Abstract
Given the intensifying debate about climate change and the need for further
reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, the market
outlook for diesel and gasoline direct-injection systems has never been better.
The improvement in diesel engine design has significantly reduced exhaust
emission while enhancing vehicle performance capabilities. Indeed, the accent
in Europe has been on CO2 reduction and, because of its higher thermal
efficiency, diesel offers distinct fuel saving advantages. This, coupled with
the fact that many European countries have fuel taxation strategies which
benefit diesel, has resulted in a dramatic growth of diesel-engined vehicles
at the expense of gasoline. But changing consumer opinions and perceptions of
diesels in North America will take some time.
Meanwhile, gasoline direct injection (GDI) continues to be a weapon in the
technology armoury of the OEMs in their fight to reduce CO2. Manufacturers
believe that homogeneous applications of GDI will be dominant over the next
five years and will become more closely associated with boosting (turbo or
supercharged) to achieve high levels of engine capacity downsizing.
This fourth edition of the fuel injection report reviews the key market
drivers for fuel injection systems, and provides updated market analysis.
just-auto' s product fitment forecasts predict the market by volume, and by
major car-producing region for gasoline direct-injection systems from 2003
through 2013.
Recent innovations in this sector are discussed, and we provide brief profiles
of the major manufacturers, namely Bosch, Delphi, Denso and Siemens VDO.
Throughout the report we have included a number of exclusive interviews with
key executives, namely:
- Dr Steffen Berns, executive vice president, Engineering Gasoline Systems,
Bosch and Rolf Leonhard, executive vice president, Engineering Diesel Systems,
Bosch.
- Osamu Fukasawa, senior manager, Powertrain Management Systems Engineering
department, Denso Corp and Hitoshi Tomishima, chief engineer, Diesel Injection
Engineering department, Denso Corp and;
- Dr Sebastian Schilling, engineering director, Europe, Gasoline EMS &
Powertrain Products, Delphi, and Philippe Bercher, deputy director, Diesel
Engineering, Delphi.
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