Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Major automotive suppliers see national fuel economy standards as important for long-term planning and investment and don’t want to see them altered by US policymakers, according to a first-of-its-kind industry survey commissioned by CALSTART and conducted by Ricardo Energy & Environment.

Fuel Economy 150

Fuel Economy Auto Economy Standards 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2016

At the 2016 International VDI Congress “Drivetrain for Vehicles” in Friedrichshafen, Germany, John Fuller, Director of Concepts & IP for Torotrak Group, presented and discussed the company’s latest advances to optimize its full-toroidal variator technology for the light vehicle market as applied in continuously variable transmissions (CVTs).

Low Cost 225

Low Cost Downsizing Congress Fuel Economy 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2012

The analysis used the Ohio State University EcoCAR, a student prototype PHEV, as the basis for the preliminary fuel economy evaluation. 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.

Waste 312

Waste PHEV Fuel Exhaust 312

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2016

By rightsizing engines with available technologies, automakers are able to continue applying the benefits of smaller turbocharged engines while fine-tuning powertrain systems to further optimize fuel economy, emissions and performance. E-boosting products can significantly improve engine responsiveness and also provide better fuel economy.

Global 150

Global Sale Transportation Vehicles 150

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. They assumed a baseline fuel economy of 21.4 Click to enlarge. mpg (10.99

Climate 150

Climate Engine Carbon Fuel Economy 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2010

Various combinations of commercially available technologies could greatly reduce fuel consumption in passenger cars, sport-utility vehicles, minivans, and other light-duty vehicles over the next 15 years without compromising vehicle performance or safety, according to a new report by the National Research Council. Engines and Technologies.

Purchase 210

Purchase Lithium Ion Fuel Available 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

The found that using a GPF did not show any fuel economy and CO 2 emission penalties, while the emissions of total hydrocarbons (THC), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen oxides (NOx) were generally reduced. liter downsized turbocharged centrally-mounted direct injection engine. Yang et al. Click to enlarge.

Gasoline 253

Gasoline Emissions Engine Fuel Economy 253

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2014

The company also showed strong improvements in GHG emissions due to its increased use of hybrids and its focus on smaller, turbocharged engines in vehicles ranging from the Ford Focus sedan to the F-150. To develop the ranking, UCS averaged the per-mile emissions for each light-duty vehicle sold by each automaker. Source: UCS.

2013 299

2013 Kia Hyundai Sale 299

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2013

Ford’s EcoBoost technology combines direct fuel injection, turbocharging and variable valve timing to enable a downsized engine to gain fuel economy by up to 20% over larger engines with no loss of performance. The new 3-cylinder, 1.5L liter three-cylinder, 1.6- liter four-cylinders, and two 3.5-liter liter V6 variants.

Engine 281

Engine China Ford Fuel Economy 281

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2012

For the 2013 XF and XJ lineup, Jaguar is adding two new downsized forced induction gasoline powerplants: 3.0-liter The supercharged V8 gasoline engine has fuel economy gains of up to 11% with emissions reductions of more than 8%, while the naturally-aspirated V8 sees economy improvements of up to 8% with emissions down by more than 6%.

Gasoline 225

Gasoline Engine 2013 MPH 225

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

The initiative intends to accelerate the widespread deployment of significantly improved fuels and vehicles (passenger to light truck to heavy duty commercial vehicles) by 2030. High-research octane number (RON) fuels are known to enable more efficient, higher-performance SI operation via engine downsizing and boosting. Earlier post.)

Engine 150

Engine Fuel Fuel Economy Light 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Such a standard will be necessary for the global automotive industry to achieve the economies of scale demanded by original equipment manufacturers. the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP). the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP).

Standards 257

Standards International Vehicles Hybrid 257

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2012

The new Peugeot 208 B-segment supermini, which launches this spring in Europe, will be available in 3- and 5-door bodystyles with a range of gasoline and diesel engines including a new 3-cylinder gasoline engine range and the latest generation of Stop & Start System (e-HDi) diesel engines. 208 gasoline range. 208 diesel range.

