As reported by Controlled Power Technologies
Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a company specialising in CO2 reduction for the automotive industry, will present a number of affordable ‘micro-hybrid’ solutions for reducing carbon emissions at an international ‘Green Vehicle Congress’ being held this week (23-25 March) in Newcastle. The three-day event has been organised by Cenex, the UK's centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, in partnership with regional development agency One North East, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the Knowledge Transfer Network. Delegates from China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea and the US have been invited to attend and engage with UK companies.
“The industry needs immediate solutions at a price the motorist is prepared to pay,” says CPT chief executive, Nick Pascoe, who will deliver two presentations. “This means achieving major fuel savings, if possible without introducing significant change to the vehicle or engine design.”
The need to reduce CO2 emissions is paramount. The industry has less than two years to ensure all new cars sold in Europe meet a fleet average of 130g/km requiring a 16 per cent reduction from current levels. The same 2012 deadline has been imposed in the US with its first nationwide carbon emissions target of 250g/mile (155g/km), with permission for individual states to impose tighter limits. Pascoe proposes a number of solutions including stop-start, electric supercharging and exhaust gas regeneration.
“Micro-hybrid technologies minimise the additional cost to the consumer to between €200 and €900 compared to between €3,000 and €15,000 for a full hybrid,” he says. “The entire industry is working flat out to reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles, but currently they remain an expensive solution; though costs will reduce with further technical developments and battery and fuel cell breakthroughs.”
CPT is actively involved in these developments, but in the short term sees stop-start as the most likely near term technology to enter the automotive mainstream and anticipates it becoming a standard device on virtually all vehicles, especially for tackling congested urban environments where the fuel and CO2 benefits can be significant. Stop-start technology currently accounts for less than 5 per cent of new car sales, but will increasingly be offered by car makers says the CO2 reduction specialist.
Controlled Power Technologies (CPT), a company specialising in CO2 reduction for the automotive industry, will present a number of affordable ‘micro-hybrid’ solutions for reducing carbon emissions at an international ‘Green Vehicle Congress’ being held this week (23-25 March) in Newcastle. The three-day event has been organised by Cenex, the UK's centre of excellence for low carbon and fuel cell technologies, in partnership with regional development agency One North East, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the Knowledge Transfer Network. Delegates from China, Germany, India, Italy, Korea and the US have been invited to attend and engage with UK companies.
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“The industry needs immediate solutions at a price the motorist is prepared to pay,” says CPT chief executive, Nick Pascoe, who will deliver two presentations. “This means achieving major fuel savings, if possible without introducing significant change to the vehicle or engine design.”
The need to reduce CO2 emissions is paramount. The industry has less than two years to ensure all new cars sold in Europe meet a fleet average of 130g/km requiring a 16 per cent reduction from current levels. The same 2012 deadline has been imposed in the US with its first nationwide carbon emissions target of 250g/mile (155g/km), with permission for individual states to impose tighter limits. Pascoe proposes a number of solutions including stop-start, electric supercharging and exhaust gas regeneration.
“Micro-hybrid technologies minimise the additional cost to the consumer to between €200 and €900 compared to between €3,000 and €15,000 for a full hybrid,” he says. “The entire industry is working flat out to reduce the cost of hybrid and electric vehicles, but currently they remain an expensive solution; though costs will reduce with further technical developments and battery and fuel cell breakthroughs.”
CPT is actively involved in these developments, but in the short term sees stop-start as the most likely near term technology to enter the automotive mainstream and anticipates it becoming a standard device on virtually all vehicles, especially for tackling congested urban environments where the fuel and CO2 benefits can be significant. Stop-start technology currently accounts for less than 5 per cent of new car sales, but will increasingly be offered by car makers says the CO2 reduction specialist.
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| Photo: Controlled Power Technologies |