The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It has an extended range (320-mile) battery, popular equipment, and a price tag right at $70,000.& Ford also took the opportunity to reiterate that, starting in Spring 2024, F-150 Lightning drivers will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers. Yes, I had to check the calendar to learn if this is April Fool’s Day.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2010

Eaton Corporation’ superchargers will make their debut in China on selected new engines on three vehicle models from Chery Automobile Co., This latest Eaton supercharger application will be the first on a Chinese-produced vehicle. Eaton supercharger. Tags: Brief. the country’s leading independent automaker: Chery 1.6S

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2010

The UK Technology Board has awarded a consortium comprising UK start-up Lontra , Ricardo, and Ford Motor Company funding to demonstrate Lontra’s Blade Supercharger. The Blade Supercharger is a novel variable flow compressor with the ability to meet the boosting requirements of heavily downsized engines, both gasoline and diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

A Rotrex supercharger. UK-based variable drive specialist Torotrak has formed a 50-50 joint venture with Denmark-based centrifugal supercharger firm Rotrex. Torotrak and Rotrex are ideally positioned as partners for the development of variable drive supercharging systems. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Controlled Power Technologies’ VTES (Variable Torque Enhancement System) electric supercharger ( earlier post ) is being incorporated in a project by engine developer AVL ( earlier post ) and will also feature in the Ricardo-led £3 million (US$5-million) HyBoost program announced by the Technology Strategy Board on 9 September ( earlier post ).

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 25, 2023

Hennessey took the Ford Raptor R, added two wheels, a bunch of new bodywork, and a crazy price tag. & New bumpers, LED lights, and badging complete the exterior package, but Hennessey left the Raptor R’s supercharged 5.2-liter This truck, to start. And, it’s all covered with a three-year warranty. liter V8 alone.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 7, 2024

Hyundai’s IONIQ 6 was the cheapest EV, with a price tag about 25% lower than the national average ($47,000) and up to 361 miles range. Hyundai IONIQ 5 (left) and IONIQ 6 (right) at Tesla Supercharger (Source: Hyundai) Long-range EV prices fall below gas cars The IONIQ 6 starts at $37,500, but that’s for the standard-range (240 mi) model.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The Model S and Model X are not Tesla’s best sellers, as the Model 3 and Model Y have taken that crown with their affordable price tags. However, the S and X have remained a critical part of Tesla’s lineup, appealing to those who require a slightly-more luxury feel with their vehicles. I’d love to hear from you!

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The diversified manufacturer also said that in addition to boosting engine performance, its superchargers can provide up to a 5% fuel savings and reduce emissions compared to competing technologies. Supercharger Technologies. will debut the first use of Eaton superchargers in China on three vehicles, the 2010 1.6S Tiggo, 1.3S

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2010

liter direct-injection supercharged engine. High engine performance and low fuel consumption levels have been achieved through the adoption of the Miller cycle, gasoline direct injection system (GDI), and a highly efficient supercharger, in combination with an Idling Stop (stop-start) system. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency.

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Teslarati

APRIL 29, 2023

The post Tesla Supercharger reliability continues to dominate industry appeared first on TESLARATI. The organization collects reports on user experience and organizes and reports its results weekly. Here’s our fast charging report for the US this week! Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2010

litre LR-V8 supercharged model. litre LR-V8, supercharged gasoline engine mated to the ZF HP28 6-speed automatic transmission introduced in 2010. Developing 510PS and 625N·m torque, the Supercharged LR-V8 accelerates the Range Rover from 0-60mph in 5.9 Tags: Brief. To reflect the performance of the new 4.4-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

CPT’s turbo-generator integrated gas energy recovery system employs the same switched reluctance technology as its production-ready VTES electric supercharging and SpeedStart stop-start systems. HyBoost also includes our VTES electric supercharger. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2010

liter TSI engine (turbo and supercharging) and a 7-speed dual clutch gearbox (DSG), the 132 kW (177 hp) Polo GTI offers combined fuel consumption of 5.9 Tags: Brief. Volkswagen has reintroduced a Polo GTI model. Equipped with a twincharged 1.4-liter L/100 km (40 mpg US). That is equivalent to CO 2 emissions of 139 g/km.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2010

The SuperTurbocharger offers the low-end torque of a supercharger, higher power than a conventional turbocharger, together with the efficiency gains of turbo-compounding, in one device. Tags: Brief. VanDyne SuperTurbo was spun out of Industrial and Aircraft company Woodward Governor Company in September of 2009.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2010

CPT Electric Supercharger. Another approach to electric boosting is Controlled Power Technologies’ VTES (Variable Torque Enhancement System) electric supercharger ( earlier post ). The electric supercharger operates independently of engine speed, making it suitable to maintaining vehicle transient performance and driveability.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2014

Replacements can include new exhaust and intake manifolds, high-flow fueling systems and sometimes superchargers. In the hands of engine tuning experts, tweaking these attributes can result in tremendous gains in horsepower and torque output, at an inexpensive price tag.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

The supercharger is activated at 1,500 rpm and in most situations is disengaged at 2,400 rpm. Tags: Brief. The compact and lightweight 1.4 TFSI accelerates the A1 from zero to 100 km/h in 6.9 seconds, and the top speed is 227 km/h (141 mph) (performance figures are provisional). The tall seventh gear helps to reduce fuel consumption.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2024

