Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2010

The Green Goat was designed for only one shift, but was being used for longer service, and had resulting quality issues; furthermore, the battery management system that failed to prevent battery shorts. This will help drive interest in having hybrids meet these strict new regulations. Tags: Hybrids Rail. between 2015 and 2020).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The “one-liter” designation refers to the design target of fuel consumption of 1 liter per 100 kilometers (235 mpg US). L/100km (170 mpg US), with CO 2 emissions of 36 g/km. These TDI engines also share key internal engine features for reducing emissions. The oil pump, designed to operate at a maximum oil pressure of 4.0

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

The new options would reduce some economic and procedural impediments to clean alternative fuel conversions while maintaining environmental safeguards to ensure that acceptable emission levels from converted vehicles are sustained. Exhaust, Evap, and OBD testing 2. Exhaust and Evap testing + OBD attestation. Intermediate age.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2009

SCR systems substantially reduce NO x emissions, which helps the diesel CX-7 to comply with Euro5 emissions regulations. Mazda’s SCR system sprays AdBlue aqueous urea directly into the exhaust flow in front of the catalytic converter, with conversion of approximately of 40% of NO x into nitrogen. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Some of the best passenger vehicles today, the ones called PZEVs, are pretty close to zero emissions. Under California’s vehicle emissions ratings, PZEVs (Partial Zero Emission Vehicles) meet SULEV (Super Ultra Low Emission Vehicle) tailpipe emission standards and also have zero evaporative emissions.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2010

While zero emissions is the ultimate goal, the company is committed to ongoing innovation in technologies that increase efficiency and reduce emissions. class not including hybrid vehicles) fuel economy and CO 2 emissions. class not including hybrid vehicles) fuel economy and CO 2 emissions. Its gear ratio of 7.3

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Nissan Engine Hybrid Fuel 252

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

microns—less than a human hair which averages 70 microns in diameter—is the product of a variety of sources including particles in the exhaust of diesel engines. In 1998, ARB declared particles in diesel exhaust a Toxic Air Contaminant, a designation that required the Board to take measures to reduce the risk.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

It is commercializing three initial products: Variable Torque Enhancement System, VTES, an electric supercharging system; SpeedStart12, an integrated belt-driven starter generator system; and TIGERS, an exhaust turbine-driven generator system. Until now the emission testing for such engines has been steady state. Click to enlarge.

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Low Cost Diesel Engine Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

An offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a source not covered by an emission reduction program. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources. what would have happened anyway).

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

The US Department of Energy has selected six projects for funding that aim to find ways of converting captured carbon dioxide emissions from industrial sources into useful products such as fuel, plastics, cement, and fertilizers. The six projects were initially selected for a first-phase funding in October 2009 as part of a $1.4

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

The turbo also improves exhaust aftertreatment by enabling quick heating of the catalyst. This technology has made it possible to shape the exhaust ducts to allow an optimal gas flow and generate the maximum pulse effect for the highest possible turbine efficiency. The new Volvo-developed turbo system. Click to enlarge.

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Volvo Gasoline Engine Exhaust 186

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

CDTI offers low CO 2 emissions of 98 g/km for the 3-door variant, 99 g/km for the 5-door. CDTI diesel comply with Euro 5 emissions standards. At the same time, fuel consumption and emissions are reduced by 13%, to 5.0 At the same time, the new engine offers an 11% reduction in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions: 5.3

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Fuel Power Powered MPG 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2010

In celebration of its 25 th birthday, BMW Forschung und Technik (Research and technology) GmbH premiered the results of two projects designed to highlight ways of reducing fuel consumption and emission values: a prototype fuel-cell hybrid vehicle, and a concept for using an on-board reformer to produce hydrogen from conventional hydrocarbon fuel.

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BMW Hydrogen Hybrid Fuel 220

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2009

Indexed European transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2006. Transport continues to contribute disproportionally to Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, poor air quality and noise, and still uses the least efficient modes to move people and goods according to a new report from the European Environmental Agency (EEA).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Interest in HEVs and BEVs is driven by a dramatic reduction in or elimination of tailpipe emissions, and the increased fuel economy of these vehicle types helps reduce the world’s dependence on oil. Therefore, it is not clear whether there would be a substantial reduction in emissions by switching to these new powertrain technologies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

liter ( earlier post ) I-4 engines combine turbocharging and direct-injection technology to deliver fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions reduced by up to 20% versus conventional, larger-displacement gasoline engines with similar power output. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency. The all-new EcoBoost 1.6-liter liter and 2.0-liter With the 2.0-liter

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Engine Ford Downsizing United Kingdom 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2010

With a power output of 392 kW (526 hp) and 880 N·m (649 lb-ft) of torque, the gullwing with electric drive is part of the company strategy entitled “AMG Performance 2015” which aims to continually reduce fuel consumption and emissions. The additional front-wheel drive called for a newly designed front axle: unlike.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 18, 2009

These systems allow for substantial reductions in nitrogen oxide emissions which will help the diesel to meet Euro 5 emission regulations. The SCR sprays AdBlue aqueous urea into the exhaust flow in front of the catalytic converter, helping to convert around 40 per cent of the nitrogen oxides into nitrogen.

