nalutilityspace.POLICIESFORFUELCONSUMPTIONREDUCTIONInordertoestablishthetechnicalapproachforachievingthefuelconsumptiontarget,weconductedadetailedanalysisoftheenergyconsumptionofthebasecar,aCivicequippedwitha.literengine.Wefoundthatitwasusefultodividethetargetedefficiencygainsroughlyintothirds,asshowninFig.,inordertoachievethelowfuelconsumptionandnumerousotherabove-mentionedgoals.Thesedivisionsareasfollows.ImprovementoftheheatefficiencyoftheengineitselfRecoveryofbrakingenergyandemploymentofidlestopusingahybridpowerplantCarbodytechnologiesincludingreductionofweightandreducedaerodynamicandrollingresistance.Figure.TargetofdoublethefueleconomyofCIVICAimingtoestablishabenchmarkforstcenturyautomobilepowertrains,wedevelopedthisnewIntegratedMotorAssistpowertrain.Thispowertrainsimultaneouslyachievesbothextremelylowfuel这种强涡进气口和紧凑燃烧室结果是在传统VTEC稀燃技术上革新。