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Baua Electric
MAY 29, 2024
This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The 2025 Cadillac Optiq EV arrives later this year, and Green Car Reports recently got up close with it. Toyota, Subaru, and Mazda are allying to build downsized engines for hybrid models —engines that would potentially burn hydrogen or e-fuels in addition to gasoline.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 25, 2012
The XL Hybrids system in place. reduction in fuel consumption achieved with XL Hybrids’ aftermarket hybrid electric powertrain ( earlier post ) on a light-duty cargo van on the UDDS cycle (urban conditions). Integration of the XL Hybrids (XLH) system is right at the tail housing of the transmission. Both the 2.0
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 25, 2012
Cleeves told Green Car Congress that the smaller 110 cc engine (Pinnalce had earlier been working on a larger 250cc proof of concept) exhibits a bit more friction, with more of an impact at lighter load, due to some design choices the company made partly due to geometry issues in trying to pack the engine into the constrained scooter space.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 4, 2011
However, while Mazda plans to offer hybrid vehicles in the medium-term, its engineers are pushing hard to increase the efficiencies of both the gasoline and diesel platforms, moving toward what they call “the ideal Internal Combustion Engine. Extreme compression ratio rather than downsizing. Although downsizing—i.e.,
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Kia unveiled three major hybrid offerings at the Chicago Auto Show: the 2017 Niro Hybrid Utility Vehicle; the new Optima Hybrid; and the new Optima Plug-in Hybrid. liter GDI four-cylinder engine, engineered specifically for hybrid applications. The Niro features an all-new, advanced Kappa 1.6-liter
Green Cars News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Its dive into the financial doldrums was short-lived however, and on July 10, 2009, the company bounced back with the formation of a new, downsized GM (see article ). diesel engine for light trucks. According to Bob Lutz, the company’s vice-chairman, the problem with diesel is the added expense of the car.
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In About Dr. Frank.
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