Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2012

Among the findings of the two-year study are that—if technology hurdles and infrastructure challenges can be overcome—economically competitive low-carbon fuels and improvements in fuel economy will result in substantial reductions in GHG emissions. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

AOI 02: Low Cost Electric Traction Drive Systems Using No Heavy Rare Earth Materials. Low Cost, High-Performance, Heavy Rare Earth-Free 3-In-1 Electric Drive Unit. Low-Cost Rare-Earth Free Electric Drivetrain Enabled by Novel Permanent Magnets, Inverter, Integrated Design and Advanced Thermal Management.

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Lithium Ion Vehicles Li-ion Universal 236

Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 25, 2021

Excellent fuel economy, nice styling, low price and an excellent warranty. Low-cost but not cheap. This combination delivers EPA fuel economy numbers of 33 mpg city/41 highway/36 combined. The 2022 Kia Rio S ups the equation with superb fuel economy, a roomy cabin, and an excellent warranty.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2009

The third phase of a SDG&E multi-year in-use study on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles showed that plug-in hybrids offer significant improvements in gas mileage and reductions in emissions when compared with standard hybrid-electric and gasoline internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. One of SDG&E’s converted PHEVs. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Projects will also validate technologies developed at the engine- or system-level to help ensure that these innovations can advance into broad commercial use at a scale needed to reduce vehicle fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions nationally. The four projects selected for award are: Filter Sensing Technologies, Inc., $2.0

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Engine Eaton Fuel Economy General Motors 186

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released their long-expected notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards.

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Fuel Economy Economy EPA MPG 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Projected rates of fuel consumption improvement under different scenarios relative to past experience and the 2016 and 2025 CAFE standards. While natural gas vehicles would reduce petroleum use, they would have limited impact on GHG emissions. Source: NRC. Click to enlarge. —Douglas M. Vehicles operating on biofuels.

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Hydrogen Oil Plug-in Fuel Economy 244

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

In a new report examining the effect of federal tax credits on the plug-in market, the CBO finds that tax credits for buying electric vehicles—which account for about one-fourth of the policy cost—are likely to have the greatest impact on vehicle sales. That effect may be large.

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Tax Credit Gasoline Tax Gasoline-Electric 252

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

EcoMotors’ patented engine design creates a family architecture that will operate on a number of different fuels, including gasoline, diesel, natural gas and ethanol. This not only improves fuel economy by reducing parasitic losses, but also improves the efficiency of the primary module.

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International Engine Fuel Economy Diesel 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

DOE recognizes that technology developments can help make vehicles more efficient and alternative fuels more economic, but the deployment of any technologies it helps develop is largely determined by policies, such as Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards. Alternative hydrocarbon fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

While non-fossil fuels are expected to account for half of the growth in energy supplies over the next 20 years, the Outlook projects that oil and gas, together with coal, will remain the main source of energy powering the world economy, accounting for more than 75% of total energy supply in 2035, compared with 86% in 2015.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The EPA rates fuel economy for the 2022 Lexus ES 300h at 43 mpg city/44 highway/44 combined mpg. The average fuel economy was 46.3 This truly premium midsize sedan is priced competitively, especially when considering the low cost of ownership due to the appealing fuel efficiency.

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Lexus Hybrid MPG Fuel Economy 83

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2013

Start-stop systems shut off engines while the vehicle is at rest and restart it instantly and automatically upon re-engaging the gas pedal and are one of the most cost-effective and efficient means of optimizing fuel economy.

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Lead Acid Nickel Cadmium Batteries Battery 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2011

This project will enable diesel-like efficiency and increased maximum power output in a gasoline engine by using a secondary fuel to suppress engine knock under high load. This project will develop a new process that enables low-cost, domestic manufacturing of magnesium. UChicago Argonne LLC. Zoltek Companies, Inc. 3,500,000.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The 40+ MPG Low-Cost Transportation King. The right reasons to own a 2022 Mitsubishi Mirage, either the hatchback or sedan, are very clear: economical, reliable transportation with a low entry cost to ownership. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class.

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Mitsubishi MPG Fuel Economy Clean 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2015

Power electronics semiconductors, which manage voltage and current, are a key technology for enabling improvements in “fuel economy” in electric vehicles. Numerous life cycle studies indicate that well-to-wheel (WTW) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of electric vehicles would depend on the fossil content of the electricity mix.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2014

Technologies that enable LTC operation with either gasoline or diesel fuel, including control methodologies and technologies, especially for mixed?mode burn and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR)?diluted burn systems and controls that allow compliance with proposed EPA Tier 3 emissions regulations with smaller penalty in fuel economy.

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Carbon Fiber Engine Battery Powered Fuel 252

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2013

The areas of interest outlined in the notice of intent (NOI) fall into two broad categories: technologies to advance plug-in electric vehicles; and technologies to improve fuel efficiency, including dual-fuel, fuel properties (e.g., high octane fuels), and advanced powertrain work. million barrels per day); and.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Achates Power, the developer of a family of two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston engines ( earlier post ), has been selected by APRA-E under its OPEN 2015 solicitation ( earlier post ) for an award of more than $9 million to develop a multi-cylinder opposed piston engine operating with compression ignition that uses gasoline as the fuel.

