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Visit www.delphi.com. contents 6 Autumn 2002 8 14 16 NEWS FEATURES QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Industry update 4 Heavy duty engineering 8 Automobili Lamborghini: Fuel cell vehicles come a step closer; Emissions legislation in Europe and the US Giuseppe Greco 6 industry debates its future; truckmakers is pulling the truck industry in opposite Appointed president of Lamborghini shortly select their emission technology options; directions, forcing engineers to double-track after it was taken over by Audi in 1998, Renault’s template for tomorrow’s small car; engine development. Truck industry Giuseppe Greco tells Richard Feast about and Ricardo chief executive Rodney specialist Alan Bunting unravels the his ambitious plans to revitalise this Westhead has a welcome message regulatory maze, analyses its implications illustrious Italian marque and explains how Ricardo is pushing ahead News from Ricardo 20 of the game AB Volvo: Leif Johansson 14 Richard Parry-Jones speaks at London Now in charge of three of the world’s conference chaired by Ricardo; historic Time to market 16 leading truck brands, AB Volvo chief motorcycle runs again; Ricardo results Getting the right new model to market on executive Leif Johansson talks to Mats please the city; world’s press test i-MoGen time can mean the difference between Ekelund about the strategies he is as new website goes live; Ricardo hosts success and disaster, profit and loss. The developing to prosper in today’s troubled Renault media launch and seminar on trend towards multiple niche models and market environment hybrids; Stirling cycle engine development derivatives redoubles the task, raising the stakes still further and stretching carmakers’ resources to the limit. Tony Lewin looks at the perils of missing start of production dates and explains how Ricardo can help dramatically cut development time and save money and manpower too Ricardo enquiries: UK: +44 (0) 1273 455611 Business development: [email protected] USA: +1 (734) 397 6666 Head office: Ricardo plc, Bridge Works, Germany: +49 (0) 711 806082-20 Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex Czech Republic: +42 0296331150 BN43 5FG, United Kingdom Ricardo Quarterly Review Conceived and produced for Ricardo by TwoTone Media Ltd Editor:Tony Lewin TwoTone Media Ltd contacts: Contributors: Richard Feast, Alan Bunting, Lucienne Brown, Anthony Smith [email protected] Anthony Smith, Mats Ekelund Tony Lewin [email protected] Autumn 2002 Ricardo Quarterly Review 3 ● in brief GM Hy-wire brings fuel-cell Huge production rise forecast cars a step closer More motor vehicles will be produced in the world in the next 20 years than in the last When the head of the world’s 100 years of the motor largest carmaker describes a industry’s existence, concept car as “a complete according to Professor Garel new paradigm in automotive Rhys, director of the Centre technology”, it is a for Automotive Industry development that deserves to Research at Cardiff Business be treated very seriously School. “Nearly 180 new indeed. For these are the production plants, each words used by GM CEO Rick capable of making 300,000 Wagoner at the Paris show vehicles a year, will be launch of the GM Hy-wire, required to make these new the world’s first fully-driveable vehicles, most in new vehicle combining both fuel- manufacturing locations,” he cell propulsion and drive-by- told an audience of steel wire control systems. executives. Hy-wire was developed in eight months using the Jaguar goes aluminium innovative, skateboard-like Jaguar has opted for Autonomy fuel cell powered aluminium construction for its platform first shown earlier new XJ luxury sedan series, this year in Detroit. The body following the example set by is by Italy’s Stile Bertone and Audi with its pioneering A8 in is fixed to the chassis – just further – and it represents Like its competitors, 1994 and renewed this 28cm thick at its widest point GM’s willingness to take a GM expects to introduce its autumn. Jaguar claims a kerb – by ten attachment points. risk.” fuel cell vehicles gradually weight of “up to 200kg less All the hardware is positioned On the vexed issue of cost, through captive fleets and than the outgoing XJ” – which within the chassis sandwich, Burns was surprisingly public service fleets. Honda, makes the new car the leaving a completely flat floor bullish. “We need to be Toyota and more recently lightest in its class. without even a bulkhead cheaper by a factor of ten – Nissan have brought forward between the cabin and the but I’m confident we can do their