Comments on: Demand For Increased Fuel Economy Drives Eaton to Develop New Automotive Technology http://www.hybridcars.com/demand-increased-fuel-economy-drives-eaton-develop-new-automotive-technology-28637/ Auto alternatives for the 21st century Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: tapra1 http://www.hybridcars.com/demand-increased-fuel-economy-drives-eaton-develop-new-automotive-technology-28637/#comment-27252 tapra1 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:32:26 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=7502#comment-27252 appears to have shaped their overarching design philosophy. Namely, consumers and regulators want more efficient vehicles, but they don’t want to give up any of the increased safety and convenience features we’ve all come to rely on.Top Business Hosting

]]> By: veek http://www.hybridcars.com/demand-increased-fuel-economy-drives-eaton-develop-new-automotive-technology-28637/#comment-27251 veek Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:25:02 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=7502#comment-27251 Thanks for the article!

It’s nice to know more about how the fuel economy of the future will ACTUALLY be given to us — by hard working engineers and managers like those at Eaton. These people are terrific and do more in ten minutes of their time than a politician does in a year. Thanks again.

]]> By: Stan Smart http://www.hybridcars.com/demand-increased-fuel-economy-drives-eaton-develop-new-automotive-technology-28637/#comment-27250 Stan Smart Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:21:56 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=7502#comment-27250 Thanks for coming to Michigan to see some of the INNOVATION that will (hopefully) drive more US jobs and make us “greener” at the same time.

At the Eaton Design Center near Kalamazoo, where I live, they’ve been working on hybrid transmissions for large trucks for quite some time. Many large diesels now use this technology. (The electric motor is incorporated in the transmission housing).

]]> By: Yegor http://www.hybridcars.com/demand-increased-fuel-economy-drives-eaton-develop-new-automotive-technology-28637/#comment-27249 Yegor Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:02:36 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=7502#comment-27249 Manufactures do not need these technologies to meet new 2016 CAFE standards which are 40 MPG cars and 30 MPG trucks and SUVs. The new CAFE standards are actually not so strict. Toyota already had in 2009: 37 MPG for cars and 26 MPG for trucks and SUVs.
http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=fuel&story=cafe&subject=fuelList
CAFE numbers and EPA Window sticker numbers are two different things – CAFE numbers for the same car are actually 30% higher than EPA window sticker numbers. So manufactures do not need any new technologies – they will sell just a tiny-wee more smaller cars – that is enough.

]]> By: JamesDavis http://www.hybridcars.com/demand-increased-fuel-economy-drives-eaton-develop-new-automotive-technology-28637/#comment-27248 JamesDavis Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:47:20 +0000 http://127.0.0.1/wordpress12/?p=7502#comment-27248 So, when is Eaton going to notify the big three American auto makers that they have the technology they need today to increase MPG’s to the new federal standards that are coming out soon?

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