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Westport Innovations and India’s Tata Motors Limited have launched a new spark-ignited (SI) natural gas 3.8L turbocharged engine featuring the Westport WP580 Engine Management System (EMS).
The 6.2L V-8 uses direct injection, active fuel management, and variable valve timing to improve power and efficiency, according to GM.
The 2.0L EcoBoost inline four-cylinder engine is currently built in Valencia, Spain, but Ford plans to move production to its Cleveland Engine Plant in Ohio. This engine is available in the Explorer, Edge, all-new Escape, all-new Fusion, the Focus ST, the Taurus, and the new Lincoln MKZ and MKT Livery models.
DEARBORN, MI – Popular Mechanics magazine awarded a Breakthrough Award to Ford Motor Co. for the automaker’s new 1.0L three-cylinder EcoBoost engine. The publication selects 10 key technology applications each year to receive this honor.
ERLANGER, KY - The Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama (TMMAL) plant currently assembles four-cylinder, V-6 and V-8 engines for eight of 12 vehicles Toyota builds in North America.
DETROIT - Production will begin in 2014, with an installed capacity slated for 250,000 units per year once production fully ramps up.
These 13 questions will help avoid risks associated with spec’ing powertrains and achieve the right balance.
HUNTSVILLE, AL - The four-cylinder expansion at TMMAL allows the Alabama facility to supply engines to every Toyota vehicle assembly plant in North America except the new facility in Blue Springs, Mississippi, which is scheduled to start production this fall.
MILFORD, MI - The engine will be available in the summer of 2012. GM said it expects highway fuel economy to exceed 30 MPG, though final fuel-economy figures are still pending.
DETROIT – General Motors said that the additional demand for Ecotec four-cylinder engines in a range of its vehicles is behind the company’s $65 million investment in plants in New York and Tennessee.