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SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

The report expects aluminum to double its share of the light vehicle material mix by 2025 vs. the 2008 EPA baseline vehicle. Using aluminum will extend the efficiencies of other technologies, while enabling secondary cost-savings from downsized powertrains without sacrificing performance. kg) per year per light vehicle.

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MARCH 27, 2020

For the past four years, the Co-Optimization of Fuels & Engines (Co-Optima) National Laboratory consortium has focused research efforts primarily on turbocharged (boosted) spark-ignition (SI) engines for light-duty vehicles. compression ratio, extent of downsizing, etc.). industry, educational institutions, and nonprofits.

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AUGUST 16, 2018

liter gasoline, downsized 2.0-liter The most substantial improvement was seen on the downsized, turbocharged gasoline engine, an architecture that is predicted to be one of the most important as the industry moves to smaller, more highly-stressed spark-ignition engines with or without electrification. liter diesel.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

As the automotive industry continues to look for ways to become more environmentally friendly, Magna continues to leverage its engineering expertise to bring our customers solutions that meet their challenges. Downsizing—leveraging smaller, lighter components while at the same time maintaining function and performance.

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MAY 1, 2012

This concept system is expected to be ideal for heavily downsized applications and developing markets. Delphi also showcased its light-weight new Unit Pump Common Rail (UPCR) system, a cost-effective concept specifically designed for diesel engines with one to four cylinders. New high pressure heavy duty common rail systems.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Based on the results of the study, CAR believes the economic risk to the auto industry connected to mandating permanent fuel economy standards in the long run is “ very serious ” The group recommends periodic review to assess the rate of technology development and cost reduction of advanced technologies leading up to 2025.

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JANUARY 29, 2021

C, an urgent call to action from a global coalition of UN agencies, business and industry leaders. In addition to GM’s carbon goals, the company worked with the Environmental Defense Fund to develop a shared vision of an all-electric future and an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Alcohol-based transportation fuels from a wide range of biomass feedstocks including agricultural, forestry, municipal and industrial waste and specially grown crops and trees can potentially offer a substantial substitute for oil derived fuel. More modest downsizing up to 5 liters could offer a practical solution. In this manner a 3.6

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

This year’s forecast recognizes an industry trend for slightly bigger engine sizes in Europe and China as automakers adapt powertrain strategies to tackle updated emissions regulations developed for real-world driving conditions. The global turbo business is expected to reach almost $12 billion in industry sales in 2021.

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MAY 27, 2014

Honda continues to lead the way in many vehicle classes, but it has started to lag the industry average in its midsize fleet—which includes its best-selling Accord, and accounts for a quarter of the company’s sales. To develop the ranking, UCS averaged the per-mile emissions for each light-duty vehicle sold by each automaker.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Major automotive suppliers see national fuel economy standards as important for long-term planning and investment and don’t want to see them altered by US policymakers, according to a first-of-its-kind industry survey commissioned by CALSTART and conducted by Ricardo Energy & Environment.

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APRIL 3, 2017

According to Brooks, among the technologies GM is looking to in the gasoline engine area are: Continued aggressive downsizing. Additionally, McCarthy noted, while decreasing emissions from the light duty sector will be significantly enabled by increasing electrification, the same does not automatically hold true for freight and aviation.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

MaryAnn Wright, group vice president of Technology and Industry Relations, Johnson Controls Power Solutions, noted that automakers have made significant advances in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions through implementation of several new technologies, such as turbo charging, engine downsizing and light weighting across their fleets.

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MARCH 23, 2011

The basic SM500/3 has a motor length of 555mm, and is targeted for heavier applications as heavy city buses, freight trucks and industrial applications (container terminal tractors). e-Traction is also developing an version of TheWheel targeted for light-duty automotive applications, especially city cars.

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JULY 30, 2009

By bringing together interested parties from each of these industry sectors, Ricardo aims to create a framework in which fundamental challenges in this area can be investigated and researched in a pre-competitive manner for the mutual benefit of participating companies.

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JANUARY 18, 2010

As a point of comparison, the US EPA’s proposed national CO 2 emissions standards for light-duty vehicles under section 202 (a) of the Clean Air Act would require these vehicles to meet an estimated combined average emissions level of 250 grams/mile of CO 2 —155.26 ACEA says that the industry spends €20 billion (US$28.8

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Such a standard will be necessary for the global automotive industry to achieve the economies of scale demanded by original equipment manufacturers. the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP). the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Procedures (WLTP). Click to enlarge. The conference. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 13, 2011

Motor vehicles, particularly passenger cars and light trucks, make up by far the largest end-user segment. The alternative to downsizing is the development of materials that combine relatively low mass (weight) with the requisite strength, flexibility, and other performance criteria. million tons in 2015 after rising at a CAGR of 7.7%

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MARCH 19, 2013

The technical and macro-economic study, commissioned by the European Climate Foundation, focuses on light-duty vehicles. The findings will carry particular significance in light of concerns that rising costs of imported energy might act as a brake on Europe's future economic recovery. The project is taking a phased approach.