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Gasoline Engine Power Powered 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Accelerated Development and Deployment of Low‐Cost Automotive Mg Sheet Components (Area of Interest 3). Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy. Gas Technology Institute.

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Vehicles Plug-in Lithium Ion Universal 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

The successful market implementation of these materials in vehicles requires that they be low cost and available in sufficient abundance to make a compelling business case. For this reason the focus of this AOI includes the development of low-cost approaches to the manufacturing of both magnesium and carbon fiber.

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Li-ion Carbon Fiber Vehicles Low Cost 231

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Only in the case of high EV market share and a high renewable electricity standard (RES) do EVs make a material contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, they found. Understanding these linkages provides a basis for developing energy strategies with consideration of cost, technology, and policy goals. —Choi et al.

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Low Cost Georgia Fuel Economy Gasoline-Electric 236

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The technology developed under this subtopic must be capable of separating or reforming convention fuels and be packaged on conventional light or heavy duty vehicles without disrupting the existing system. All fuel consumption testing must be conducted according to engine industry norms. are desired.

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2015 Hydrogen Fuel Batteries 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2013

The European Union-funded PowerDriver project—a two-year, €3-million (US$4-million) research project initiated in February 2012 to turn exhaust gas waste heat into electricity using thermoelectric generator (TGEN) technology—has completed simulation work on on a potential automotive application.

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Exhaust Waste Land Rover Fuel 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

The new product incorporates 1400 bar common rail direct injection technology for its diesel variant or multipoint gas injection for CNG and LPG applications, using centrally mounted injectors for optimum combustion. Performance and emissions were optimized using Ricardo’s WAVE engine performance and gas dynamics simulation software.

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Engine Market Diesel India 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2013

Most of the hydrogen that is used today is stored as a compressed gas (with pressures typically ranging from 150 to 700 bar) or a liquid (liquid storage requires cryogenic temperatures near 20 K). These tanks are more expensive, heavier, and require more volume than conventional fuel tanks. .% DOE targets for hydrogen storage.

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Carbon Fiber Hydrogen 2017 Carbon 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Unlike crankshaft-driven superchargers and exhaust-gas-driven turbochargers, an electric supercharger is mechanically decoupled from the engine, meaning it can deliver the air almost instantaneously into the engine—spinning up to 70,000 rpm in less than a third of a second. Micro-mild hybrids.

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Volt Hybrid Downsizing Lead Acid 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2009

Thanks to radical downsizing, the Turbocharged Small Gasoline Engine achieves diesel-like CO 2 emission levels, which are further reduced in its natural gas version with CO 2 emissions lower than 80 g/km in many vehicle applications. Introduction of more advanced multiple valve opening strategies to further reduce emissions.

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Downsizing Gasoline Fuel Economy Engine 210

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2013

Therefore, Bohr said, Bosch aims to develop lithium-ion batteries that will at least double the range of current electric vehicles and at half the cost per kilowatt-hour. In order to further reduce its CO 2 emissions in this vehicle class, the gasoline engine will require a low-cost, basic hybrid solution.

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Future Gasoline-Electric Vehicles Gasoline 291

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Current understanding and modeling capability of stochastic processes in engines remains limited and prevents designers from achieving significantly higher fuel economy, the workshop found. Achievable advances in engine technology can improve the fuel economy of automobiles by over 50% and trucks by over 30%.

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Engine 2001 2012 Fuel 291

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2011

Closer to home, the federal fuel economy standards require the average fleet fuel economy of OEMs that sell vehicles in the USA to be 35.5 Their business model dictates that they pursue the lowest-cost power source and charge the highest premiums they can for the product in an open, but federally controlled, market.

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Renewable West Virginia Energy USA 220

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2014

However, increased dilution leads to increased combustion instability resulting in reduced fuel-economy benefits. reciprocating and gas- turbine internal-combustion engines) are widely recognized. This limits the practical range of operation in real-world applications. 69,000,000 (LBNL). Chicago / Argonne National Laboratory.

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Engine GM Ford 2014 335

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The first hydrogen TTO is focused on durable, high activity electrocatalyst with low platinum content and low cost for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. All fuel consumption testing must be conducted according to engine industry norms. Electric drive vehicle batteries. are desired.

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Hydrogen Engine Fuel Electric Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. trucks, construction machines, ships and planes.

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Climate Standards Carbon California 186

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2009

The flex-fuel microturbine weighs less than 500 lbs. The microturbine can use diesel, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or compressed natural gas (CNG). SR motors can have very high power density at low cost, but have had issues with high torque ripple when operated at low speed, and noise causes by torque ripple.

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Motor Motors Motoring Energy Storage 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2016

This engine platform, which includes kinetically controlled and low-temperature combustion approaches, offers the promise of significantly greater thermal efficiencies with lower criteria-pollutant emissions, and presents attractive options for both light- and heavy-duty vehicles.

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Engine Fuel Emissions Pollution 150

Baua Electric

MARCH 17, 2024

Skoda not only leads Europe’s largest car maker Volkswagen Group’s operations in India, it also steers the low-cost vehicle architecture projects, for both internal combustion engines (ICEs) and electric vehicles (EVs). In this context, Zellmer’s frequent trips underline the country’s importance for future growth.

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