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OCTOBER 15, 2011

Developed for the latest 1-liter downsized gasoline engines. These EcoBoost engines are slated for installation initially in the 2012 Ford Focus and later, in the Ford C-Max and in the completely new Ford B-Max. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The first two engines will generate 74 and 88 kW from a displacement of just one liter.

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Engine Ford Supplies Downsizing 225

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DECEMBER 15, 2023

It’s also going to feature a “selfie camera” installed in the cabin. Some drivers seem fine with having cameras, controlled by a multinational corporation, installed into the dashboard. The entire, button-free design being previewed runs the risk of not resonating with Western audiences, frankly.

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Mercedes Las Vegas Chinese Installation 111

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JUNE 25, 2012

XL Hybrids’ hybrid electric powertrain is a low-cost, low-risk, bolt-on, post-transmission parallel hybrid technology designed for Class 1–3 commercial vehicles that integrates seamlessly with the conventional internal combustion engine and transmission. The system is designed to be installed in about 4 hours, faster at a commercial upfitter.

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Hybrid Fuel Lithium Ion Boston 330

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JANUARY 3, 2018

Different from a typical Power Take In (PTI) solution, the AVD incorporates a planetary gear set allowing seamless clutch engagement of main engines, auxiliary engines, or both to provide a scalable power installation to meet any customer need in terms of maximum vessel speed, power, or bollard pull.

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Mariner Hybrid Turkey Downsizing 150

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MARCH 8, 2012

The new Yaris Hybrid, which is equipped with a version of the downsized hybrid powertrain featured in the Prius c/Aqua ( earlier post ), is a major step in the company’s full hybrid European roll-out strategy. Every key HSD component has been reduced in size, and both the fuel tank and battery are installed under the rear seat.

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Hybrid Toyota Downsizing Sale 240

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JUNE 20, 2011

The BladeBoost uses the core design of the Blade Compressor, optimized for engine package and performance requirements. This enables the boost of downsized engines to be completely controlled at any point on the operating cycle, including part-load. Earlier post.). The outlet port could be optimized.

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Downsizing Eaton Engine Ford 210

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The Proving Factory is a UK collaborative project designed to bridge the market gap between technology developers making innovative, low-carbon “proof of concept” prototypes, and the need to develop vehicle manufacturer’s confidence in the new technology by providing volume supply.). Typical installation. Background. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy Hybrid Economy San Diego 270

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FEBRUARY 5, 2020

We present dynamometer test results and emission models from fully aged aftertreatment systems installed on heavy-duty on-road engines to offer several compliance paths that are technologically and economically achievable by model year (MY) 2024 without significant changes to today’s engines or aftertreatment.

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Emissions Diesel Engine 2010 291

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

Through downsizing, weight reduction and hull line improvement, the new ship achieves a 25% reduction in fuel consumption per unit cargo compared to conventional ships. By covering the tanks with an integrated cover and making those supporting structures unnecessary, the new design also improves maintainability.

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Mitsubishi Fuel Downsizing Mariner 236

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

The VTES unit (inset) and installed in the AVL VW Passat demonstrator. The product is designed for integration into both Otto and Diesel engines to deliver enhanced torque, emissions control and CO 2 reduction. When applied to a radically downsized 1.2-liter When applied to a radically downsized 1.2-liter

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Downsizing Electrical Electric Exhaust 231

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MARCH 7, 2012

Nissan unveiled the Hi-Cross Concept hybrid at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show, heralding a possible new design direction for the company as well as a possible expansion of the current Juke-Qashqai-Murano portfolio. The 1M2CL system installs the first clutch between the naturally-aspirated 3.5-liter The Hi-Cross Concept hybrid.

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Nissan Concept Lithium Ion Motor 186

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JANUARY 30, 2012

This EGR cooler is installed in Toyota’s Camry and Aqua (Prius c). As OEs around the world look to downsize engines to help meet the increasingly stringent regulations, EGR systems are becoming more necessary to optimize the powertrain combustion process and improve fuel economy.

