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Variable Cylinder Management, the Glossary

Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) is Honda's term for its variable displacement technology, which saves fuel by using the i-VTEC system to disable one bank of cylinders during specific driving conditions—for example, highway driving.^[1]

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Engine fuel system technology

Active Cylinder Control

Daimler AG's Active Cylinder Control (ACC) is a variable displacement technology.

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Active Fuel Management

Active Fuel Management (formerly known as displacement on demand (DoD)) is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors.

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Acura MDX

The Acura MDX is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV with three-row seating produced by the Japanese automaker Honda under its luxury Acura division since 2000.

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Acura RDX

The Acura RDX is a compact luxury crossover SUV produced by Acura, a luxury vehicle division of Honda, as the second crossover SUV offering from the brand after the mid-size MDX.

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Acura RLX

The Acura RLX is a mid-size flagship luxury car manufactured by Honda and sold under their Acura division, released in 2013, succeeding the RL.

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Acura TLX

The Acura TLX is a four-door entry-level luxury sedan sold by Acura, a luxury division of Honda, since 2014.

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Chrysler

FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler, is one of the "Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Cylinder (engine)

In a reciprocating engine, the cylinder is the space in which a piston travels.

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Drive by wire

Drive by wire or DbW technology in the automotive industry is the use of electronic or electro-mechanical systems in place of mechanical linkages that control driving functions.

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Driving

Driving is the controlled operation and movement of a land vehicle, including cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses.

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General Motors

General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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Highway

A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land.

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Honda

is a Japanese public multinational conglomerate manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and battery-powered equipment, founded in October 1946 by Soichiro Honda and headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.

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Honda Accord

The, also known as the in Japan and China for certain generations, is a series of automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, best known for its four-door sedan variant, which has been one of the best-selling cars in the United States since 1989.

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Honda Elysion

The is a seven- or eight-seat minivan initially sold only in Japan as a competitor to the Toyota Alphard and the Nissan Elgrand.

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Honda Inspire

The is a mid-size sedan derived from the Honda Accord chassis.

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Honda Odyssey (North America)

The Honda Odyssey is a minivan manufactured by Japanese automaker Honda and marketed for the North American market.

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Honda Pilot

The Honda Pilot is a mid-size crossover SUV with three-row seating manufactured by Honda since 2002.

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Honda Ridgeline

The Honda Ridgeline is a mid-size pickup truck manufactured by Honda.

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Mercedes-Benz Group

The Mercedes-Benz Group AG (previously named Daimler-Benz, DaimlerChrysler and Daimler) is a German multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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Multi-Displacement System

Chrysler's Multi-Displacement System (MDS) is an automobile engine variable displacement technology.

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Overhead camshaft engine

An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Overhead valve engine

An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a pushrod engine, is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber.

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Poppet valve

A poppet valve (also sometimes called mushroom valve) is a valve typically used to control the timing and quantity of petrol (gas) or vapour flow into or out of an engine, but with many other applications.

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Rocker arm

A rocker arm is a valvetrain component that typically transfers the motion of a pushrod in an overhead valve internal combustion engine to the corresponding intake/exhaust valve.

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Solenoid

An illustration of a solenoid Magnetic field created by a seven-loop solenoid (cross-sectional view) described using field lines A solenoid is a type of electromagnet formed by a helical coil of wire whose length is substantially greater than its diameter, which generates a controlled magnetic field.

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Tappet

A tappet or valve lifter is a valve train component which converts rotational motion into linear motion in activating a valve.

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Variable displacement

Variable displacement is an automobile engine technology that allows the engine displacement to change, usually by deactivating cylinders, for improved fuel economy.

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VTEC

VTEC (described as Variable Valve Timing & Lift Electronic Control, but stands for Valve Timing Electronically Controlled) is a system developed by Honda to improve the volumetric efficiency of a four-stroke internal combustion engine, resulting in higher performance at high RPM, and lower fuel consumption at low RPM. Variable Cylinder Management and VTEC are Honda.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_Cylinder_Management

Also known as Zylinder Abschaltung System.