fuel-cell vehicle Hybrid Honda for Europe glass front of the body. that. availability dates from 2004 Honda is to market its Civic “Autonomy was a true “We see huge business to next year or even late this Hybrid in Europe as well as in reinvention of the potential for the Hy-wire year; all agree that lease the US and Japan. The four- automobile,” said GM vice concept and fuel-cell agreements with official and door sedan, which uses a 1.3 president of R&D and propulsion in general,” added academic bodies will be the litre four-cylinder gasoline planning, Larry Burns. “Hy- Burns. “This could come as most likely means of engine teamed with a 10kW wire takes it a big stage soon as 2010.” introduction. electric motor-generator, will be Europe’s first mainstream hybrid. DCX picks ambitious emissions strategy SUV warning Large SUVs are not as safe At last month’s IAA show in Series in-line and 500 Series the engine, enabled lost fuel as their owners believe, Hanover, Europe’s truck and V6 and V8 diesels. efficiency to be restored. according to a recent study bus manufacturers revealed Urea reductant-fed SCR Fiat’s Iveco truck division by the University of Michigan more plans to meet Euro 4 and was, admitted DCX, initially a supports DCX’s strategy of and the Lawrence Berkeley 5, the next two phases of good deal more costly than the adopting SCR for Euro 4, National Laboratory. “Some of emissions legislation affecting most obvious Euro 4 adding that only minor system the higher risk in SUVs over 3.5 tonne vehicles. alternative of cooled EGR; in programme changes would be relative to cars is due to the As Germany’s and the addition, it brought the needed to meet Euro 5 tendency of SUVs to roll world’s largest commercial challenge of getting a Europe- requirements in October 2008, over,” the report said. Overall, vehicle producer, Daimler- wide urea supply infrastructure when the NOx limit comes the report concluded, design, Chrysler surprised many by established. But in return for down from 3.5 to 2g/kWh. rather than size, appeared to declaring its intention to adopt the higher on-cost, SCR would In any case, environmentally be the critical safety factor for SCR (selective catalytic bring fuel savings of around 5 driven tax incentive schemes vehicles. reduction) aftertreatment to 6 per cent compared with being implemented unilaterally technology for Euro 4, in today’s Euro 3 trucks. Dealing by the German government Industry news written and 2005/6, on all Mercedes with NOx emissions will encourage early edited by Tony Lewin models powered by its 900 downstream, instead of inside compliance with Euro 4 and, 4 INDUSTRY NEWS Ricardo Quarterly Review Autumn 2002 Renault’s blueprint for A message from the mild hybrid small car Chief Executive There may be a shock The engine is linked to the The international heavy truck value to its style and its five-speed shift-by wire market is an extremely unusual interior may be gearbox via a 12kW starter- demanding commercial impractical for production, alternator, which also environment. While but in many key respects provides 42 volts for the production volumes are the Renault Ellypse concept electric air conditioning, the generally far smaller than presented at the Paris auto Delphi electric brakes and those for automotive show is a strong pointer to the electrically actuated products, pressures for the future shape of small steering. improved emissions car engineering. A bank of photocells on performance and reduced The 3.9 metre hatchback the roof helps reduce the total operating costs are weighs just 980kg and uses energy demand imposed by arguably more intense than an advanced, downsized the climate control system. for any other vehicle type. At four-cylinder, 16-valve turbo These energy-saving the same time there are diesel engine of 1.2 litres. measures are rewarded by significant differences we focus upon the heavy Fitted with 10-hole a European drive cycle CO 2 between the critical North truck sector, outlining the piezoelectric injectors emission figure of just American and European advanced technology that giving 2000 bar injection 85g/km, corresponding to markets, both in the type of Ricardo offers to the industry pressure, the 16-valve unit diesel consumption of 3.2 products that customers in all parts of the world. I am claims 100 horsepower and litres per 100km. demand and the technical particularly pleased that we 200Nm torque. solutions – particularly with can include the perspective respect to emissions – that of the world’s largest those products must producer of truck engines in embody.

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