Cars That Think

MARCH 12, 2023

Extrapolating from company targets, a future compact-size Lucid—think the size of Tesla Model 3 or Model Y—could decisively downsize its battery without sacrificing useful range. All this could grant the ultimate, elusive wish for EV makers: Price parity with internal-combustion automobiles. More useable space for passengers and cargo.

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Batteries Battery Supplies GM 94

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Advanced combustion technologies alone could reduce CO 2 tailpipe emissions by 40% from current average levels for new-vehicle fleets of 250 to 270 grams per kilometer (g/km) in the United States, 150 to 170 g/km in Europe, 130 to 140 g/km in Japan, and 200 to 215g/km in China, according to the analysis. However, China is a major wildcard.

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Green Car Congress

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. Compared with the standard cylinder head, it was possible to increase the swirl level in the combustion chamber.

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Engine Hybrid Fuel Exhaust 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The latest Euro VI emission standards, for example, comparable in stringency to US 2010 standards, became effective in 2013. Essentially, the use of the Cobra supercharger helps reduce engine-out emissions, effectively making Eminox’s task easier. —Andy Dickinson, the senior manager at CPT responsible for Cobra.

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Vehicles Exhaust Emissions Diesel 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2012

liter Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder gasoline engine, significantly downsized from the previous 2.5-liter liter unit while maintaining performance standards. Fusion will be produced at Ford’s Hermosillo, Mexico, manufacturing facility, soon adding production at AutoAlliance International Plant in Flat Rock, Mich.

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Fusion Plug-in Hybrid Ford 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Its work on powertrains focuses on two main areas: the development of a range of electric motors for all-electric vehicles, and new technologies for conventional engines, including a new generation of turbocharged internal combustion engines as well as on new automatic transmissions. Electric motors. liter bracket.

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Engine Motor Motors Motoring 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

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 Continuing Opel’s strategy of downsizing, a new 103 kW/140hp 1.4 The new, downsized 103 kW/140 hp 1.4-liter L/100 km (51 mpg US).

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Exhaust MPG Gasoline-Electric Engine 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Kia Motors Europe will unveil a new Kia cee’d GT Line specification at the 85 th Salon International de l’Automobile in Geneva on 3 March. In addition to a range of visual upgrades, the new cee’d GT Line features the debut of Kia’s all-new downsized 1.0-liter Kia cee’d GT Line. Click to enlarge. World premiere for Kia’s new 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2011

A long-term trajectory should therefore be defined for Europe within a predictable regulatory framework. Bioethanol expansion would need additional standards for higher blending ratios, going from E5 to E10 in 2011 and then possibly to E20. The sustainability safeguards for biofuels should be reviewed to prevent i.a.

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Alternative Fuels Fuel Europe Gas-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

A 2025 CO 2 target of an average 70 g/km for new cars in the EU could be met with very little electrification and with an average payback period of less than 4 years, according to a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). Peter Mock, Managing Director of ICCT Europe. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

3 B-Cycle gasoline engine is the first example of Volkswagen’s “Rightsizing” strategy—an engine development strategy that looks to for the optimal balance of displacement, output, torque and efficiency based on vehicle class and real-world operating conditions, rather than just seeking to downsize. Third, the EA888 2.0TSI Gen.3

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2015

In Europe, Volkswagen has introduced the new Golf TSI BlueMotion featuring a new 1.0-liter, Despite its efficiency, the Golf TSI BlueMotion with the 85 kW / 114 hp downsized 999 cc EA211-series engine reaches 100 km/h in 9.7 Based on the interplay of various internal engine modifications—i.e., l/100 km (54.7

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Gasoline MPG Exhaust Engine 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Hyundai Motor’s new downsized 1.0 Honeywell unveiled its annual survey in advance of the Frankfurt International Motor Show (IAA). Coming in two performance versions, the standard-power 100 PS (74 kW) version is tuned for best fuel efficiency. T-GDI and 1.4 The fuel economy-focused three-cylinder 1.0-liter

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In one way, the program in question—the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—is a relic from a bygone era. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which stewards the RFS, had repeatedly downsized the targets by nearly 25 percent. Meanwhile, agriculture industry lobbyists fought just as hard against those reductions.). In 2016, a U.S.

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Fuel South Korea Renewable Tax Credit 78

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

The Modular Transverse Matrix standardizes many vehicle component parameters across brands and vehicle classes. liter) – are also setting new standards in the Modular Transverse Matrix for energy efficiency, lightweight construction and high torque performance. At the same time, it offers access to new technologies.

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Engine Exhaust Diesel Gasoline-Electric 294

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

Our customers are downsizing their engines to meet stringent CO2 requirements. Michael Gassen, general director, Delphi Powertrain Systems and Delphi Europe, Sales & Marketing. Delphi says that the common rail system will suit future generations of downsized engines in a range of vehicle classes.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The XHT is a new generation of plug-in hybrid drive train ready to multiply the gas mileage of any SUV or any standard sedan." ( Company PressRelease ) BYD Auto top 2/3/08 BYD Auto Co., told the Nikkei International Automotive Conference in Tokyo. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! 11/11/06 General Motors Corp. Bloomberg ).

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