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During a time when not only Volkswagen is being frayed for its oil-chugging technology, the Ford Motor Company has decided not to run with the pack and lobby for the tractor-like clutter of the diesel. Cue the EcoBlue, a mill described as being a “game changer.”
Before I move any further, I’ll let Jim Farley, chief executive office at Ford of Europe, explain what’s what: “Ford’s EcoBoost created a new standard for petrol engines - smaller, more efficient with surprising performance. That same obsession to innovate for the customer is behind our new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine range. This new engine lifts fuel efficiency and reduces CO2 by over 10 per cent in Transit, part of Europe’s best-selling commercial vehicle line-up, lowering costs for our customers.” That’s not enough info, so let’s go deeper.
Based on a clean-sheet design, the Ford EcoBlue has been developed with three things in mind: fuel efficiency, performance, and refinement. Of course, it goes without saying that FoMoCo promises reduced carbon dioxide and NOx emissions. To be offered in outputs ranging from 100 PS to 240 PS (98.6 HP to 236.7 HP), the EcoBlue will first debut in the Transit and Transit Custom vans. The four-cylinder 2.0-liter diesel engine delivers 20 percent more torque at 1,250 rpm compared to the 2.2 TDCi, which translates into better off-the-line and in-gear acceleration. In any case, more low-end torque is always better, full stop.
Some of the tech that went into the making of the 2.0 Ford EcoBlue diesel includes: low-inertia turbocharger that features “rocket engine materials,” mirror-image porting for better engine breathing, high-pressure fuel injection system, modular camshafts, off-set crank, belt-in-oil design for the camshaft and oil pump drive belts, as well as standard selective catalytic reduction emissions after-treatment.
Soon enough, a 1.5 EcoBlue diesel will follow and will be used by smaller passenger cars such as the Ford Fiesta. On an ending note, FoMoCo highlights that the engine meets “durability standards for extreme usage in markets as diverse as Europe, the U.S., and China.” Does this mean that Ford will bring the EcoBlue in the United States of America and Canada at some point in the future? Only time will tell that.
For more elaborate information on the 2.0 Ford EcoBlue diesel engine, please refer to the release below.
Based on a clean-sheet design, the Ford EcoBlue has been developed with three things in mind: fuel efficiency, performance, and refinement. Of course, it goes without saying that FoMoCo promises reduced carbon dioxide and NOx emissions. To be offered in outputs ranging from 100 PS to 240 PS (98.6 HP to 236.7 HP), the EcoBlue will first debut in the Transit and Transit Custom vans. The four-cylinder 2.0-liter diesel engine delivers 20 percent more torque at 1,250 rpm compared to the 2.2 TDCi, which translates into better off-the-line and in-gear acceleration. In any case, more low-end torque is always better, full stop.
Some of the tech that went into the making of the 2.0 Ford EcoBlue diesel includes: low-inertia turbocharger that features “rocket engine materials,” mirror-image porting for better engine breathing, high-pressure fuel injection system, modular camshafts, off-set crank, belt-in-oil design for the camshaft and oil pump drive belts, as well as standard selective catalytic reduction emissions after-treatment.
Soon enough, a 1.5 EcoBlue diesel will follow and will be used by smaller passenger cars such as the Ford Fiesta. On an ending note, FoMoCo highlights that the engine meets “durability standards for extreme usage in markets as diverse as Europe, the U.S., and China.” Does this mean that Ford will bring the EcoBlue in the United States of America and Canada at some point in the future? Only time will tell that.
For more elaborate information on the 2.0 Ford EcoBlue diesel engine, please refer to the release below.
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