Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

China Yuchai International announced that a “K-Gold” model C&C truck equipped with the YC6K1340N liquid natural gas (LNG) engine has won the “Fuel Efficient Heavy-Duty Truck of the Year 2014” at China’s largest annual commercial vehicle event. YC6KN engine. The engine can meet China State 5 and Euro ? Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2017

The Professor Ferdinand Porsche Prize was awarded by Vienna University of Technology to Anke Kleinschmit, Head of Corporate Research & Sustainability and Environmental Officer for Daimler AG, for the development of the innovative exhaust gas aftertreatment system in the new OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine ( earlier post ).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Since 2006, Phil has been a staff stalwart, writing and editing about vehicles, batteries, aircraft, outer space, electric motors, and hypersonics. Private Eye magazine from the 1970s. In the rollicking 1990s, Forbes hired him away from Scientific American , and then a startup magazine called Red Herring hired him away from Forbes.

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Teslarati

APRIL 23, 2021

The magazine was successful in its aim, but it also demonstrated that it takes a very determined driver and an elaborate set of procedures to bypass Tesla’s driver-monitoring systems. . The magazine’s team seemed to have buckled in the driver’s seatbelt without a person sitting in the seat. Only it didn’t.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2014

The Tech Award recipients were announced today by the editors of Automotive Engineering magazine, based on engineering innovation, uniqueness, potential for real-world production application and potential benefit for industry customers and end users.

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Green Fleet Magazine

MAY 29, 2024

The Las Vegas Motor Speedway was the site on April 25 for General Motors Envolve fleet event where about 750 hosted fleet managers and executives tested and browsed 150 GM internal combustion engine (ICE) and electric fleet vehicles of all types, classes, and roles.

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Blink Charging

MARCH 6, 2024

From advocates to engineers, these inspiring women in leadership have played a significant role in shaping the EV landscape in the U.S. Chelsea Sexton Chelsea Sexton, the co-founder of EV advocacy group Plug In America , has been involved with EVs since the 1990s when General Motors was developing their first modern EV. and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

Motor Authority. During this week’s 2010 Ferrari Formula One presentation, Ferrari CEO Luca di Montezelmo announced that a prototype road-going hybrid Ferrari 599 will be displayed at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and that a hybrid iteration of the 599 coupe is scheduled for production.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 6, 2023

General Motors held an early interest in automotive navigation systems, and its Research Laboratories division worked on its first in-car system back in 1966. & GM’s engineers realized this could pose a security risk, should the message about distress and location be intercepted. Images: General Motors] Become a TTAC insider.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 3, 2023

It is definitely possible to retrofit an old internal combustion engine car with an electric vehicle (EV) drivetrain, but the process can be complicated and expensive. The first step in retrofitting an old car with an EV drivetrain is to remove the existing engine and transmission. See more at E Magazine. — Jerry M.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2013

The Apps for Vehicles Challenge is focused on spurring innovative projects or services to reduce fuel costs and increase safety for consumers by utilizing vehicle-generated information, including data on engine speed, brake position, headlights, and distance traveled.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

In Chapter Six (“Model 3 Performance”), for example, Pressman runs through an easy-to-read run-down of BEV architecture, chargers, batteries, motor and torque, control electronics, regenerative braking, performance and vehicle dynamics. One thing we’ve noticed is that Tesla Motors operates on “Tesla Time.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2011

An all-new hybrid retrofit market will emerge and grow to a half million vehicles total by 2020, according to Protean Electric, which has developed an in-wheel motor electric drive system for light-duty vehicles. million vehicles, according to information from General Service Administration reports and Automotive Fleet Magazine.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Dodge does say the concept has a propulsion system with “performance that exceeds the brand’s famed SRT Hellcat engine”. litre supercharged engine comes in various power levels up to about 600kW! Another FYI, independent testing by Car and Driver magazine showed a 2023 Challenger SRT Hellcat hitting 60mph (97km/h) in 3.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

But as law enforcement vehicles spend the majority of their lives idling, Ford engineers also tuned the Police Interceptor sedan and utility vehicle models to save fuel even when they are standing still, with no sacrifice to pursuit performance. liter V6 engine in the Police Interceptor sedan uses 35% less fuel idling than did the 4.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2012

But as law enforcement vehicles spend the majority of their lives idling, Ford engineers also tuned the Police Interceptor sedan and utility vehicle models to save fuel even when they are standing still, with no sacrifice to pursuit performance. liter V6 engine in the Police Interceptor sedan uses 35% less fuel idling than did the 4.6-liter

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Green Fleet Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

gas direct injection I-4 engine, with a 44-kw motor delivering 227 horsepower and 258 lb.-ft Starting with a standard MSRP of $36,690, the 2024 Kia Sorento features a 1.6T ft of torque.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 29, 2024

We spent our last installment reviewing the special and sometimes troublesome engineering that was standard on the Brougham. Since then, I discovered this April 1957 edition of The Cadillac Serviceman , GM’s in-house magazine publication for its dealer service centers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Source: Booz & Company “Global Innovation”; Battelle R&D Magazine; Center for Automotive Research 2012. In raw numbers of electrical, industrial, and mechanical engineers, Michigan ranks second only to California. In terms of engineers per 1,000 jobs, Michigan vastly outranks all others. Click to enlarge.

