Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2016

One significant trend is engine downsizing coupled with turbocharging. Smaller, turbocharged engines can be used to raise fuel economy while meeting or exceeding the power and torque of larger engines, allowing engine downsizing and improved fuel economy with little or no performance compromise.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 12, 2022

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Could faster-charging batteries save raw materials? And Honda rolls out a new generation of the CR-V Hybrid, with hopes for it to be a sporty, high-mpg sales leader. Honda revealed a new generation of its Honda CR-V.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

HyBoost achieves this by combining aggressive 50% downsizing of the engine with an electric supercharger for transient low-speed performance, and a micro-hybrid stop-start and energy recuperation systems, Boggs said. Downsizing the 2.0-liter Click to enlarge. —David Boggs. Micro-hybrid market. million units per year by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

In implementing this 50% downsizing by swept volume, the research team delivered zero degradation in driveability, performance or acceleration. Earlier post.). The HyBoost concept is based on a 2009 Ford Focus in which a 2.0L naturally aspirated four-cylinder gasoline engine has been replaced with a 1.0L three-cylinder EcoBoost engine.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2012

Simulation study finds Miller version of Scuderi engine can deliver twice the BMEP as naturally aspirated version, theoretically enabling 50% downsizing while maintaining performance. Applying the Miller cycle to the Scuderi engine (right) entails downsizing of the compression cylinder. Source: Scuderi. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2011

Ricardo will assist Lifan Automobile Group based in Chongqing, China, with the development of a family of highly downsized gasoline engines capable of meeting future Chinese and international fuel economy and emissions regulations. capacity platform offering a competitive balance of performance, fuel economy, manufacturing cost and weight.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The company you probably once knew for its calculators and computers is still around—developing critical components for electric-car chargers. Texas Instruments is marketing a new generation of gallium nitride field-effect transistors (GaN FETs), which the company claims can double the power density of onboard chargers for electric cars.

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Green Cars News

JULY 24, 2012

The Green Piece Column. Alfa Romeo has this week proven how to make downsizing fun, engaging and a treat for enthusiasts: it has launched the MiTo 875cc TB TwinAir 85. Tuesday 24 July, 2012. As its name suggests, it is indeed a 0.875-litre engine – even more intriguing than that, it boasts just two cylinders, [.].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

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.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2011

’s decision to cut stop producing the Colt subcompact there highlight the a downsizing trend in Europe for Japanese carmakers as the new-vehicle market there shrinks. The Nikkei writes that Daihatsu Motor Co.’s ’s withdrawal from new-vehicle sales in Europe and Mitsubishi Motors Corp.’s Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

The new Advanced Elastoval II piston is lighter, delivers increased power outputs and can withstand the higher pressures that occur late in the combustion cycle of highly charged downsized engines. The Advanced Elastoval II piston architecture is up to 20% lighter than previous. generation pistons.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2013

Volkswagen predicts fuel highway fuel economy will improve by up to 17% with the downsized engine. The Beetle and Beetle Convertible 2.5-liter liter engine will be replaced by the 1.8-liter liter turbocharged four cylinder during the 2014 model year. Electro-mechanical power steering replaces the 2.5’s s hydraulic setup.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation will rely on a powertrain strategy based on its new downsized 4-cylinder VEA (Volvo Environmental Architecture) engine platform ( earlier post ) and hybrids for the US market, said John Maloney, recently appointed President of Volvo Cars, US, in an interview at the Detroit Auto Show. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The Volvo Car Corporation is introducing a new, downsized engine range consisting solely of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines. It proves that downsized engines can go hand in hand with our customers’ expectations on luxury and driving pleasure. It’s time to stop counting cylinders.

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

They have downsized engines across model lines, usually adding turbochargers at the same time to match the power output of the larger-displacement engines that they. When it comes to improving fuel efficiency, simply making an engine smaller is a fairly direct way to get results.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2020

Tesla enthusiasts have been eagerly anticipating the upcoming episode of Jay Leno's Garage in which CEO Elon Musk lets Leno drive the Cybertruck in Southern California. That episode is just a few days away; and to get you to its Wednesday evening CNBC debut they’ve recently released a teaser suggesting Musk might disclose some new.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2012

The 2012 APEAL Study finds that 27% of new-vehicle buyers who replaced a vehicle downsized—i.e., The downsizing trend also has an impact on owner satisfaction with the fuel economy of their new vehicle. purchased a new vehicle in a smaller segment than the vehicle they replaced. Power and Associates.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2014

Google and the IEEE have launched the Littlebox Challenge—an open competition to design and build a small kW-scale inverter with the highest power density (of at least 50 W/in 3 , or 3.05 kW/L) in an enclosure of less than 40 in 3 in volume (0.66L).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

