement by commercialization in 2015.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Because of the shifts in the materials mix of the vehicles, the material resources requirements for manufacturing also changed. Where energy resources are concerned, lignite, hard coal and uranium figure principally in car production. The aluminium hybrid body is around 70 kg (154 lbs) lighter than a conventional steel body.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2015

Designed to balance product advances with cost reductions, TNGA supports the grouping of the development of new vehicles to promote strategic sharing of parts and powertrain components. One goal is the reduction of resources required for development by 20% or more. This reduction in required investment frees up resources.

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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.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

g/bhp-hr in low load operation using the proposed low load certification cycle being developed at Southwest Research Institute under a contract from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The technologies outlined are either commercial or market-ready options that can be deployed on vehicles by model year 2024 to achieve 0.05

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Standards Diesel 2019 Emissions 191

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

DeCicco’s analysis shows that optimizing internal combustion engines plus rising adoption of grid-free hybrids will enable new fleet fuel economy (unadjusted) to reach 52 mpg (4.52 Others point to radical changes in vehicle materials and design. L/100km) by 2025 and 74 mpg (3.18 L/100km) by 2035. L/100km) and 60 mpg (3.92

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2021

A team from McMaster University in Canada has published a comprehensive review of recent progress in low-temperature combustion (LTC), alternative fuels (AF), over-expansion Atkinson cycle, and waste heat recovery (WHR) techniques as applied to hybrid-specific engines. Their open-access paper is published in the journal Energy Reports.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Due to the continued exposure of millions of Americans to poor air quality, both the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) have announced rulemakings focused on revising the heavy-duty truck emission standards, with a particular focus on tighter limits for oxides of nitrogen (NO x ).

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JUNE 22, 2013

The new engine will achieve high efficiency using the Atkinson Cycle with an 18:1 compression ratio, combined with aggressive engine downsizing. The engine can also be combined with a hybrid drivetrain to attain even greater mileage improvements. Engine downsizing is a key tool in improving fuel economy. Earlier post.).

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Engine Eaton Fuel Economy Downsizing 207

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

There are approximately 8,000 RTG cranes operating at sea ports around the world which contribute significantly to port emissions, as such they have become a testing ground for new hybrid technologies. The flywheel incorporates a high-speed motor controller design developed by University of Texas researcher Dr. Mark Flynn.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2009

The new automotive business will have a special focus on hybrid and electric drive system components, as well as technologies for enhancing the efficiency of internal combustion engines. The new company will concentrate business resources on automotive systems that address environmental and safety demands.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

A series of presentations at the SAE 2009 Hybrid Vehicle Technology Symposium held in San Diego (11-12 February) sketched a mixed outlook for mainstream consumer—i.e., not enthusiast or pioneer—adoption of coming plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), given current market conditions and consumer awareness and attitudes.

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MAY 26, 2015

Hyundai began the US rollout of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) and its conventional hybrid sibling (HEV) with a series of media drives in California—one of the main markets for the PHEV, which offers some 24 miles (38.6 km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Earlier post.).

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MARCH 27, 2015

The Freightliner SuperTruck uses a downsized and downsped 10.7-liter liter engine, a hybrid system, a Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) system, along with a number of other upgrades. The SuperTruck also incorporates Predictive Hybrid Control, which optimizes hybrid battery-charging strategies to the terrain of the road ahead.

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2009 Engine Detroit Oregon 150

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

A new white paper published by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), in collaboration with Eaton, Ricardo, JCI, BorgWarner, Honeywell, and the ITB Group, analyzes current turbocharged, downsized gasoline engine technology developments and trends.

