Honda released a whole new generation powertrain “Earth Dreams Technology (Earth Dreams Technology)”, which is the Honda low fuel consumption and high power perfect blend of driving pleasure housekeeping skills. Earth Dreams Technology is designed to protect the Earth’s environment, taking into account new technology to ensure driving pleasure, the future will gradually expand import honda products. The domestic market of the ninth generation Accord will become the first equipped with “Earth Dreams Technology” technology models.
1. What is Earth Dreams Technology?
Honda released both driving pleasure and environmental performance of new generation powertrain technology “EarthDreamsTechnology”, including five petrol engines, transmissions and CVT 2, paragraph 2 of this article hybrid system.
This displacement petrol engine 5 includes 1.5L, 2.0L, 2.4L, 3.0L and 3.5 L, covering substantially all of the main current Honda models, can predict the next few years, sales of Honda cars in ChinaType of engine will be fully upgrading. 1.5L direct injection gasoline engine mounted on the domestic new Fit.
where new 2.4L direct injection gasoline engine is mounted on the first to ninth generation Honda Accord models. Meanwhile, the 2014 listing of the second generation of new Platinum Core will also use this type of engine, but after re-tuning, the largest of the new Platinum Rui 2.4L Earth Dreams engine horsepower higher than the Accord, reached 208.
It is also worth introduce the nine-generation Accord V6 models. Due to domestic emissions tax, the Chinese version of the nine-generation Accord V6 models did not copy the US version of 3.5LV6 engine, but the re-development of a 3.0LV6 engine, belong to the “Earth Dreams” series. VCM having a variable cylinder management system (traveling automatic switching between 3-cylinder, 4-cylinder, 6-cylinder mode of operation).
for small and midsize cars, Honda also developed two new CVT transmission. In addition to the advantages of the new generation CVT transmission smooth, but also has excellent fuel economy. Of which the newly developed CVT gearbox will be medium-sized 2.4L naturally aspirated direct injection engine mentioned above is mounted on a ninth-generation Accord models, small CVT is equipped with the new Fit models.
In increasing pollution, shortage of fuel era of green energy technology development of automotive technology is now a major trend. Earth Dreams Technology also including 2 highly efficient hybrid system. Is suitable for a compact car in a single-motor hybrid powertrain system (i-DCD), a two-motor hybrid system is suitable for the car (i-MMD).
The Honda 2.4L direct injection gasoline engine won the “Ten Best Engines Ward” 2013 annual awards, also in the Honda Ten Best Engines Ward absent for the full three years to re-return of the list. Of course, to be back prize list, necessarily involves advanced engine technology. Earth Dreams engine have both “low fuel consumption” and “high-powered” Honda is also proud of the technology.
2. Sleeper engine core technology Earth
● Honda i-VTEC variable valve lift system by separating the three rocker arm integral binding, angle of the camshaft to achieve the level switch, thereby changing the lift of the valve. The 2.4L engine or inherited Honda i-VTEC advanced technologies, including variable valve timing and variable valve lift technology, so that the engine intake and exhaust can maintain optimal under different conditions, thereby effectively improving efficiency of the engine.
● also joined the direct injection technique, which is a major highlight of this engine. Using direct injection technology, more precise control of fuel injection, the combustion gas mixture more fully to reduce fuel consumption, improve the power performance of the engine. Although not a member of pressurization system, but Honda technology is more mature naturally aspirated engine combined with i-VTEC and direct injection technology, so that the power of this engine performance and fuel economy has a good performance. Furthermore, Honda art will also spend a lot of effort in the “out of sight”, such as the introduction of the weight member, the interior of the engine to reduce friction and improve the mechanical and thermal efficiency of the engine. Also with respect to the turbocharged engine, naturally aspirated engine in the latter part of maintenance is also more dominant.
● Earth Dreams Technology as well as a new CVT gearbox, through the optimization of internal organization, to further reduce internal friction and improve transmission efficiency, It has a better performance in terms of fuel economy. Can be seen from the figure, in terms of acceleration, compared with the previous 5AT, G values rising faster and higher, and last longer, which means the acceleration performance has been improved. With respect to the current model, the acceleration performance of the ninth generation AccordIncreased 10 percentage, while also improving fuel economy is 11 percentage.
It is also worth introduce the nine-generation Accord V6 models. Due to domestic emissions tax, the Chinese version of the nine-generation Accord V6 models did not copy the US version of 3.5LV6 engine, re-development of a 3.0LV6 engine, belong to the “Earth Dreams” series. Maximum power of 192kW / 6300rpm, the maximum torque of 297Nm / 5500rpm. Like the previous generation 3.5L engine, having a VCM variable cylinder management system (traveling automatic switching between 3-cylinder, 4-cylinder, 6-cylinder mode of operation). 3.0LV6 match the engine is a 6-speed automatic transmission.