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MAY 31, 2024

Toyota, Mazda, and Subaru conducted a press event designed to explain why they’re walking away from full-blown electrification. The event was hosted by a trio of Japanese CEOs and their top engineers to explain to the world how they planned on tackling emissions regulations without being overwhelmingly reliant on battery electric automobiles.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co Ltd (JAC) and Ricardo are collaborating on a project to develop the Ricardo HyBoost concept ( earlier post )—a combination of low-cost technologies to deliver improved performance and fuel economy which featured recently in the Ricardo Centenary celebrations —into volume production on a JAC vehicle.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Ricardo will display the first functional integration prototype of the Advanced Diesel Electric Powertrain (ADEPT) collaborative research project ( earlier post ) in public for the first time this week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV 2014) in the UK. 48V Diesel Fuel Efficiency'

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Hyundai Motor America said it will introduce to eight new or re-engineered crossover utility vehicles (CUVs) in the United States by the year 2020. Hyundai said it will showcase its latest gasoline engine, diesel engine, hydrogen fuel cell ( earlier post ) and battery electric technologies in these vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

In the HyBoost project, Ricardo, Ford Motor Company, Control Power Technologies (CPT) and the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC) demonstrated a concept they termed “intelligent electrification”. —Ricardo chief technology and innovation officer Professor Neville Jackson.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

At a “Go Further with Ford” event in Amsterdam, Ford Motor Company detailed plans for an aggressive product acceleration in Europe, targeting opportunities for growth in the large car, SUV and commercial vehicle segments while emphasizing fuel economy and enabling technologies such as the EcoBoost engines. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 1, 2012

Delphi Automotive has developed a common rail fuel system technology for heavy-duty diesel engines that combines proven hardware with an innovative architecture, allowing vehicle manufacturers to meet Euro VI emissions standards without significant modification to their base engines.

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JANUARY 14, 2014

liter EA888 Gen3 engine featured in Audi’s all-road shooting brake plug-in hybrid concept unveiled at the North American International Auto Show this week ( earlier post ) features—as does its production ilk—a dual injection system that combines direct injection with indirect injection into the intake manifold. Credit: Audi.

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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.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2013

The all-new 2015 Lincoln MKC small premium utility, unveiled last week, offers an all-new engine—a 2.3-liter Ford says the engine can deliver up to 15% better fuel economy than comparable six-cylinder engines. Other engines in Ford’s EcoBoost family are the 1.0-liter liter four-cylinder engines; and the 3.5-liter

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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.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

This week seems pretty eventful for Ferrari. Interestingly, for the first time since the F40, rumours have it that Ferrar won’t use a V12 engine in the upcoming model. The upcoming Ferrari sportscar may use a downsized turbocharged V6 engine paired with a plug-in hybrid technology.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

Damaged pistons are just one of several potential failure modes from engines that exhibit LSPI. LSPI is considered an impediment to aggressive engine downsizing to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. In LSPI, the fuel in the combustion chamber is ignited before the spark event, causing significantly advanced combustion phasing.

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JUNE 29, 2016

The ADEPT project is led by Ricardo in a research partnership including the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC); Controlled Power Technologies (CPT); Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies UK Ltd; Ford Motor Company and the University of Nottingham. ADEPT powertrain architecture.

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JANUARY 11, 2012

KSPG is showcasing the unit, along with other of its engine efficiency technologies such as the UniValve variable valve system, at the Detroit Auto Show. The new power unit consists of a two-cylinder, 800 cc V-type gasoline engine with a vertically positioned crankshaft and two generators with gear wheel drive.

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APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e.,

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MARCH 1, 2016

At the core of Nissan Intelligent Mobility are three areas of innovation: Nissan Intelligent Driving, spearheaded by Nissan’s autonomous drive technology, Piloted Drive; Nissan Intelligent Power, spearheaded by electric vehicles (EV); and Nissan Intelligent Integration—new links between vehicles and society. —Carlos Ghosn, CEO.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

At the 2 nd International Conference Automotive 48 V Power Supply Systems , held last week in Düsseldorf, Germany, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a major sponsor of the event, together with leading car makers and Tier 1 suppliers, argued the need for an internationally agreed 48V electrical standard. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 4, 2010

UK-based Aeristech Ltd, recently secured £500,000 (US$760,000) with help from Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION), to further the development of its Hybrid Turbocharger Technology (HTT), a electromechanical turbocharging system designed to provide superior transient response—i.e., CPT Electric Supercharger.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The diversified manufacturer also said that in addition to boosting engine performance, its superchargers can provide up to a 5% fuel savings and reduce emissions compared to competing technologies. Electronic Limited Slip Differential. The new system is expected to be in production vehicles by 2011.

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JUNE 27, 2017

The all-new 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan—the second-generation of the vehicle—is powered by the latest version of the EA888 four-cylinder engine, the 2.0L This is the only engine/transmission combination available in the Tiguan in the US. TSI EA888 Gen3 B-Cycle (Budack-cycle, earlier post ), coupled with an 8-speed automatic.

