Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2012
In Consumer Reports ’ latest survey , 35% of US respondents report driving fewer miles than they did a year ago. The survey, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, found that car owners were open to different ways of saving at the pump, from downsizing to looking at hybrids, electric cars, or models with diesel engines.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 27, 2015
unveiled the planned production model of its all-new fuel cell vehicle (FCV), called Clarity Fuel Cell, at the 44 th Tokyo Motor Show 2015. The name honors its predecessor, the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle, introduced at the LA Auto Show in 2007. The fuel cell powertrain was made as compact as a Honda 3.5L
Green Car Congress
JULY 7, 2015
Honda has set a new Guinness World Records title for “Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars)”, recording an average 83 mpg US (2.82 l/100 km) over 8,387 miles (13,498 km), in a 25-day drive across all 24 EU contiguous countries. Earlier post.) Behind the wheel of a Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 hours, each day.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 3, 2017
In separate presentations at the 2017 SAE High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium in Detroit, R&D executives from GM and Ford each stressed the importance of improved, advanced fuels—among other technology developments—for their future engine efficiency gains and for long-term CO 2 emissions goals. An enabler is more reactive fuels.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2016
hybrid vehicles, downsizing, plug-ins)—or under some specific operating conditions (e.g. Fuel efficiency and fully-independent vacuum generation were objectives for the development of the UP5.0. This equates to fuel savings of 0.2 miles per gallon. With the advent of new powertrain technologies (e.g.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 11, 2016
began sales in Japan of its all-new fuel cell vehicle (FCV), the Clarity Fuel Cell. Honda is planning to introduce the Clarity Fuel Cell to Europe and the US before the end of 2016. The fuel cell powertrain was made as compact as a Honda 3.5L The fuel cell powertrain was made as compact as a Honda 3.5L
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 16, 2013
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). GDI is a strategy to improve fuel efficiency that is rapidly gaining market acceptance, as illustrated by the popularity of Ford’s GDI EcoBoost engines. and fuel properties.
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