The drive to reduce oil and fuel consumption; lower carbon emissions, use alternative energy all while ensuring performance is challenging a rethink of many vehicle systems, especially in powertrain and engine systems.
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Material Solutions for Lower Mass, Friction, Safer Electronics
Materials to Reduce Mass, Boost Performance
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If all 4-cyl. cars on the road in the US today used plastics in known or proven engine applications, we would save 93 million gallons of gas every year. That would eliminate the need for 195 million barrels of crude oil each year, and remove 1.86 billion pounds of carbon from the atmosphere – you would have to plant almost 550 million trees to absorb that much carbon. |
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Patrick Granowicz, Engine Covers Segment Manager, and Franz Spitznagel, Oil Pan Global Segment Manager, discuss future trends as they apply to smaller displacement engines and hybrid electric vehicles, turbo charging, and six-speed transmissions and insights into how new materials can expand the frontiers for total vehicle mass reduction. |
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Materials to Help Electrify Vehicles
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The weight-savings-to-fuel-economy ratio for HEVs is less than it is for ICEs, but carrying an extra 400 lbs. (200kg) still increases fuel consumption by 1.2 miles per gallon (0.41/100km).
Hitoshi Shioya, Global E&E Applications Segment Leader, and Paul Kane, Global E&E Senior Development Programs Manager share material development insights. |
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Topics include: continuous operating temperatures up to 180C; four-to-five coolant circuits for the electronics, Li-ion battery, and conventional ICE; the potential for short circuits with arcs and sparks; and reducing the cost and mass of the added vehicle content. |
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Only 10% to 15% of the energy in a liter of fuel makes it to the driving wheels, and a significant component (~10% of this energy loss) can be attributed directly to frictional losses from moving or rotating parts.
Materials to Reduce Friction - Get Power to the Ground
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Dave Ritchey , Global Transportation Segment Leader, DuPont™ Vespel®, shares how materials and design play a significant role in reducing frictional and parasitic losses, while introducing a new material that has demonstrated 50% improvement in measured torque loss on a transmission shaft. |
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