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Prius Gasoline Engine Exhaust 231

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APRIL 8, 2016

However, the plug-in hybrid that offers so much benefit in this regard also necessitates massive intervention into the design of the transmission which generates additional cost. FEV engineers installed an additional E-Charger. Vehicle electrification will play a significant role in finding a solution path.

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Congress 2016 Volt DC 150

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

In a parallel system, the engine power and the motor power are completely independent—it’s a design choice. 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.

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Engine Hybrid Fuel Economy Li-ion 220

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JUNE 11, 2019

The report presents dynamometer test results and emission models from fully aged aftertreatment systems installed on heavy-duty on-road engines to offer several compliance paths that are achievable by model year 2024 without significant changes to today’s engines or aftertreatment systems. The cost of controlling NO x to 0.05 Credit: MECA.

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Standards Diesel 2019 Emissions 191

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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. The design specification provides a peak shaft power of 5.6

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Water Engine Commercial Diesel 370

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Weighing around nine kilograms, these components serve to hold the rechargeable battery cells installed in two electrically powered vehicles of this OEM—a crossover SUV and a high-power sports limousine. Both feature all-electric drive and are presently destined for the European market. Conventional efficiency.

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Parts 2020 Sale Gasoline-Electric 150

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APRIL 8, 2009

The Vycon REGEN flywheel energy system can be installed on any RTG crane, either retrofitted or as an option in manufacturing, to create a hybrid power system. The flywheel incorporates a high-speed motor controller design developed by University of Texas researcher Dr. Mark Flynn. The fuel savings increased to 32-38%.

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Energy Storage Energy Downsizing Installation 150

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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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Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

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APRIL 22, 2009

Honda R&D began developing the VCR mechanism due to what Masahsi Kato, who presented a paper on the control system of the dual piston mechanism, described as drawbacks to current approaches to improving fuel-efficiency in gasoline engines of downsizing and new combustion technology. Kadota et al. Resources. Ishikawa, M. Yoshida, K.

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Honda Concept Engine Downsizing 150

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JANUARY 11, 2012

The system also includes FEV’s Full Engine Vibration Compensator (FEVcom), which has been designed into the range extender to reduce NVH. Vehicle integration thus proves comparatively unproblematic and installation or disassembly can be performed easily and efficiently, according to KSPG.

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Range Gasoline-Electric Exhaust Engine 252

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OCTOBER 10, 2016

Independent on-engine test results have verified the simulation predictions that a Torotrak V-Charge variable drive mechanical supercharger enables more ambitious levels of engine downsizing. Next generation downsizing and downspeeding remain the industry’s best near-term solutions for reducing carbon emissions.

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Downsizing Charging Engine Belgium 150

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MAY 20, 2009

The “downsize and boost” strategy provides consumers better fuel economy without sacrificing the power for driving performance. In 2004, Ford invested $350 million into the plant for redesign and installation of an all-new assembly line as well as block, crankshaft and cylinder head machining lines. liter V-8 family.

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Ford Engine Cleveland Production 186

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MAY 26, 2023

We bid a sad farewell to the Mustang-adjacent Mark VII in our last installment. Throughout its (too long) tenure, the model dropped almost all notions of the increasingly irrelevant Designer Edition models. By the end of the Mark VII’s run in 1992, the outdated model sold a measly 5,732 examples.

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Parts Cars Ford IDEA 52

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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. In 2012, Toyota Motor introduced its new development framework, the Toyota New Global Architecture. Earlier post.)

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Toyota 2020 Vehicles 2008 150

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MAY 1, 2012

This concept system is expected to be ideal for heavily downsized applications and developing markets. A combination of injector design, configurable pump layout and advanced air and fuel control strategies has provided a highly-flexible, modular solution for engines between 7- and 16-liters displacement.