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Downsizing EPA Engine Eaton 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. We also expect a lot of hybrids and electrification. SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The engine should yield fuel efficiency gains of more than 50% compared to a downsized, turbo-charged gasoline direct injection engine, while reducing the overall cost of the powertrain system, said Fabien Redon, Vice President, Technology Development at Achates Power. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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MAY 17, 2013

Dedicated ethanol (or E85) engines have the promise to improve efficiency substantially over comparable regular gasoline engines through direct-injection, increased geometric CR, variable valve timing, exhaust gas recirculation, aggressive turbocharging, and downsizing and/or downspeeding. Xiaoyu Yan, Oliver R. Inderwildi, David A.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

HYBRID VEHICLES. Six new stretch technical goals have been established by the 21CTP for heavy-duty hybrid vehicles. will develop and demonstrate technologies to improve truck and trailer aerodynamics, combustion efficiency, waste heat recovery, hybridization, idle reduction, and reduced rolling resistance tires. Navistar, Inc.

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MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 generates 780 metric horsepower; another 220 hp comes from the plug-in hybrid’s electric motors. Ferrari As Ferrari’s first plug-in hybrid, the SF90 integrates a trio of electric motors. seconds, breaking a seven-year-old record for production cars that had been set by the roughly $ 1 million Porsche 918 Spyder Hybrid.

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Plug-in Ferrari Engine Hybrid 89

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APRIL 2, 2010

Included in this is a temporary program that will provide additional credit provisions as incentives for the development and sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), battery-electric vehicles (BEVs); and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs). Initial commercialization of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Advanced Technology Credits.

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APRIL 27, 2010

This study, released by the International Council on Clean Transportation ( ICCT ), focused on the use of lightweight materials and efficient design and demonstrated substantial mass savings. We believe that this approach will be commonplace in the industry for the future design of vehicles. —Dr. Mass and Cost Summary.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The intended application is light-, medium-, and heavy-duty markets including hybrid architectures. Co-Optima’s premise is that current fuels constrain engine design—and thus engine efficiency. various forms of hybrid architectures, including engines optimized for range-extension, earlier post ), Wagner said.

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Engine Fuel Vehicles Emissions 150

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

France-based semiconductor fabless company Silicon Mobility has introduced OLEA T222, its new solution dedicated for hybrid and electric powertrain control. OLEA T222 allows the downsizing of electric motors while delivering the best energy efficiency without compromising the vehicle performances.

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JULY 17, 2015

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In fact, the PHEV is the only existing technology that acts as a vector for transitioning our society to exclusive use of renewable resources.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

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APRIL 17, 2014

GDCI engine was significantly better than advanced production spark injection gasoline engines, and comparable to very efficient hybrid vehicle engines at their best efficiency conditions (214 g/kWh). They used this data for a competitive assessment of BSFC against published data for gasoline, diesel and hybrid engines. Current study.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2011

By continuing the national program developed for MY 2012-2016 vehicles, EPA and DOT have designed a proposal that allows manufacturers to keep producing a single, national fleet of passenger cars and light trucks that satisfies all federal and California standards. features in developing the standards. NHTSA and CAFE. active aerodynamics.

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Fuel Economy EPA Economy MPG 338

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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Deploying the full range of combustion engine technologies, including hybrid electric vehicles, would be sufficient to reduce the fleet average CO 2 emissions to 70 g/km, the study found. Costs would be €250 to €1,000 lower when pursuing a least-cost technology pathway and transitioning to electric vehicles earlier.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A Diesel vs. hybrid vs. plug-in hybrid vehicles, followed by the (positive) social implications of PHEVs and especially flex-fuel PHEVs.

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JUNE 19, 2015

In conjunction with EPA and the California Air Resources Board (ARB), NHTSA will perform a joint technical analysis as part of its rulemaking for the MY 2022-2025 standards. At both prices, gasoline-hybrid vehicles were the most preferred technology, while twincharging was the least. only the MY 2017-2021 CAFE standards are final.

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Standards Fuel Economy Economy EPA 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

million contract for design and construction of the Next-Generation Combat Engine. The power cylinder system comprises pistons, cylinders, cylinder liners, port designs and fuel system. The design results in large stoichiometric iso-surfaces with excellent mixing and charge motion at the point of auto-ignition. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Although the same reformed CAFE scheme is required for both passenger cars and light trucks, they are established with different continuous mathematical functions specific to the vehicles’ design capabilities. Electrification/accessory and hybrid technology. This reduces pumping losses at lighter loads in comparison to a larger engine.

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