Supercharged + Turbocharged Luxury Editor’s note: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is at the beginning of a transformation. This is the old school turbocharged and supercharger mild hybrid; you can find the PHEV review here. Underneath that cover is turbo & supercharged power Sport SE Dynamic (our tester) 3.0-liter Sport SE 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The experimental program will utilise a unique air-charging facility developed as part of my EPSRC Advanced Fellowship that is able to emulate the performance of advanced turbochargers and superchargers before they are available as physical prototypes. Tags: Brief. Sam Akehurst, principal investigator.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2009

The twin-charging turbocharger and supercharger help the Touran TSI EcoFuel produce 110 kW / 150 PS. Tags: Brief. For the same price, customers can get a seven-seater version of the family vehicle whose fuel range reaches 520 kilometers (370 km for natural gas and 150 km for gasoline).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

With the hybrid model, a supercharged, direct injection V6 gasoline engine is paired with an electric motor and an eight-speed automatic transmission, reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by about 40%. Tags: Brief. Volkswagen of America, Inc. Volkswagen had earlier introduced the new Touareg in Germany in February.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

CPT and AVL have been working for the past 18 months to develop a value-driven micro/mild HEV solution, utilizing CPT’s production-ready VTES electric supercharger ( earlier post ). Tags: Fuel Efficiency Hybrids Vehicle Systems. Reductions in fuel consumption and CO 2 from base 2.0-liter Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2009

CPT electric supercharger test rig. It is commercializing three initial products: Variable Torque Enhancement System, VTES, an electric supercharging system; SpeedStart12, an integrated belt-driven starter generator system; and TIGERS, an exhaust turbine-driven generator system. Tags: Emissions Vehicle Systems. Click to enlarge.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 29, 2024

Loathed public charging stations (Tesla Superchargers excluded) may also just be the result of the involved companies underestimating the level of maintenance required.& That perhaps requires too much creative thinking to be seriously entertained without hard evidence.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2010

Its twincharger—combining turbocharging with supercharging—delivers fuel consumption of 7.2 The supercharger, mechanically driven by a belt, increases the TSI’s torque at low engine speeds. A special aspect of this supercharger is its internal gearing, which enables high supercharger performance even at low engine speeds.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Schematic of downsized and supercharged four-stroke hybrid pneumatic spark injection engine. The injection of the additional air during transients can overcome the poor driveability usually associated with heavily downsized and supercharged engines, the team notes. Tags: Engines Hybrids. Source: ETH Zürich. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2010

The flagship G 55 AMG model—available only as a four-door, long-wheelbase Station Wagon—is powered by a V8 supercharged engine developing 373 kW (507 hp) with peak torque of 700 N·m. Tags: Brief. liter V8 gasoline engine developing 285 kW (388 hp) with a torque of 530 N·m.

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Baua Electric

MAY 9, 2024

But the Ioniq 6 Limited Long Range with 20-inch wheels, as tested, cost $55,010, and the dashboard, door uppers, and other trim bits didn’t go with the price tag and were mostly hard plastic. And the center console in my test car had a matte-finish plastic trim surround that borderline felt like concrete. It was neat.

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EVolution

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

This car is now $5000 cheaper but still commands a pretty hefty price tag, as you can expect the drive-away cost to be about $100,000. As Tesla drops their prices of the Model 3 it does need to be noted that the price to plug into their Australian Supercharger network has gone up.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2010

The second-generation GreenLine version with the three-cylinder supercharged diesel engine delivers fuel consumption of 3.4 Tags: Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Systems. One of the major improvements is a new 1.2 L/100km (69 mpg US) and CO 2 emissions of 89 g/km for the Fabia Estate GreenLine II, and 4.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

BladeBoost - A Novel Rotary Supercharger for Ultra-Efficient Downsized Gasoline Engines. Demonstration of Aggressive Downsizing a Truck Engine with Epicam Supercharger - ESTED (Epicam Supercharger Truck Engine Downsizing). Tags: Batteries Engines Hybrids Motors Plug-ins Transmissions. GKN Eco-Trailer. EDS TurboClaw.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2010

In addition to the new normally aspirated engine, Nissan will also offer a supercharged 1.2-liter Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency. Power is rated at 59 kW (79 hp), while torque output is 108 N·m (80 lb-ft). CO 2 emissions are 115 g/km. liter direct injection version with a start-stop system fitted as standard in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2010

liter 4-cylinder gasoline engine, to which Revolve added a belt-driven supercharger with intercooler. Tags: Engines Hydrogen Hydrogen Production. The conversion features Ford’s 2.3-liter This provides additional combustion air under pressure when the fuel mode switch is selected to hydrogen only.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2010

liter TSI with gasoline direct injection plus turbo- and supercharging. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency. Volkswagen is premiering the new Polo GTI. The new Polo GTI, in what Volkswagen is calling “textbook downsizing”, is powered by a new 1.4-liter Weighing 1,194 kg, the Polo GTI accelerates to 100 km/h in 6.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

The supercharged TFSI gasoline direct-injection unit with 2.0 Tags: Brief. Effective immediately, two new entry-level engines are available for the Audi Q5: the 105 kW (143 hp) 2.0 TDI diesel and the 132 kW (180 hp) 2.0-liter liter TFSI gasoline direct injection engine, both in conjunction with the 6-speed manual transmission.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The 115 kW (156 hp) supercharged engine with a maximum torque of 240 N·m at 3000-4000 rpm generally starts in gasoline mode. Tags: LPG. Along with the standard 100-liter (26 gallons US) gasoline tank, the Sprinter 316 LGT with 3.5 Due to this method of installation, the load carrying capacity of the van is not restricted at all.

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