Article: 9 efficiency technology trends to watch at the 2014 LA Auto Show
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Here's a decent article with some good graphs. You do love graphs, don't you?
http://blog.ucsusa.org/top-9-technol...-auto-show-731 Summary: (1) Fuel economy improvements in all segments (2) Gasoline direct injection, turbocharging and engine downsizing (3) Hybrid improvements With the efficiency gap closing between hybrids & non-hybrids, the case for going hybrid is getting harder to justify, especially when gas prices fall. This graph (source: EPA) suprised me: http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1416252731 (4) Cylinder deactivation Wonder if/when we're going to see a 4-to-2 system in North America. VW has already quantified the MPG benefits. (5) Start-stop systems On non-hybrid vehicles, that is. Quote:
(6) Transmissions More gears, more CVT's, more automated dual clutch manuals, fewer conventional manuals? Another telling graph: http://ecomodder.com/forum/attachmen...1&d=1416253046 (7) High strength, lightweight materials (8) Electric vehicles (9) Diesel vehicles Quote:
See the full article: Top 9 Technology Trends to Watch at the 2014 LA Auto Show - The Equation |
The article makes multiple references to the U.S. EPA's Fuel Economy Trends report.
Here's the link to the 2014 report: Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Fuel Economy Trends: 1975 - 2014 | OTAQ | US EPA |
you left out #7 which is the biggest thing in trucks right now
(7) High strength, lightweight materials Ford made big news last year with the adoption of aluminum body panels on the redesigned F150, while the BMW i3 also turned some heads with its use of a carbon fiber body. Using more light weight high strength materials is expected to be an on-going trend to help reduce vehicle weight and improve fuel economy. What to look for at the auto show: More announcements around increased use of lightweight materials in both body and drive train components. Also I see nothing about aerodynamics. I wonder if that is because it means so little in the EPA testing as they really don't have a 75 MPH sustained interstate mileage test even if that is what millions of cars are out there doing everyday. |
Aerodynamics do mean a lot, but they've been in focus for a long time, now... grille shutters have been around for the past few years, already... so it's not really a new thing.
- RE: EVs: Still not seeing where we're getting renewable hydrogen... and how it would be better than pure electrics, unless Hydrogen Fuel Cells come down tremendously in terms of price... we'll see how it goes when Toyota and Hyundai release their mass market FCVs... |
I would call auto stop start tech fruit that has already fallen.
They have had it in Japan for almost 20 years now and it works. The only question is "why not"? Renewable hydrogen, no such thing, it comes from natural gas. You can split hydrogen from water but there is no where close to an economically viable reason to do so. |
We really need to add EV's to these graphs. They point to the fact that drivetrain efficiency is paramount.
The average EV achieves ~105MPGe (my WAG). FOUR times higher than the average ICE. |
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Even the runt of the litter Mitsu Mirage's engineers put it on a strict diet, with high strength steel in the structure and trimmed weight throughout. Thus the sub-2k lbs weight in U.S. trim and the flimsiest plastic wheelcovers this side of DIY coroplast discs. But losing a hundred and fifty lbs from an econobox isn't as exciting as dropping ~700 from a giant pickup. Quote:
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But the EPA 5-cycle highway segment actually has a stretch at ~60 mph, a run up to ~80 mph, followed by another stretch at ~70 mph. Looks like aero does count, provided the manufacturers use realistic coastdown data to set up the dyno ... ahem, cough Hyundai/Kia cough. Quote:
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