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Study Says 2020 EPA Targets can be met with Gasoline Engines
Even though hybrids and EVs are all the rage these days, a study by the Boston Consulting Group found that most automakers will be able to meet 2020 EPA emissions targets using gasoline engines that will be 40% more fuel efficient than the current powerplants. Advances in technology concerning engine downsizing, turbocharging, direct fuel injection, more efficient cooling, electric power steering and variable valve timing will help achieve this, according to the 23-page study.
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Ford Plans To Triple Production Of Ecoboost Engines In 2012
Downsizing, direct injection and force induction are the way to go for internal combustion gasoline engines to meet the ever-tightening fuel and emissions standards. Ford has followed this recipe to the letter with its EcoBoost “family of engines...
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2010 Range Rover With New 5.0-liter V8 Spied On The Road
With the presentation of Jaguar's new AJ-V8 Gen III direct-injection engine on the revamped XF and XK range it is only a matter of time before Land Rover replaces the current 4.2-liter V8 with the new powerplant. A reader of Car Online captured a...
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Ford To Introduce 1.6-liter Ecoboost Turbo Petrol Engines With Direct Injection In 2010
If there's one thing someone could hold against Ford of Europe that is the absence of any noteworthy gasoline engines in its range other than the 2.5-liter turbocharged 5-cylinder unit. Ford is one of the last European manufacturers to take advantage...
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Mazda To Reduce Fuel Consumption By 30% Until 2015
FoMoCo’s Japanese affiliate Mazda announced that it has set a target to reduce the fuel consumption of its vehicles sold globally by an average 30 percent by 2015. To accomplish this Mazda’s plans include the use of lightweight technologies,...
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Mazda Hydrogen Hybrid = Future?
Debates rage. Arguments are unceasing. Massive expenditures strike fear into the depth of a beancounter's liver. Gas-electric hybrids. Diesel. Internal combustion technology growth. Diesel-electric hybrids. Ethanol. Hydrogen. Biodiesel. Something,...
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