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Feds Greenlight Funding Aid For Mileage-Maxing Three-Wheelers

This week, President Obama signed a bill that makes fuel-efficient three-wheeled vehicles eligible for supplemental development assistance through loans from the Department of Energy (DOE). Prior to its passage, only manufacturers of four-wheeled vehicles qualified for consideration to get a chunk of the $25 billion available under provisions of the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Incentive Program (ATVMIP). Terms of this new legislation -- which specifically came in the form of an amendment authored by Representative Brian Bilbray (R-California) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-California) attached to a previously passed energy appropriations bill -- extend consideration to include all "fully enclosed vehicles that are capable of...
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Mazda Shoots For the Sky With its Next-Gen Powertrains

Offering an early look at what we'll see in Tokyo next month, Mazda has revealed its "SKY" line of advanced engine and transmission designs that will highlight its "Technologies of Tomorrow" display. While reserving some details on the hardware, the automaker did confirm that both the new SKY-G gasoline engine and the SKY-D clean diesel will play fundamental roles in moving Mazda significantly closer to its goal of improving the average fuel economy of the vehicles its sells globally some 30 percent by 2015. Both engines feature numerous design tweaks that help lower internal friction and improve thermal efficiency. The 2.0-liter SKY-G four combines advanced direct fuel-injection and variable valve timing to raise torque and mpg by about 15 percent...
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BMW Reveals Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept

Merging the performance personality of an M car with eco-consciousness befitting the best of its ActiveHybrid technology, BMW's Vision EfficientDynamics Concept offers a look at where the German automaker plans to venture in the years ahead in its quest to meet tomorrow's requirements for sustained mobility. Due for public display in Frankfurt, this dramatically styled 2+2 all-wheel drive plug-in hybrid matches a three-cylinder clean turbodiesel engine with a pair of electric motors fed by a lithium-ion polymer battery pack to create a system that can call on up to 356 horsepower and 590 lb.-ft of peak torque for short periods, sufficient to propel the 3,076-pound Vision from 0-60 mph in less than 4.8 seconds and on to an electronically limited top...
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Ford Unveils High-Tech Turbodiesel V8 for 2011 Super Duty Pickups

Ford has taken the wraps off of what is quite arguably the world's most advanced turbodiesel engine, a 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 that's due to be introduced in its redesigned 2011 F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks. Code named "Scorpion," Ford says this tech-rich oil-burner has been engineered from the start to deliver the best-in-class power, torque and fuel economy with minimal emissions. Although it has yet to issue specifics on output specs, we're told they'll handily surpass the 350-horsepower/650 lb-ft of torque churned out by the current 6.4-liter Power Stroke engine co-developed with its longstanding diesel partner, Navistar. Unlike that engine, the new Scorpion was designed and built completely in-house and also is capable of operating on up...
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BMW Promises "Sustainable" Sports Car Concept for Frankfurt Show

In a wide-ranging press conference that dealt mainly with the automaker's decision to end its costly involvement in Formula One racing at the end of the 2009 season, two high-ranking execs also confirmed that BMW is readying a revolutionary "Vision" concept car for the upcoming Frankfurt Motor Show. Intended to help set the stage for a new era in the company's illustrious history, it will more directly reflect a more extensive and intensive corporate emphasis on increased sustainability and accelerated development of production-oriented designs and technologies. Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, said the one-off Vision would be "a CO2 champion to demonstrate a whole new dimension of driving pleasure with regards...
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