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JUNE 28, 2010

The presence of low-speed pre-ignition is considered a major impediment to automobile manufacturers’ efforts to aggressively downsize engines to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. This problem was important enough to the automotive industry that SwRI chose to fund the work internally through our internal research and development program. —Dr.

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MARCH 11, 2014

The output power is more than 100kW, despite significant unit downsizing. With its proprietary, small, light-weight FC Stack and two 70 MPa high-pressure hydrogen tanks placed beneath the specially designed body, the Toyota FCV Concept can accommodate up to four occupants. Toyota’s view of hydrogen.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Additionally, suggested one of the speakers, advanced SIDI (spark-ignited, direct-injection) engines can take light-duty market share back from diesels in Europe based on the same trends. don’t think we expect to see a large market share of light duty diesel in the short term. SULEV/Tier 2 Bin 2 is the target. smog and particulates.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The initiative intends to accelerate the widespread deployment of significantly improved fuels and vehicles (passenger to light truck to heavy duty commercial vehicles) by 2030. High-research octane number (RON) fuels are known to enable more efficient, higher-performance SI operation via engine downsizing and boosting. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Below this GVW the technology has already been acquired by Valeo as a supercharger for cars and light commercial vehicle applications. Switched reluctance motors without the integrated electronics are already deployed extensively in other industries. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

At NACV, Bosch will debut its 15-inch freely programmable cluster, the largest digital cluster available for the commercial vehicle industry. At the North American Commercial Vehicle Show (NACV) in Atlanta this week, Bosch is showcasing its portfolio of automated, connected and electrified technologies for commercial vehicles.

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JULY 4, 2010

to eliminate turbo lag—in support of aggressive engine downsizing. The Carbon Trust supported the initial development phase of the HTT system through its incubation scheme and Aeristech was also awarded R&D grants totaling £500,000 to produce a prototype that was well received by the industry.

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AUGUST 10, 2021

He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, and received a master's degree in industrial management as a Sloan Fellow at MIT. DeWitt downsized his operations after an economic recession hit the United States in 1975. He closed the business in 2018.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The engine should yield fuel efficiency gains of more than 50% compared to a downsized, turbo-charged gasoline direct injection engine, while reducing the overall cost of the powertrain system, said Fabien Redon, Vice President, Technology Development at Achates Power. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 16, 2016

PPG Industries, Inc. Develop and demonstrate technologies to enable a downsized, boosted, lean, low temperature gasoline combustion engine system that improves fuel economy while meeting emissions requirements. PPG Industries, Inc. Ohio State University. General Motors. HRL Laboratories, LLC. 914,771.

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JANUARY 17, 2011

Multiple ways exist for introduction of methanol into the fuel infrastructure (light blends or heavy blends) and into vehicles (light duty or heavy duty applications). There is also the possibility of achieving greenhouse gas reduction by CO2 sequestration in the methanol generation process. Performance of methanol FFVs—i.e.,

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APRIL 27, 2010

We believe that this approach will be commonplace in the industry for the future design of vehicles. —Dr. The near-term scenario is based on applying industry leading mass-reducing technologies, improved materials and component integration and would be assembled using existing facilities. Electrical/Lighting. Closures/Fenders.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

The new funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0001461 ) will advance the long-term objective of the Co-Optima initiative to accelerate widespread deployment of significantly improved fuels and vehicles (from passenger to light truck to heavy-duty commercial vehicles) by 2030. Thrust II – Enable full operability ACI engines.

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

The industry needs to consider the technology that will prepare them to meet these low carbon and ultra-low emission requirements. Currently there is on-going discussion for Euro-VII limits, which is likely to introduce CO 2 reporting combining engine test results with a whole vehicle approach to fuel consumption. —Andy Dickinson.

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DECEMBER 2, 2009

Fiesta features Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing (Ti-VCT) ( earlier post ) which allows the engine to be downsized for fuel economy while continuously optimizing camshaft phasing for throttle response, performance and flexibility. The Ford Fiesta’s 1.6-liter Barb Samardzich, vice president of Ford global powertrain engineering.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

The intended application is light-, medium-, and heavy-duty markets including hybrid architectures. Thrust 1 builds on the significant amount of work carried out over the past several decades, focused on building advanced boosted, downsized, and downspeeded spark ignition engines. Fuel impacts on catalyst light-off temperatures.

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JANUARY 14, 2011

” The more weight we can take out of our vehicles though use of alternative materials, and other lightweighting strategies that we have, that enables us to further downsize the engine—which is the biggest lever you can pull in the vehicle. Light weighting] is definitely not going to cost the same as vehicles today.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Bubble chart of plausible mainstream PHEV buyers’ battery requirements (light and dark gray circles) and experts’s requirements overlaid on a Ragone plot of NiMH and Li-ion batteries. Questions for the industry, Kurani said, include how do we get from where households currently are to where PHEVs provide the most benefit?

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