Gasoline 236

Gasoline Diesel Engine France 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Below this GVW the technology has already been acquired by Valeo as a supercharger for cars and light commercial vehicle applications. They are inherently robust and reliable, highly efficient over a wide speed range and avoid the use of permanent magnets and rare earth materials. Earlier post.)

Water 370

Water Engine Commercial Diesel 370

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Fiesta—available in four- and five-door bodystyles—will offer North American buyers a new choice of 15 class-exclusive technologies and projected highway fuel economy of 40 mpg, besting the Honda Fit, Nissan Versa and Toyota Yaris and Corolla. Our fuel economy leader is now a PowerShift automatic. The Ford Fiesta’s 1.6-liter

Los Angeles 199

Los Angeles North America Ford MPG 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

Based on test work already carried out, Ricardo estimates that a fuel economy improvement of up to 30% is possible with no loss of power or performance, using a downsized EBDI engine in place of currently available gasoline powertrain technology. fuel economy improvement. liter EBDI engine—resulting in up to a 16.8%

Engine 218

Engine Fuel Economy Energy Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

At the workshop, Kiyoshi Fujiwara, Mazda Executive Officer in charge of project planning and development, suggested unofficially that Mazda engineers think they ultimately may be able to approach 60% thermal efficiency with combustion engines for light duty vehicles. Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Click to enlarge.

Mazda 322

Mazda Engine Gasoline Diesel 322

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

Duratec I-4 unit while contributing to projected fuel economy gains of more than 10%. The global powertrain lineup for the new Focus will include a range of Ford EcoBoost four-cylinder turbocharged direct injection engines—including the 1.6-liter “People downsize cars, not expectations. Fuel metering duties on the 2.0-liter

Ford 199

Ford Engine Global Market 199

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2015

Downsized engines can use increased compression ratios and boost pressures to improve their volumetric efficiency, in order to achieve comparable performance to their larger counterparts. . … According to the review, the conversion of HCs, CO, and NO in the exhaust gas by the catalyst can result in up to a 4.5% —Parsons et al.

Fuel 150

Fuel Exhaust Gas Engine 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2011

Ford is focused on lightweighting as a key enabling technology for lowering fuel consumption in combustion-engined vehicles (ICE) and for extending the range—and the size—of battery electric vehicles (EVs). Taking the displacement down gets you on a percentage basis the best fuel economy value versus other technologies.

Ford 252

Ford Fuel Emissions Vehicles 252

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2013

Early versions of direct injection employed a stratified injection strategy which included late fuel injection and charge air motion to produce a stoichiometric air/fuel mixture in the vicinity of the spark plug and, thereby, avoid pumping losses from the need to throttle the engine at light load. Fuel injectors were side-mounted. Resources.

Standards 246

Standards Emissions Miles Engine 246

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The intended application is light-, medium-, and heavy-duty markets including hybrid architectures. Thrust 1 builds on the significant amount of work carried out over the past several decades, focused on building advanced boosted, downsized, and downspeeded spark ignition engines. Earlier post.)

Engine 150

Engine Fuel Vehicles Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

Maximum torque is available right from low engine speeds and over a broad engine speed range. This downsizing enables lower fuel consumption, accompanied by low emissions and optimum weight. The engineers at Mercedes-Benz have also fine-tuned the Sprinter’s accessory equipment for maximum economy. Accessory equipment.

2014 306

2014 Diesel Standards Exhaust 306

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Combining the cylinder head, exhaust manifold and intercooler with variable wastegate control enhances low speed torque fuel economy. Dual Variable Valve Timing with intelligence (VVT-iW) optimizes torque throughout the engine speed range and allows the engine to start in the Otto cycle and then run in the more fuel efficient Atkinson cycle.

