Green Car Reports
JUNE 18, 2015
How are fuel-efficient are some of today's smaller cars? It turns out that they now actually equal the fuel economy of larger motorcycles--which is pretty amazing for a four-seat vehicle weighing more than a ton. Especially since the motorcycles returning comparable gas-mileage figures weigh about one-fifth as much.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2012
FEV performed engine mappings in a dynamometer test cell to evaluate the fuel economy of Pinnacle’s TP90 scooter engine compared to a benchmark engine (N15) from Pinnacle’s Asian OEM partner. This combination of variable compression ratio and our operating mode gets us huge fuel economy wins.
Green Car Congress
MAY 6, 2013
This downsizing enables lower fuel consumption, accompanied by low emissions and optimum weight. The 4-cylinder Sprinter features a 7-speed automatic transmission with torque converter—the only 7-speed automatic transmission to feature in a van—is refined for maximum fuel economy.
Green Cars News
MAY 3, 2009
The development will be carried out in Changan’s petrol engine platform and has the objective of achieving a significant fuel economy benefit using Orbital’s FlexDI technology. It is hoped that with fuel economy improvements, the Euro IV emission levels will be achieved.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 24, 2012
Pinnacle Engines’ 110cc production-intent prototype packaged for a motorcycle application. The company has recently completed a 110cc production-intent prototype, which it began testing in February. Pinnacle Engines’ 4-stroke opposed-piston engine. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. 2/12/07 GM is aggressively pursuing plug-in hybrids "because of the tremendous potential to significantly increase fuel economy," according to spokesman Brian Corbett.
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