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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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

liter Turbo Diesel engines for Ram Heavy Duty pickups and Chassis Cab trucks while continuing to grow its partnership with Chrysler, which began 21 years ago. million Cummins Turbo Diesel engines for Dodge Ram Heavy Duty trucks since 1989. Tags: Brief. Cummins will supply 6.7-liter Cummins has produced over 1.7 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have presented preliminary proposals aimed at closing compliance loopholes for medium- and heavy-duty diesel engines using SCR-based NO x emissions control systems for 2011 and later model years. This occurs during stop-and-go traffic.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Each cylinder has a central direct injector with cooled EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) as an integral part of the cylinder heads. Tags: Brief. Technical features of the engine include a chain-driven, double overhead camshaft with four valves per cylinder. Each valve is driven by finger followers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2010

The MBtech Reporter concept plug-in hybrid pickup truck study recently introduced at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover featured a customized drive concept named “DualX E-Drive” The drive system combines a 70 kW electric motor with a turbocharged 1.2-liter liter, four-cylinder combustion engine with exhaust gas.

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MAY 29, 2009

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) will be testing in daily operation three different types of hybrid refuse collection trucks and a hybrid rack truck. The trucks were unveiled at the Parks & Recreation Department’s 21 st Annual Vehicle & Equipment Show in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens.

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APRIL 24, 2009

With its ongoing push to be fully capable in transmission and driveline design, development, and testing, FEV decided to produce a couple of demonstrations of capability (the Caliber and the Wankel APU) that prospects could see and drive. Design, analysis and packaging. Vehicle exhaust and evaporative emission calibration.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

Functional architecture, position and standardization of interfaces for power and data, distributed x-by-wire systems and design rules for the plug-in electrified vehicle and its structural architecture matching new requirements and fail-safe aspects. Tags: Batteries Engines Europe Fuels Hydrogen Plug-ins Policy Research. Resources.

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Green Cars News

JULY 1, 2009

Ronn Motors CEO, Ron Maxwell, commented, “We have completed exhaustive research, extensive testing and retesting, dedicating thousands of man hours in our quest for the ultimate solution. However, the most significant fuel savings come at a cost, and that cost is a major sacrifice of emissions reduction. Ronn Motor Company, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The valve shoots into the combustion chamber and takes a sample of the exhaust gases (brown) within one millisecond. Researchers at the Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich, TUM) are developing a diesel engine that is close to meeting the future Euro 6 emissions standard without aftertreatment.

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Diesel Engine Exhaust Gas 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2010

Ford’s all-new 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks are equipped with new diesel and gasoline engine powertrains that deliver improvements in torque, horsepower and fuel economy. Trucks equipped with the new base 6.2-liter The second key component of the torque converter is the closed-piston design. The 2011 Ford Super Duty.

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Fuel Economy Economy Diesel Gasoline 220

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

With Ford adopting Honeywell turbo technologies to boost its 2011 Super Duty Trucks, Honeywell says it will be turbocharging 70% of the US diesel light truck segment. General Motors uses Honeywell turbo technologies in its light duty diesel trucks as well. Tags: Brief. Ford’s new 6.7-liter Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

On 15 Sep, NHTSA and the US EPA proposed a joint rulemaking on fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions for light duty vehicles: an average new car 34.1 The 250 g/mile of CO 2 equivalent emissions limit by EPA is equivalent to 35.5 Three of the NHTSA scenarios for penetration of technologies for light trucks for MY 2016.

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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

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MAY 27, 2009

The ethanol industry would like to raise the amount to 15% or 20%, but they are facing strong resistance from automakers and small equipment manufacturers who believe 15% blends may damage the 97% plus engines on the market that weren't designed to run on anything more than 10% ethanol. gasoline would need to be greater than $2.80/gallon

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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.

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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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