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Engine Light Diesel 2000 199

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FEBRUARY 22, 2010

meter external length of the F 800 Style, all of the components of the vehicle’s alternative drives are installed in a space-saving manner in the engine compartment and the gaps within the chassis. Each of the drive systems takes up comparatively little space for the installation. Within the 4.75-meter Earlier post.).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Fuel 186

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MAY 7, 2009

The system is flexibly designed and can be used to realize both mild hybrids and full hybrids, which use the entire range of hybrid functions: the start-stop function, regeneration of braking energy (recuperation), support during acceleration (boosting), and electric starting.

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Commercial Hybrid Vehicles Li-ion 150

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APRIL 24, 2010

In recent years two methods, namely downsizing and downspeeding, were established on the market to reduce CO 2 emissions while maintaining the driving performance of engines with identical effective power but a larger displacement. One of the intake ports was designed as a swirl duct, the other as a fill duct.

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Engine Hybrid Fuel Exhaust 170

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

The new system, where we have adopted a pretty radical change in the architecture itself, downsizes dramatically, takes 100 kg of the mass out, and takes the size down to half of that of the Equinox. The electrode design is different, Freese said, enabling a significant change in platinum loading. Click to enlarge. Commercialization.

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GM 2015 Engine Fuel 262

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MARCH 3, 2010

liter diesel engine, designed and engineered at the R&D center in Rüsselsheim, Germany, and produces 75 PS at a lower rpm level of 4000, while generating 220 N·m of torque. The new, downsized 1.0-liter By tweaking the aerodynamics and refinements to the power train, CO 2 emissions in the i10 blue have been reduced to just 99 g/km.

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Hyundai Diesel Concept Hybrid 210

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MAY 6, 2013

This downsizing enables lower fuel consumption, accompanied by low emissions and optimum weight. Collision Prevention Assist is designed to help prevent serious rear-end collisions and includes a proximity warning function and adaptive Brake Assist. Charging takes place at all times via a two-stage exhaust-gas turbocharger system.

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2014 Diesel Standards Exhaust 306

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

The boosting element of CPT’s technology, which addresses this issue, is derived from the VTES electric supercharger, which can be installed in series with a simple fixed geometry turbocharger. They have also designed a 100 mpg UK (83 mpg US, 2.8 Hence the industry trend to dual-charging systems, CPT notes.

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Downsizing Power Powered Exhaust 191

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JUNE 29, 2012

For the 2013 XF and XJ lineup, Jaguar is adding two new downsized forced induction gasoline powerplants: 3.0-liter liter V6 Supercharged and 2.0-liter liter i4 Turbocharged units. These join the existing line-up of 2.2-liter liter i4 Turbodiesel, 3.0-liter liter V6 Turbodiesel and both naturally-aspirated and Supercharged 5.0-liter

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Gasoline Engine 2013 MPH 225

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MAY 15, 2013

The design merits continued development for automotive application. liter, 3-cylinder design of the Pinnacle engine, as well as a downsized, turbocharged 750cc Pinnacle design. Boosting the engine through either turbocharging or supercharging allows improved fuel economy through downsizing or downspeeding the engine.

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Fuel Economy Economy Engine Downsizing 230

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MAY 18, 2009

“The beauty of EcoBoost is that it enables us to downsize for fuel efficiency, yet boost for power. We’re able to decrease the size of the available engine - such as installing a V-6 versus a V-8 - yet boost the power using turbocharging to deliver similar power and torque of that larger engine.&#.

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Ford Engine Fuel Economy MPG 39

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APRIL 7, 2014

V-Charge integrates a supercharger with a mechanical variable speed drive to address a key barrier to engine downsizing by providing near instant response at any engine speed. Torotrak’s V-Charge technology combines a proven compressor with Torotrak’s compact variable drive Click to enlarge.

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Charging Downsizing Universal Exhaust 210