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Williams F1 Team and Mercedes-Benz enter long-term engine partnership; downsized turbo hybrid Power Units

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The 2014 regulations require covering a 300 km (186-mile) race distance on a fuel load of just 100 kg. The new ERS will recover energy from both the exhaust turbine and the rear axle, as well as deploying energy back to both. Williams will continue to manufacture its own transmission. liter V8 engines to 1.6

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Ford study suggests GDI engines can meet coming California and US PM emissions standards over 150k miles; more work to be done

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2021) over a 150,000-mile vehicle lifetime, but that further work must be done to address achieving the more stringent 1 mg/mi target (LEV III in 2025). Homogeneous GDI provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Earlier post.) —Maricq et al.

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Report: Mercedes pulls the plug on range-extended EV possibilities

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2024 Mercedes-Benz EQS The engine ran on the Miller cycle to improve efficiency at the near-constant-rpm operation a range extender is likely to experience, as well as a front-mounted exhaust system for packaging efficiency, according to the report. But in 2021 it aborted that plan. In that case, the small combustion engine was set to be a 1.5-liter

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Simulation study suggests ORC waste heat recovery system could deliver potential 7% improvement in fuel consumption in a PHEV on highway

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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. The OSU EcoCAR prototype vehicle features an extended-range electric architecture with a downsized 1.8L —Marcello Canova.

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Study finds catalyzed gasoline particulate filters effective at reducing particulate and PAH emissions from GDI engines

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Bottom: Total particle-phase PAH emissions, expressed in ng/mile, for both test vehicles over the LA92 cycle. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and nitrated PAHs were quantified in both the vapor and particle phases of the PM, with the GPF-equipped vehicles practically eliminating most of these species in the exhaust. Yang et al.

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Porsche unveils 2017 version of 919 Hybrid Le Mans prototype

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The engine combines downsizing turbo technology with efficient direct fuel injection; it delivers just under 500 hp (368 kW) and is the most efficient combustion engine from Porsche to date. The remaining 40% is generated by the exhaust energy recovery system. To recover exhaust energy, a small turbine is fitted in the exhaust tract.

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MECA report assesses technology feasibility for heavy-duty diesel trucks to meet lower NOx standards by 2024

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Finally, the technologies considered in the assessment were assumed to be designed to meet a 435,000-mile full-useful life (FUL) and a 350,000-mile or 5-year warranty, with the latter going into effect in 2022 in California. The cost of controlling NO x to 0.05 g/bhp-hr in 2024 and to 0.02 Credit: MECA.

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