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The end of downsizing
On the in-house test track in Gratkorn, AVL List GmbH presented new drive technologies for more driving fun with lower emissions.
The end of downsizing
“The trend towards downsizing is slowly subsiding, now the engines are getting bigger again,” said Hubert Friedl, AVL product manager for gasoline engines, on the occasion of the presentation of the latest drive concepts from the Graz innovation factory. Peter Pötscher, lead developer for concept vehicles at AVL, presented a VW Golf 7 HIEFF, which was equipped with a 1.6 liter petrol engine developed by AVL instead of the conventional 1.4 liter petrol engine.
Thanks to direct injection, electric turbocharger, long gear ratio and exhaust gas recirculation, AVL engineers were able to reduce CO2 emissions to 90 g/km without sacrificing performance. “With these measures, which are cost-effective compared to hybridization, we achieve an efficiency of 42 percent and are therefore better than most diesel engines,” says Pötscher.