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OCTOBER 27, 2015

Employing original Honda technologies, the fuel cell stack for this model was downsized by 33% compared to the previous version of the fuel cell stack yet delivers output of more than 100 kW, with an output density of 3.1 V6 engine, enabling it to be packaged under the hood of a sedan-type vehicle for the first time.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

CPT says that the RegEnBoost system enables a typical family-sized car to achieve less than 100 g/km CO 2 with a 1-liter gasoline engine, but when required can offer the same lively performance and in-gear acceleration of a 2-liter naturally aspirated powertrain. The three components of the RegEnBoost system. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 29, 2018

cubic feet of rear cargo volume, exactly the same volume as the Kona with an internal combustion engine. Further, the steering system was engineered and tuned specifically for Kona Electric’s precise and rapid adjustments in steering feel with changing driving conditions. As a result, Kona Electric offers a generous 19.2 Active safety.

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JANUARY 27, 2014

The 400 hp DIG-T R race engine. liter, three-cylinder turbo gasoline engine weighing only 40 kg (88 lbs) as the companion internal combustion engine for its electric ZEOD RC which will debut at Le Mans this year. liter three-cylinder turbo engine will take over. Click to enlarge. Nissan unveiled a 400 hp (298 kW) 1.5-liter,

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JUNE 16, 2011

According to its estimates, adopting the full combination of improved technologies in medium and large cars and pickup trucks with spark-ignition engines could reduce fuel consumption by 29% at an additional cost of $2,200 to the consumer.

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APRIL 8, 2019

A fuel injector can be heavily damaged by a pre-ignition event (bottom); a new injector is shown above. Pre-ignition in modern engines is largely attributed to oil-fuel mixture droplets igniting before the spark timing. Additionally, an ideally scavenged engine was not found to be limited by pre-ignition. © 2019 Eshan Singh.

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MAY 8, 2013

At the recent 2013 SAE World Congress, engineers from Bosch and AVL presented papers on progress in the ACCESS project, describing the design, combustion development and controls development for a resulting 4-cylinder gasoline turbocharged direct injection (GTDI) engine with part-load HCCI capability. I4 Ecotec engine.

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APRIL 17, 2014

In a presentation at the SAE 2014 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium and then in a paper given at SAE 2014 World Congress, Mark Sellnau, Engineering Manager, Delphi Advanced Powertrain, reported that Brake Specific Fuel Consumption for the 1.8L Earlier post , earlier post.). Background. Earlier post.) DOE UFEV program targets.

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MAY 26, 2015

Engine power (kW). Engine torque (N·m). Both parallel hybrid powertrains—PHEV and HEV—use Hyundai’s Transmission-Mounted Electrical Device (TMED) coupled with a six-speed automatic transmission and the Nu 2.0L (1999 cm 3 ) GDI 4-cylinder DOHC 16-valve engine with DCVVT (Dual Continuously Variable Valve Timing).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ford Motor Company announced that the all-new Ford Mondeo (which is badged as Fusion in the US) in Europe will offer a new high-power diesel engine in addition to a new 1.0L EcoBoost gasoline engine option and a new hybrid option. Engine range. liter TDCi engine. liter TDCi engine. Click to enlarge. A revised 2.0-liter

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MAY 15, 2013

An analysis by FEV of a modeled automotive scale version of Pinnacle’s 4-stroke, spark-ignited (SI), opposed-piston, sleeve-valve architecture engine ( earlier post ) concluded that the engine has the potential to deliver significant additional fuel economy benefits of up to 42.6% configuration of the engine. mpg US (6.3

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OCTOBER 14, 2016

The new system makes use of Aeristech’s motor control technology to derive maximum pressure charging utility from the power available in conventional 12V vehicle architectures. Aeristech’s eSupercharger technology has been publicly validated and exhibited in a prototype vehicle by MAHLE Powertrain UK. The car’s downsized 1.2

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

The eyes of the automotive world continue to focus on the Los Angeles Auto Show, and it’s no surprise after another vehicle made its debut at the event. Featuring a 1.6litre DOHC I-4 engine, the Fiesta delivers an estimated 119hp at 6,000rpm and 109lb-ft of torque at 4,250rpm.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

million (US$25 million) “Evoque_e” collaborative research project to develop new modular hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and battery-electric vehicle (BEV) technology. Evoque_e is a two-year UK government Technology Strategy Board project. Jaguar Land Rover will lead a £16.3-million Jaguar Land Rover will contribute £4 million (US$6.3

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The A dvanced C ombustion C oncepts— E nabling S ystems and S olutions (ACCESS) is developing advanced combustion control concepts along with with an enabling system, subsystem and component level solutions for the management of multi-mode/multi-fuel combustion events. HCCI range extension with boosting.

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APRIL 24, 2012

MJ/kg) (4000 RPM) between 250cc Pinnacle and 200cc poppet valve engine. Net indicated efficiency of the Pinnacle Opposed-Piston engine, CR = 15:1, 87 Octane. Net indicated efficiency of the Pinnacle Opposed-Piston engine, CR = 15:1, 87 Octane. Pinnacle Engines’ 4-stroke opposed-piston engine. Source: Pinnacle.

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