Volvo announced that it will launch its new engine family Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) in autumn 2013 which incorporates i-ART technology.
The new i-ART technology helps to cut fuel consumption in the new diesel engines, according to the company.
i-ART receives pressure feedback from each fuel injector that assists in monitoring and adapting fuel injection per combustion in each of the four cylinders, the company said.
“Increasing the rail pressure to an exceptionally high 2,500 Bar, while adding the i-ART technology, can be described as the second step in the diesel revolution. It is a breakthrough comparable to when we invented the groundbreaking lambda sensor for the catalytic converter in 1976. It’s another world-first for Volvo,” stated Derek Crabb, vice president powertrain engineering at Volvo Car Group.
Crabb added: “Each injector has a small computer on top, which monitors injection pressure. Using this information, the self-adapting i-ART system makes sure that the ideal amount of fuel is injected during each combustion cycle.”
With VEA, Volvo will also introduce a new 8-speed automatic gearbox that contributes to a refined drive and excellent fuel economy.
“We will create smaller, more intelligent engines with so much power that they will turn V8s into dinosaurs. Our four-cylinder engines will offer higher performance than today’s six-cylinder units and lower fuel consumption than the current four-cylinder generation. On top of that, electrification will bring us up into power figures in today’s V8-territory,” Crabb stated.
The engines will be built at Volvo’s engine plant in Skövde, Sweden.