The need to reduce CO 2 emissions is leading to downsized engines, heavily boosted by turbo- or supercharging. The Rotrak solution overcomes this constraint by connecting the supercharger to the engine by a compact variable drive, allowing efficient operation across the whole engine speed range.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Schematic of downsized and supercharged four-stroke hybrid pneumatic spark injection engine. The reduction in fuel consumption is obtained mainly through enabling the effective use of a heavily downsized engine, rather than from regenerative efficiency. The major part of this gain is due to downsizing the engine. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Appealing product cost versus other green technologies, capability to operate at heavy duty conditions in harsh environments and tolerance to low purity hydrogen are key advantages. The hydrogen engine is controlled by a proprietary PUNCH control unit.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 19, 2013

Downsizing", as it''s called, involves using a smaller engine to do the work of a larger alternative--usually through turbocharging--while enjoying the fuel efficiency benefits associated with its size. Noticed engines getting smaller recently? You''re not alone. Engineering firm Ricardo thinks this will continue, and not just in small.'

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The plug-in series hybrids would have used dramatically downsized engines—a turbo-2 for the EQS—while halving the EV battery pack. Lucid adds a heat pump and subtracts charging time for its range-leading Air electric sedan. And why is each EV still losing thousands to full-line automakers?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

This marks Toyota’s first downsizing of its HSD technology. Making its world debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Yaris HSD concept anticipates Toyota’s intention to bring its full hybrid Hybrid Synergy Drive (HSD) technology to the B-segment, the biggest volume segment in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2010

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed a cost-effective new material for valve seat inserts that helps manufacturers meet the durability demands of engine downsizing and alternative or high-octane blended fuels.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

This is a downsized platform from the prior 5.2L Audi will present its new S models for the first time at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA). The new S6, S7 and S8 feature a new 4.0L TFSI V8 with cylinder deactivation (cylinder-on-demand), energy recuperation and start-stop system). naturally aspirated V10.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

Downsizing from an average premium vehicle requiring an 80kWh to a 50kWh battery pack could save approximately 200kg from the EV’s weight (the equivalent weight of 3-4 people) and importantly, could reduce the build cost of the car by $4,500, depending on metal cost fluctuations and energy density improvements.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 28, 2020

Hyundai hybrids tackle battery downsizing with a novel approach. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. What started with the Prius has now hit 15 million. And Chicago is requiring more EV charge points. Chicago has made a move that requires more charge points to be installed in large-scale residential and commercial development.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2009

A study by engineers from Mahle Powertrain Ltd and BP found strong synergy between spark ignition (SI) engine downsizing and fuel containing low-to-moderate amounts of alcohol, including ethanol and butanol. The team presented a paper on their work at the recent SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Cairns et al. SAE 2009-01-0138).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2009

Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed an innovative aluminum piston design that can reliably withstand the mechanical and thermal loads produced by heavily boosted engines, thereby enhancing diesel engine performance and supporting diesel downsizing. The grain size of the re-melted part is approximately one tenth of the as-cast size.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

The new Polo GTI, in what Volkswagen is calling “textbook downsizing”, is powered by a new 1.4-liter The new Volkswagen Polo GTI. Click to enlarge. Volkswagen is premiering the new Polo GTI. liter TSI with gasoline direct injection plus turbo- and supercharging.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 24, 2020

Land Rover downsizes engines and upsizes batteries. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Kia peeks at the next wave of electric cars from the brand. And Porsche says yes to a rear-wheel drive version of its Taycan.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2020

What looks like a modern-but-downsized electric VW Microbus? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending July 31, 2020. Which Chinese brand is aiming to have the most affordable EV in the U.S. General Motors showed a little more of its upcoming GMC Hummer EV on.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2009

Continuing to emphasize a downsizing approach, Volkswagen presented two new engines at the at the 30 th Vienna Engine Symposium (7-8 May): the 1.2-liter Downsizing is rigorously being developed in the volume segments with the 1.2 Click to enlarge. liter TSI gasoline engine and the 1.6-liter liter TDI diesel. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

Christopher Thomas, BorgWarner VP, Advanced Engineering, Engine Group and VP, Advanced Engineering, Drivetrain Group presented the basic concepts of VEMB and current BorgWarner test results at the recent SAE 2012 High Efficiency IC Engine Symposium.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 18, 2019

Seres, the startup electric carmaker formerly known as SF Motors, is shelving plans to bring a new electric car to market in the U.S. The electric-car company was founded in 2017 when the Chinese industrial company Sokon bought the battery-technology company founded by former Tesla CEO and founder Martin Eberhard. At the Shanghai auto show in.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The project’s focus on sustainability is evident beyond the target of delivering zero-emission transport for rapid response fleets, such as in the use of recycled carbon-fiber in the motorcycle’s construction, and the selection of a downsized battery pack with fast charging capability that reduces the use of rare earth materials.

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