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GM, Ford R&D execs stress importance of improved, advanced fuels for future engine efficiency gains, GHG goals

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According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. We don’t need new fuels, we need improved gasoline with high RON, high sensitivity and low variability. Compression rations between 13 and 14 to maximize work extraction. Near zero sulfur (.

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Camry hybrid, Ioniq 5 N reviews; Prius and Cybertruck recalls; Highlander EV: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N And on a first drive of the 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N , Green Car Reports found what might be a motorsports game-changer—an EV that brings more emotion and joy to high-performance driving, with the capability to keep its cool out on the track. Plus, reportedly, Toyota’s “bZ” nomenclature might already be toast.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Hyundai Partnering with Korean battery companies for hybrids. Company says its focusing on gasoline and hydrogen. Shifted earlier focus to all-electric Focus in 2011 with Magna.

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