Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The new approach to natural gas combustion technology is designed to provide vehicle and engine original manufacturers (OEMs) with a “downsized” natural gas solution that is cost competitive while providing similar levels of power, torque, and fuel economy to a larger diesel engine. Westport Innovations Inc.

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Diesel Gas Fuel Economy Power 259

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2014

As part of this downsizing trend, thermal coatings are increasingly replacing grey cast iron cylinder liners in engine blocks. In addition, maintenance costs for a 600 bar pump amount to only about one-third to one-fourth of what must be expected for a 3000 bar unit. This has a significant effect on investment and operating costs.

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Water Engine Downsizing Cleaning 225

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2014

The new pistons contribute to the maintenance of the same engine output (190 kW/ 258 hp), but with fuel consumption of around 5.0 This is particularly advantageous for further downsizing concepts. Earlier post.). Aluminium piston (left) the new steel piston (right). Click to enlarge.

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Mercedes Diesel Engine Pollution 255

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 16, 2023

This will reduce your vehicle expenses as you will not need to pay out for vehicles, nor will you need to fund maintenance, servicing and more. Create and Sustain a Maintenance Schedule It is cost and time efficient for your business to create and maintain a vehicle maintenance schedule.

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Vehicles Maintenance Fleet Downsizing 98

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The technology enables a “downsized” natural gas solution that is cost-competitive while providing similar levels of power, torque, and fuel economy to a larger diesel engine.

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Gas Downsizing Fuel Economy Engine 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

Compared to other energy storage technologies used on RTG cranes such as conventional batteries and ultracapacitors, flywheels do not require routine replacement and offer lower maintenance, higher tolerance for rapid cycling, and freedom from aging and environmental limitations.

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Energy Storage Energy Downsizing Installation 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2015

The financial benefits of the Spicer PowerBoost system have been clearly demonstrated in real-world field tests on multiple applications and include significant machine productivity enhancements as well as reduced maintenance. —Aziz Aghili, president of Dana Off-Highway Driveline Technologies.

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Hybrid Fuel Maintenance Downsizing 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

For this reason, GDCI is a good candidate for aggressive downsizing, downspeeding, and boosting, which is a proven strategy for high vehicle-level fuel economy. Rebreathing also keeps the oxidation catalyst warm over a wide range of low loads without special maintenance heating. These were two main consideration in base engine design.

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Wisconsin 304

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

Although real-world fuel economy improvements from GDI technology alone are close to 1.5%, they can reach 8% by downsizing and turbocharging the engine, which can be achieved on GDI engines without loss of power compared to PFI engines. emission control technologies, and vehicle age and maintenance history. …

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Fleet Engine Fuel Economy Global 207

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2015

Despite its efficiency, the Golf TSI BlueMotion with the 85 kW / 114 hp downsized 999 cc EA211-series engine reaches 100 km/h in 9.7 As a result, it is no longer necessary to perform the previously obligatory replacement of the toothed belt as a maintenance item. seconds and goes on to a top speed of 204 km/h (127 mph).

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Gasoline MPG Exhaust Engine 273

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2016

The clean-sheet design features multiple innovations that reduce friction, contributing to a 13% improvement in fuel efficiency, including: A 10 mm offset crank design that minimises piston side-load, reducing rubbing forces against the cylinder walls of the downsized four-cylinder iron block. Minimized crankshaft bearing diameters.

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Diesel Ford Fuel Oil 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2017

3 B-Cycle gasoline engine is the first example of Volkswagen’s “Rightsizing” strategy—an engine development strategy that looks to for the optimal balance of displacement, output, torque and efficiency based on vehicle class and real-world operating conditions, rather than just seeking to downsize. Third, the EA888 2.0TSI Gen.3

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2018 Engine SUV MPG 314

The Truth About Cars

MAY 27, 2025

The rationale behind the decision is that GM simply doesnt have enough office workers on site to fill the space anymore, allegedly making the requisite maintenance of such a large building something of a financial boondoggle.

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Nissan Global Asia Downsizing 70

Baua Electric

MARCH 14, 2024

In addition, the two companies will study optimal parts suppliers and production schemes, taking into consideration the maintenance and development of the existing supply chain, which is undergoing significant changes in the business environment due to the advancement of vehicle electrification.

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Auto Downsizing Corporation Environment 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Develop and demonstrate technologies to enable a downsized, boosted, lean, low temperature gasoline combustion engine system that improves fuel economy while meeting emissions requirements. Develop, build and test a production‐feasible electrically‐actuated dynamic skip fire cylinder deactivation valvetrain. General Motors. Description.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 27, 2023

EVs can reduce total costs for fleets Logistics and Supply Chains Logistics and supply chains benefit from eco-friendly transportation policies by implementing reliable fleet management solutions , such as GPS tracking systems, predictive maintenance and driver analysis.

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Transportation Green Waste Fleet 76

Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The Cost of Motoring Index profiles the day to day running costs associated with owning a car includes road tax, fuel, insurance, maintenance and breakdown cover. Much of the added expense of running a used car was associated with maintenance costs and higher road tax.

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Downsizing Cars Cost Of 2009 36

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The valve train is operated by low-friction hydraulic roller finger followers and driven by a timing chain with a maintenance-free hydraulic tensioner. The design and sizing of the turbocharging system plays a key role in enabling downsized engines to deliver excellent performance and drivability, while meeting CO 2 targets.

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Power 350

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Continuing Opel’s strategy of downsizing, a new 103 kW/140hp 1.4 The camshafts are chain-driven for maintenance-free operation and automatic hydraulic lash adjustment. The new, downsized 103 kW/140 hp 1.4-liter The 74 kW/100 hp entry-level version in the gasoline line-up consumes 5.5 Turbo gasoline engine replaces the current 1.8

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Exhaust MPG Gasoline-Electric Engine 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

has constructed prototype PHEV trucks for electric utility companies which can deliver energy to power an entire neighborhood during maintenance or repair when there is a power outage [ 4 ]. In fact, the optimized PHEV is much more efficient as a long range liquid fuel vehicle, because the engine is downsized.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 375

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Felix and I might differ on that -- Felix and I were talking the other day -- but we dont expect the battery and the battery maintenance to be part of the ownership cost of your car. We hope Ford will, and then move ahead! Its not in todays Prius and we wouldnt expect that in the future.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid Lithium Ion 45

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Focused on meeting a growing customer demand for ‘downsized’ engines offering strong power with reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, the new gasoline and diesel powertrains are being progressively introduced across the Opel product range. Opel—in which GM has said it will invest €4 billion (US$5.3

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Engine 2016 Fuel Economy Fuel 287

The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Peppy cars that the company originally thought saved them on long-term maintenance (e.g. Hertz started aggressively downsizing in 2024. Tesla rentals were also involved in more accidents (per capita) because those new to all-electric vehicles weren’t familiar with how they operated.

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Buy Aston Martin 2020 Tampa 109

The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 15, 2024

We’d argue that the real story is how little downsizing powertrains has done for the segment’s fuel economy. But the Frontier is dependent upon direct injection, which offers performance advantages but frequently leads to carbon buildup that necessitates additional maintenance.

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Nissan Toyota MPG Fuel Economy 109