So what will the FE be when driving across Nebraska at 80 mph?
Mileage is better in stop-and-go driving than highway cruising because the hydraulic system captures energy normally lost during braking – which also saves wear on wheel brakes – and uses that energy to recharge pressure in the accumulator, in a process called regeneration. Engine power can also be used to regenerate pressure.
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Does anyone actually believe this? Is there a thermodynamic engineer in the house?
Now if the statement was that mileage IMPROMENT was better in stop-and-go traffic then it would make sense. As stated it is just nonsense.
Ping
Just wait for those quick starts at -30...LOL!
Blown seals, ruptured lines, or just no go.
Just imagine what happens when the high-pressure hydraulic system bursts, though....
Why must the Ford go into this? Government has done more to wreck our life and cars.
My 1st Ford truck was [1968] fixable. My current [2002] F-150 is great, but I can’t fix it. It has go goto the shop.
An actual free market wouldn’t even make this type of thing a concern. With all the government regulation preventing both drilling for oil here where we know we have massive deposits of natural gas and oil and with the government preventing new inventions for transportation, we get little to nothing except the government demanding to regulate even more.
Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power and Folsom Technologies More efficient hybrid drivetrains for such light vehicles as Ford F-150 pickups and even the popular Prius are among the goals of the multi-university Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power.
CCEFP is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. In addition to the hosting University of Minnesota, its members are the Georgia Institute of Technology, the Milwaukee School of Engineering, North Carolina A&T State, Purdue University, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Vanderbilt University.
Minnesota’s White Oak Group, headed by Chrysler and Eaton veteran Brad Bohlmann, supports CCEFP’s outreach and commercialization efforts. http://showtimesdaily.com/news-articles/hydraulics-for-efficiency
Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009 (H.R. 3246)
The House passed H.R. 3246, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act, by a vote of 312–114 in September 2009. This legislation was introduced by Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI). Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) introduced a companion bill (S. 2843) that recognizes the vital role work trucks play in the economy and environment. This bill would establish funding for a program of research, development, demonstration and commercial application of advance technologies in medium- and heavy-duty truck and transit vehicles at the Department of Energy.
H.R. 3246 would authorize the following funds for truck-related programs:
(b) Medium and Heavy Duty Commercial Vehicles — From the amounts authorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated for carrying out title II —
(1) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2010;
(2) $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2011;
(3) $220,000,000 for fiscal year 2012;
(4) $230,000,000 for fiscal year 2013; and
(5) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 2014.
Note: These amounts are from the House bill. The Senate bill does not attach specific dollar amounts.
Funding opportunities for clean and fuel-efficient vehicles will likely continue for awhile. Legislation has already passed the House and is being considered in the Senate (H.R. 3246, the Advanced Vehicle Technology Act) that would create a five-year program providing more than $1 billion for the research, development, demonstration and commercial application of advance technologies in medium- and heavy-duty truck and transit vehicles.
Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009 (H.R. 3246)
Bill Summary H.R. 3246 http://www.greentruckassociation.com/GovernmentResources/BillSummaryHR3246/tabid/81/Default.aspx
The only green I see is more dollar signs (in grants) comming from the taxpayer. Just more of that ‘spread the wealth’ thing. It’s like one giant ponzie scheme and they are all in cahoots with one another racing for that 0bama stash! As Mark Levin would say: “I JUST CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE of this CRAP!”