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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLIII)

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An intentional move on the company’s part, the plan was to catch a more elevated customer than those persuaded by the Fox body trio: Ford Thunderbird, Mercury Cougar, and Lincoln Mark VII. Part of Ford’s Modular engine family, the new mill shared its 4.6-liter That was a notable increase over the 108.5-inch & Mark VIII spanned 206.9

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Hard parts supplier Rheinmetall Automotive expects electrification to account for more than half of sales in 2020

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Rheinmetall Automotive is more known as a supplier of hard parts (e.g., Added to these are the electrically powered auxiliary units, extremely lightweight structural parts, heat-pump components and range extenders. Another part of this year’s show presentation was devoted to exhaust-gas recirculation on gasoline engines.

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BorgWarner suggests Valve-Event Modulated Boost system can offer 6-17% fuel economy benefit over already downsized and turbocharged engines

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By separating the two parts of the exhaust event by phasing the exhaust valves via the concentric camshaft, VEMB allows the turbo to capture the blow-down energy while avoiding pumping losses through the turbocharger. SUV/Minivan) compared to about 5% with conventional cylinder deactivations, and about 7.2% VCD can deliver about a 4.5%

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Study Assesses Product Attribute Trade-offs and Technological Progress; Meeting Proposed Obama Fuel Economy Standards Will Require Downsizing and Change in Fleet Mix

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As part of the study, Knittel also investigated the relative efficiencies of manufacturers. In contrast, the standards recently announced by the Obama Administration, while attainable, require downsizing and a shift in the fleet mix away from SUVs.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLII)

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There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs. It had been quite some time (1979) since any Mark used its own platform, and in that instance it was only because the Thunderbird had moved to a new platform via downsizing. But the Mark VIII would be different, special.

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Fallbrook Technologies Inc. developing variable speed supercharger drive using its CVP technology

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Simulated performance of downsized 2.0L Using an SUV equipped with a 3.6L. V6 engine as a baseline, Fallbrook has also simulated the use of a downsized 2.0L generated by a downsized gasoline engine, as compared. The NuVinci supercharger drive is part of the NuVinci DeltaSeries line of accessory drive solutions.

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General Motors plans to be carbon-neutral by 2040; eliminate LDV tailpipe emissions by 2035

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This investment includes the continued development of GM’s Ultium battery technology, updating facilities such as Factory ZERO in Michigan and Spring Hill Manufacturing in Tennessee to build electric vehicles from globally sourced parts and investing in new sites like Ultium Cells LLC in Ohio as well as manufacturing and STEM jobs.