North America 210

North America Lexus America Fuel Economy 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

Future advanced engine and powertrain configurations must address emission and fuel economy requirements for worldwide applications, transition to bio-fuels, and synergies with future powertrain trends. bar BMEP) to investigate the impact of extending the HCCI/SACI operating range and compare the results to traditional SI combustion modes.

Fuel Economy 278

Fuel Economy Economy Fuel Engine 278

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. L/100km), if the vehicles were to meet this CO 2 level all through fuel economy.

Fuel Economy 338

Fuel Economy EPA Economy MPG 338

Green Car Congress

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.) displacements, said Redon. earlier post ). Earlier post.).

Downsizing 150

Downsizing Engine Fuel Gasoline 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

HCCI range extension with boosting. Homogenous charge compression ignition (HCCI) assisted with controlled boost, external EGR and fueling strategies for operation range extension. Two-stage boost—a small supercharger for HCCI, and a regular turbocharger for downsizing. Source: Bosch. Click to enlarge.

Fuel Economy 218

Fuel Economy Gasoline Light Engine 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The new Astra is launching with a complete line-up of eight gasoline and diesel engines ranging from 70 kW/95 hp to 132 kW/180 hp. The average fuel consumption of the four diesel engines ranging from 70 kW/95 hp to 118 kW/160 hp, which are expected to represent almost half of the new Astra cars sold in Europe at launch, is 4.6

Exhaust 199

Exhaust MPG Gasoline-Electric Engine 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. The Most Plausible Early Market consumers value fuel economy. Source: Ken Kurani. Click to enlarge.

PHEV 150

PHEV Fuel Economy San Diego Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2011

Results of this study showed that the pre-chamber jet ignition combustion system roughly matches HCCI fuel economy across both NEDC and FTP drive cycles, with a 13% improvement in fuel economy recorded over the baseline stoichiometric (λ=1) spark ignition combustion system. Click to enlarge. The new study. liter) GM engine.

Fuel Economy 210

Fuel Economy Economy Engine Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

The new funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001461 ) will advance the long-term objective of the Co-Optima initiative to accelerate widespread deployment of significantly improved fuels and vehicles (from passenger to light truck to heavy-duty commercial vehicles) by 2030. Fuel research will focus on low-GHG advanced biofuel/petroleum blends.

Engine 150

Engine Fuel Emissions Pollution 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

To address this request, the NRC formed the Committee on the Assessment of Technologies for Improving Light-Duty Vehicle Fuel Economy. Further, the benefits of some technologies are not completely represented in the tests used to estimate corporate average fuel economy (CAFE).

Fuel 210

Fuel Downsizing Fuel Economy Diesel 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2013

Even in the BRICs, ICE downsizing has become a big deal. The survey found that most companies are hedging their bets and spreading funding across a wide range of areas, with ICE downsizing and plug-in hybrids expected to receive the greatest investment over the next 5 years. Western Europe: 33% believe the share will be 6–10%.

Downsizing 231

Downsizing Global Auto Brazil 231

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

km) of all electric range and a 9.8 Combined fuel economy (mpg). The second-generation hybrid system has been thoroughly enhanced from its predecessor: The downsized GDI engine features an aluminum block and head, a compression ratio of 13.5:1, Engine power (kW). Engine torque (N·m). Compression ratio. 40 93 MPGe.

PHEV 150

PHEV 2016 Hyundai Plug-in 150

Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

With the addition of the all-new EcoBoost engine, the new 2010 Lincoln MKS feature a powertrain that produces a combination of V-8 power and V-6 fuel economy. “We are committed to delivering fuel economy leadership in every new vehicle,&# said Derrick Kuzak, Ford’s group vice president of Global Product Development.

Ford 39

Ford Engine Fuel Economy MPG 39

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

In addition to demonstrating better fuel consumption results than current advanced gasoline engines, the Omnivore engine has successfully demonstrated homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) down to extremely light loads. Simon Wood, Technical Director of Lotus Engineering.

Fuel Economy 218

Fuel Economy Engine Light Fuel 218