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Mazda Diesel Petrol Convert 36

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2010

Both of Cruze’s new engines are part of Chevrolet’s global range of small-displacement engines designed with fuel efficiency in mind, including technology such as full variable valve timing that optimizes performance and fuel economy. The compressor wheel is being driven by hot exhaust gases coming out of the exhaust manifold.

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Chevrolet Engine Global Exhaust 249

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Computer-generated image of the Turbulent Jet Igniter, designed to replace the spark plug in a modern spark ignition combustion system. MAHLE set out to make its jet ignition system more commercially feasible by applying off-the-shelf hardware and modern control systems to a novel pre-chamber design. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Engine 2010 Plug-in San Diego 285

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2010

Direct injection (DI) is integrated by replacing the twin spark ignition with a single spark plug on the exhaust side with the DI device in place of the removed spark plug on the intake side. FEV engineers also integrated independent, fully-variable intake and exhaust cam phasing using components from Mahle and Hydraulik Ring.

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Downsizing Congress 2010 Engine 199

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Mercedes-Benz is offering five newly developed and modified engines—four of them with direct injection—for the new E-Class Coupé, offering more power with lower fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions than their predecessors. All of the engines for the new E-Class Coupé are EU5-compliant. New four-cylinder diesel.

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Mercedes Engine CO2 Power 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Certification of these engines means that the Cummins 2010 engine line-up for on-highway applications meets the near zero emissions levels required for all engines manufactured in 2010. Cummins will utilize Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) technology to meet the EPA 2010 near-zero emissions standards. Tags: Brief.

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2010 EPA Engine Fuel Economy 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2009

The increased combustion efficiency and control helps to reduce emissions, particularly during cold starts, which is when the bulk of emissions are created. The fuel delivery system features a high-pressure stainless steel feed line and a pressure-regulated fuel rail, without a conventional fuel return line from the engine to the tank.

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Gasoline Engine Oil-Sands Saturn 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

CDTI ) has received a diesel emissions reduction technology development grant under the New Technology Research and Development (NTRD) program from the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) totaling $960,971. Recent changes in US and European legislation provide new emissions guidelines designed to simultaneously reduce NO 2 and PM.

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Houston Grant Diesel Texas 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2009

CO 2 emissions for the CNG SLK are 150 g/km (NEDC), with fuel consumption of 5.6 Extensive detail optimizations enabled the development of a single-pipe exhaust system which fulfills both the NVH and exhaust gas back pressures requirements. Tags: Natural Gas. kg CNG/100km.

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Exhaust Gas Cars Gasoline 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2009

TFSI, the low-emission A4 3.0 Designed from scratch, the new turbocharged, gasoline direct injection 1.2 The TDI low-emission system (shown for Q7). An AdBlue metering module, which injects the solution in pulses for optimal distribution, combined with various sensors regulate the AdBlue injection. Click to enlarge.

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Audi MPH Diesel MPG 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2010

KG of Esslingen (Germany) uses bushings made of DuPont Vespel TP polyimide to position and guide the cylindrical operating rods of EGR slip-in valves (EGR = Exhaust Gas Recirculation). Wahler worked closely with DuPont from early on in the design phase for these valves, versions of which are also used in numerous engines from other OEMs.

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Engine Polymer Exhaust Parts 199

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2009

Debuting in the next-generation F-Series Super Duty truck, the new diesel engine will deliver improvements in torque, horsepower and fuel economy while adding more fueling flexibility—the engine is sanctioned for up to B20 biodiesel blends—and meeting 2010 emissions requirements. All-new design. Click to enlarge.

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Diesel Ford Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

The four-passenger, two-door mega city vehicle (MCV) car can drive 50 kilometers (31 miles) emission-free in city traffic on its 12 kWh battery pack before the range extender kicks in. Via a special circuit, the climate control loop also functions as a heat pump that regulates the temperature of the cabin and the battery. Performance.

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Extended Range Audi Range Electric Vehicles 247

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2010

milliseconds, allowing the fuel injection to be very sensitively and precisely adjusted to the current load and engine speed, with a beneficial effect on emissions, fuel consumption and combustion noise. and exhaust sides. CO 2 emissions have likewise fallen by 22%, from 288 g/km to 224 g/km. Dual turbos on the V8.

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Mercedes Engine Gasoline Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

This technology also optimizes phasing on both intake and exhaust camshafts by spinning them ever so slightly to advance or retard valve timing, resulting in improved throttle response at initial throttle tip-in, reduced emissions at part throttle and enhanced efficiency at higher rpm. Electrical loading optimization design.

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Fuel Economy Economy Ford Downsizing 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

A limit was imposed on emissions from the power plants, and utilities were allowed to buy and sell permits to comply. These reductions in power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) were achieved at a significantly lower cost than originally assumed. greenhouse gas emissions. Participating U.S.

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