Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2015
High-research octane number (RON) fuels are known to enable more efficient, higher-performance SI operation via engine downsizing and boosting. Wagner (2015) “ Engines of the Future ” ASME Mechanical Engineering magazine. At a fleet level, Optima will result in an additional 9%–14% fleet greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction by 2040.
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. In a test by Car and Driver magazine, the car exploded to 60 mph in 2.0 Dial into qualifying mode and you unleash the Kraken, maximizing the full 162-kW electric capability.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead!
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