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Japanese collaborate on r&d for new fuel efficient engines - 0 views

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  • Japan’s automakers, aiming to take the lead in fuel-efficient powertrains, have joined forces in a new consortium to develop the next generation of fuel-sipping combustion engines.
  • Their goal: A 30 percent improvement in the fuel efficiency of traditional gasoline and diesel engines by 2020.
  • The Japanese government will aid the country’s eight automakers by chipping in half of the project’s 1 billion yen ($9.9 million) budget. The automakers will foot the rest.
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  • Research Association of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines. It pools the resources of Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Mazda Motor Corp., Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Daihatsu Motor Co., Suzuki Motor Corp. and Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., the maker of Subaru-brand vehicles.
  • The objective is to share costs in an increasingly competitive, investment-heavy field to meet more stringent fuel economy guidelines, organizers
  • While Japanese automakers have developed advanced electric and hybrid drivetrains, the creation of AICE acknowledges that internal combustion engines will remain the workhorse of global fleets for a long time, especially in cost-sensitive emerging markets.
  • The strategy is patterned after a similar approach taken by competitors in Europe, organizers said. There, rivals cooperate with academia and the government on basic technologies, giving European carmakers a head start in cutting costs.
  • Organizers outlined a 10-year time frame for achieving world-leading advancements in combustion engine efficiency.
  • Engineers target thermal efficiency rates for both approaching 50 percent. That compares with today’s best rates of around 39 percent for gasoline engines and 42 percent for diesel engines. Higher thermal efficiency means more energy from internal combustion is captured for higher engine output. Organizers said such a breakthrough could boost the fuel efficiency of gasoline and diesel engines 30 percent by 2020.
  • Diesel engine development will focus on eliminating particulate matter and nitrogen oxide emissions, partly through better particulate filters and exhaust gas recirculation systems. Gasoline engine research will focus on achieving more complete combustion cycles and better ignition while reducing knock.
  • Keiji Ohtsu, managing officer of Honda R&D Co., Honda’s product development arm, will be AICE president.
Molly Brookshire

Renault, Nissan to combine manufacturing, r&d for $4 billion annual savings, report says - 0 views

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shared by Molly Brookshire on 29 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Under the planned structure, Nissan and Renault will be able to assemble cars, using shared parts, at the same factories, the Nikkei said.
  • Nissan and Renault will adopt the new structure first at their jointly held factory in India as early as 2015, expanding to more than 10 countries by 2020, the report said. The alliance, which together owns nearly 50 factories worldwide, plans to bring Russian affiliate AvtoVAZ into the fold, the paper added
Molly Brookshire

Toyota lays out future powertrain plans in catch-up bid - 0 views

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Toyota powertrain r&d

shared by Molly Brookshire on 29 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Toyota Motor Corp. will launch a swath of powertrains in the next several years
  • Toyota is investing heavily in turbocharged engines, larger displacement Atkinson cycle engines, continuously variable and fixed-gear automatic transmissions, and new hybrid and fuel cell technologies
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