Cylinder deactivation has been around for a while. After its initial experiments during WWII, Cadillac was the first to introduce the technology in its L62 engine [1]. Since then the technology has been widely used but has been much more…
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VW Passat BlueMotion Concept teases cylinder deactivation to the US market
Tagged with: BlueMotion, Concept car, cylinder deactivation, cylinder shut-off, Passat, TDI, Volkswagen, VW
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US Hypermilers smash the 48 state MPG record with 77.99 MPG US / 93.66 MPG UK
US Hypermilers have stepped into the record books following an epic Hypermiling run of 48 US states that resulted in an amazing 77.99 mpgUS / 93.66 mpgUK for the trip. Wayne Gerdes and Bob Winger piloted the 2013 VW Passat TDi…
Tagged with: BlueMotion, Bob Winger, clean diesel, Guinness World Records, how to hypermile, hypermiling techniques, mpg, tfi, VW Passat TDi, Wayne Gerdes
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VW group to commit to plug-in hybrid technology. Seven new hybrids by 2013
Dr Martin Winterkorn, CEO and Chairman of the VW group has revealed that they will fully commit to Hybrid technology and will introduce seven plug-in hybrids over the next three years. Speaking at the VW Group evening just Dr Winterkorn called hybrid…
Tagged with: BlueMotion, CO2 emissions, Concept car, Golf, hybrid car, Paris motor show, Paris Motorshow, Plug-in Hybrid, Porsche, Porsche Panamera Sport Turismo, VW, VW Golf, VW Group, VW Up!
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Volkswagen unveil the new 2013 (Mk7) Golf complete with 88mpg BlueMotion model
Volkswagen have unveiled the all new MK7 Golf upon the world prior to the Paris Motor Show later this month. The have been busy making some major improvements to its popular family hatchback with its super efficient BlueMotion model stealing the…
Tagged with: 88.3mpg, 88mpg, BlueMotion, co2 emmissions, fuel saving, Golg, Martin Winterkorn, MK7, Paris motor show, Toyota Prius, Volkswagen, weight saving
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US Hypermilers squeeze 1,626 miles from a tank in Volkswagen Passat TDi
US Hypermilers John and Helen Taylor have yet again rocketed into the record books with another epic FE (fuel efficency) run. Equipped with nothing more than a stock 2012 Volkswagen Passat SE TDI Clean Diesel and one tank of fuel (or gas in the…
Tagged with: BlueMotion, Helen Taylor, Hypermiling, John Taylor, mpg, one tank record, TDI Clean Diesel, Volkswagen Passat TDi, VW, VW Passat 1.6 BlueMotion
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VW to roll out cylinder shut-off in its “four banger” TSI engines
VW are have made huge advances in fuel saving technologies recently, with the BlueMotion badge occupying grills ranging from the Polo to Passat. Volkswagen‘s latest efficiency technology is a cylinder shut-off system which will debut in the new 1.4-litre TSI…
VW Passat sets new world record on a single tank of fuel
A Volkswagen Passat BlueMotion driven by journalist Gavin Conway writing for The Sunday Times has set a new Guinness World Record for the distance travelled by a production passenger car on a single tank of fuel. In setting the record…
Tagged with: BlueMotion, Guinness World Records, Passat, Stop-Start, Volkswagen, VW
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