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Eaton Highlights Range of New Products to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Emissions

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The all-new electronic limited slip differential, Ultra Posi is designed for front and rear-wheel drive vehicles, performs comparably to four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive systems and provides up to a 10% savings in fuel economy, Eaton says. —Chris Ostrander, vice president and general manager - Eaton Torque Controls.

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Details on Nissan’s I3 1.2L supercharged direct-injection gasoline engine

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In 2011, Nissan launched a version of the Micra city car equipped with a new supercharged gasoline direct-injection engine (HR12DDR). A supercharger with a magnetic clutch compensates for the disadvantage of the small displacement engine with the Miller cycle without sacrificing fuel economy. Earlier post.).

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DOE awards Envera $2.8M to develop and to test efficient variable compression ratio engine

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Envera estimates that the new engine could deliver up to a 40% improvement in fuel economy over a conventional port-fuel injection engine at a relatively low cost while also delivering performance, torque and flex-fuel capability. The engine will include new technologies developed by Envera and Tier-1 supplier Eaton.

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US DOE awards more than $175M to 40 projects for advanced vehicle research and development

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This project will research, develop, and demonstrate polyalkylene glycol (PAG)- based engine oil technology which can reduce engine friction relative to conventional petroleum-based and synthetic oils. Increased availability of low cost carbon fiber can enable vehicle weight reduction and improvement in fuel economy.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

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Put another way, even when driving the conventional T6 model and accelerating briskly up a winding road, the driver has no idea that only a 2.0L (1,969 cm 3 ), 4-cylinder gasoline engine is doing the work. 2 Audi is also developing a gasoline-engine version of the Q7 e-tron specifically for the Asian markets China, Singapore and Japan.

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DOE to award more than $55M to 31 projects for plug-in and efficient vehicle technologies; Delphi receives $10M to further GDCI

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These new projects are aimed at meeting the goals and objectives of the President’s EV Everywhere Grand Challenge (19 projects), as well as improvements in other vehicle technologies such as powertrains, fuel, tires and auxiliary systems (12 projects). Eaton Corp. Dual-Fuel Technologies (Area of Interest 9). 10,000,000.

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