BorgWarner's R2S® Turbocharging System Receives Automotive News PACE Environmental Award
BorgWarner Turbo Technology Earns Acclaim for Reducing Emissions, Saving Fuel at Inaugural Green Car Conference & Exhibition
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 17 - BorgWarner's R2S® regulated two-stage turbocharging system received a 2008 Automotive News PACE Environmental Award during the recent Green Car Conference and Exhibition in Novi, Michigan. Sponsored by Automotive News, Ernst & Young and TRC Inc., the first-ever award honors innovations that contribute to environmental sustainability and/or solve environmental problems. Winners were selected from this year's PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contribution to Excellence) Award winners.
"Around the world, BorgWarner is known as a technology leader whose products improve fuel economy and emissions while boosting performance. We believe that advanced technology can give us the best of both worlds - an exhilarating driving experience and environmentally friendly vehicles," said Roger Wood, President and General Manager, BorgWarner Turbo & Emissions Systems. "We are proud that our products protect the environment and honored to accept this recognition of our efforts."
BorgWarner Chairman and CEO Tim Manganello was a featured panelist at the conference, discussing how technological advances in the powertrains of the future can reduce our environmental impact on the planet.
BorgWarner's R2S® regulated two-stage turbocharging system consists of two series-connected turbochargers: a smaller unit (referred to as the high-pressure turbocharger) and a larger unit (known as the low-pressure turbocharger). At low engine speeds, the smaller high-pressure turbocharger ensures spontaneous engine response without "turbo lag." With increasing engine speed, the larger low-pressure turbocharger gradually takes over more of the work, ensuring constantly increasing power and high output torque across a wide range of engine speeds. The combination allows car makers to offer low-fuel-consumption, efficient, downsized engines with the dynamic response and high peak output power of a larger engine, all with lower emissions. BorgWarner's R2S® technology has been awarded multiple patents, and more are pending.
The first large-scale passenger car production with an R2S® regulated two-stage turbocharging system was launched in 2005 on the BMW 535d, available in Europe, and in 2006 on Ford F-Series Super-Duty® trucks. To date, BorgWarner's R2S® regulated two-stage turbocharging system has also entered into series production on Fiat, Daimler and MAN vehicles.
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 64 locations in 17 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA, and MAN. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com/.
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