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

That’s in a dual motor all-wheel drive sedan that promises 933 horsepower and will be beginning production later this year. The Rivian, too, packs a punch with more than 400 horsepower from its four motors. EPA also published the Lucid motors’ efficiency, which was calculated to be 27 kWh/100 miles, besting Tesla’s Model S.

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EV Info

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

A recent report printed by the Norwegian Automobile Federation’s magazine, Motor , the downward trend in sales for ICE cars has been so consistent and steep that the last new ICE car to be sold in Norway could happen just seven months from now, in April 2022. Sources: Electrek and Norwegian Automobile Federation’s magazine, Moto.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. The world’s leading sports- and luxury-car brands, together with muscle-car mavens like Dodge, are now pushing the envelope of the relatively inefficient internal combustion engine (ICE). Those motors are fed electrons by a 7.9-kilowatt-hour

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Get Electric Vehicle

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

According to a recent study by EV magazine the Chinese automaker BYD sold more EVs in the fourth quarter of 2023 than Tesla although Tesla sold a total of 1.8 A visceral aspect is added to the driving experience by the throaty exhaust noise, tactile vibrations, and the revving of a strong engine. million units in 2023. 

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

The interesting thing is before electric cars were popular, no one in the auto industry or mainstream media even questioned where petrol or the metals used in engines are coming from. Thier technical development unit has examined how the carbon footprint of electric cars in compares with that of internal combustion engines.

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All Cars Electric

DECEMBER 10, 2009

According to a report in Best Car magazine out of Japan, the next generation Nissan GT-R will come with a hybrid powertrain. A 160 hp electric motor and a 440 hp gas engine will team up for a combined 600 hp. That's a number truly deserving of the car's nickname: Godzilla. That 485 hp.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 11, 2022

These circuits were divided into three modules, one each for motor, exposure and logic, and flash control. Independent contracts to develop the motor and exposure control modules went to Fairchild and TI. The power control IC drove the solenoids and motor control unit. At the final count, some 400 transistors were used.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 30, 2008

Here's the story from Motor Trend : VW jumping on plug-in hybrid bandwagon with TwinDrive system Nate Martinez June 26 2008 Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn announced today that pre-production testing of the automaker's plug-in hybrid electric system, dubbed TwinDrive, is underway with the full support of the German government.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The updated study closely follows on revelations that a similar gap in NO x emissions from diesel passenger vehicles was, at least in the case of Volkswagen, deliberately engineered, and as the European Commission prepares to adopt an improved test procedure that would produce more realistic vehicle test results. United Kingdom), km77.com

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In an EV, while using the HVAC won’t detract from the maximum output of the traction motor, it does still demand energy from the battery, so there will be a hit to range. If you want to heat up a space that is cold, there are a number of options, from burning a fuel to directly converting electricity into heat (i.e.

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Green Cars News

JULY 9, 2009

According to reports, General Motors has splashed out around $1billion developing the Chevrolet Volt, while Chrysler hopes to invest around $448million in its electric vehicle programme. Cogan is far from a naysayer about the prospects of electric vehicles - he has been covering them since 1992 in his award winning magazine.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

No doubt you’ve seen it, whether here on TTAC, other websites or magazines (GASP! That means you can hitch up to 120v or 240v in your garage and add power, rather than relying on the engine and momentum to charge the batteries as in a standard hybrid. You actually read something other than TTAC!), or on the roads.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 25, 2024

Available from common sources like Amazon or eBay Motors , these things are intended to rid my car of the side marker scourge and blend in much more seamlessly with the Pitch Black paintwork. Enter the smoked lenses cribbed off the internet. This is not an issue with couriers in our area. All’s well so far.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 11, 2021

It has to be for General Motors, Ford, and so on. So, for example, on the services umbrella, we did out-sourcing in the 1980s and process engineering in the 1990s. And we knew from prior experience that just being generic like that wasn't going to work because your mother and my mother could show up and say, I want cloud computing.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 29, 2022

That was the day when a retired mechanical engineer named Marcus Leng flew a home-built eVTOL across his front yard in Warkworth, Ont., Previously, Moore led a team at NASA that designed a personal-use eVTOL and then served as engineering director at Uber’s Elevate initiative. It’s also a triumph of engineering.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Whether Lucid Motors will succeed in the brutally competitive auto business remains an open question. The spacious sedan actually exceeded expectations, combining shelter-magazine interior luxury, slick handling and boggling acceleration. But engineers expect a 0.21 horsepower per pound).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Policy (Update2) Share | Email | Print | A A A By Alan Ohnsman April 27 (Bloomberg) -- Honda Motor Co. , General Motors Corp., Toyota Motor Corp. and startups Tesla Motors Inc. Honda, the world’s largest engine maker, set a goal ofleading the industry in hydrogen fuel cell autos. and Nissan MotorCo.,

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Charged EVs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

It was all-new for the 2018 model year, and was engineered from the start to accommodate 2021’s PHEV version. The Jeep’s electric motor is rated at 100 kilowatts (134 horsepower) and 181 foot-pounds of torque. The Jeep’s electric motor is rated at 100 kilowatts (134 horsepower) and 181 foot-pounds of torque. The 4xe’s 17.3

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