Downsizing Ford Oil Resource 
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
OPEC governments downsize their budgets, cut social spending and put big projects on hold to lower the breakeven price. But these are just the costs of lifting oil out of the ground. State-owned oil companies often have many more responsibilities than just producing oil. Last week, Denbury Resources Inc.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 25, 2015
A team of engineers from GM Powertrain, Ford and FCA have published a detailed review of how to estimate the engine efficiency benefits of higher octane fuel—e.g., fuel with higher ethanol content—for part- and full-load operation for different engine types and fuel assumptions. In their study, Leone et al.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 14, 2014
Source: MECA, Ford Motor Company. GDI technology provides fuel efficiency benefits from charge air cooling, more facile turbocharging, and the downsizing that these permit. Resources. Particle number vs. particle mass for various LDV engine technologies. Click to enlarge. smooth running. Matti Maricq, Joseph J.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 26, 2009
The resulting higher BMEP levels allow downsizing of the engine at equivalent vehicle performance. EBS has a collaborative R&D agreement with Ford, and participated in the study reported at the World Congress. In the study, Ford applied the E85 boosting approach to two engines: an early prototype 3.5-liter Earlier post.)
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2014
Source: Ford. At the US Department of Energy (DOE) Annual Merit Review in Washington, DC last week, Cory Weaver from Ford Research and Advanced Engineering reported that Ford has completed the planned build of 12 units of the new engine, and is working on vehicle integration for further testing per the project timeline.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 17, 2011
Methanol first surfaced as a potentially interesting transportation fuel in the wake of the oil crisis in 1973. The concept has been demonstrated and proven in systematic dynamometer tests at Ford. Resources. The early interest resulted in several programs, mainly based in California, for its use. —Bromberg and Cheng.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 23, 2015
A comparison of the benefits of two different cylinder deactivation operating strategies for downsized 3-cylinder engines such as the 1.0L That may be, but Ford is exploring ways to further improve the fuel efficiency of the three-cylinder design, including the possible use of cylinder deactivation. Schamel et al. Click to enlarge.
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