«If you take the analogy of the car industry
fuel efficiency figures for new cars are published and that helps drive progress and innovation.
Fuel efficiency figures for the 2015 Ford F - 150 have yet to be released.
Fuel efficiency figures for the Brezza stand at 24.3 kmpl.
Fuel efficiency figures for the Kia show as 25 - mpg city and 36 - mpg highway.
Not exact matches
Pricing and
fuel - economy
figures are not yet available (they'll be announced at the Detroit auto show in January), but
figure low $ 60s
for a base 540i M Sport and a
fuel -
efficiency bump of about 10 percent.
And power in the B4 Bi-Turbo is sent to the rear wheels or all four wheels (if you opt
for BMW's xDrive) via an eight - speed automatic transmission, which is no doubt key to the almost - too - good - to - be-true
fuel efficiency figure.
Honda claims
fuel efficiency figures of 19.5 km / l, 19 km / l, 27.8 km / l and 23.8 km / l
for the petrol manual, petrol automatic, diesel manual and diesel automatic trims respectively.
EPA
fuel efficiency ratings say it does 49 mpg in the city, 47 mpg on the highway,
for a 48 mpg combined
figure.
The first diesel engine
for the Indian market, i - DTEC also boasts a stunning
fuel efficiency figure of 25.8 kmpl, which is the best - in - class
fuel efficiency so far.
The eight - cylinder delivers its power with muscular torque in all engine speed ranges, combined with maximum
efficiency for low
fuel consumption and emission
figures.
In our
fuel efficiency tests it returned a very impressive 19.19 kmpl on the highway thanks to the tall gearing but in the city, where you need to make more gear changes to keep the engine in the sweet spot, that
figure drops down to 13.5 kmpl, which is still a reasonable
figure for a petrol engine.
Through applications of the new technology first in the mini-vehicle N BOX — the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series — and gradually in other vehicle models, Honda is targeting top - of - industry
fuel efficiency for every category within three years, while simultaneously setting a timeline of 2020 to reduce by 30 % CO2 emissions
for all products sold worldwide, relative to emission
figures for 2000.
Fuel efficiency figures stand at 18.1 kmpl
for the petrol and 23 kmpl
for the diesel.
Power
for the Terrain is supplied by a robust in - line four cylinder engine that is more about
fuel efficiency than power and speed; if the later is important, the 3.0 - liter V6 has power to spare yet still returns
fuel economy
figures in the mid-20s.
Deploying the AMG SPEEDSHIFT MCT 7 - speed sports transmission with «Controlled
Efficiency» mode as standard and a new power steering pump reduces
fuel consumption: the combined NEDC
figure for the C 63 AMG coupé is 12L / 100 km.
Nissan claims a
fuel -
efficiency figure of 19.34 km / l
for the Micra with the CVT gearbox.
Interestingly, Renault claims a 20 km / l
fuel -
efficiency figure for both the 85 HP and 110 HP diesel engine.
In the UK, cars are taxed by their levels of emissions, but the interesting bit
for us is the 75mpg
fuel efficiency figure.
Reflecting the improvements in
efficiency, the Continental GT and GT Speed now feature a combined cycle
fuel economy of 19.5 mpg (14.5 litres / 100 km) and CO2 emissions of 338 g / km (subject to certification)-- outstanding
figures for a 12 - cylinder grand tourer.
We recently revealed the claimed
fuel efficiency figures of the Hyundai Verna, and managed to get behind the wheel of the car
for a short drive.
The CO2
efficiency figures are derived from Directive 1999/94 / EC and the Car EnVKV in their current version and use the
fuel consumption and CO2
figures of the NEDC
for classification.
The
figures I quoted above are
for the fossil
fuel plants operating continuously at optimum
efficiency.
36 Cut fossil
fuel use (especially coal) Solutions Global Warming Prevention Cleanup Cut fossil
fuel use (especially coal) Remove CO2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Shift from coal to natural gas Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Improve energy
efficiency Sequester CO2 deep underground Shift to renewable energy resources Sequester CO2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Transfer energy
efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation
Figure 20.14 Solutions: methods
for slowing atmospheric warming during this century.
44 Cut fossil
fuel use (especially coal) Solutions Global Warming Prevention Cleanup Cut fossil
fuel use (especially coal) Remove CO2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Shift from coal to natural gas Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Improve energy
efficiency Sequester CO2 deep underground Shift to renewable energy resources Sequester CO2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Transfer energy
efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries
Figure 20.14 Solutions: methods
for slowing atmospheric warming during this century.
By the ACF's
figures, the average Aussie driver could save $ 1,000 a year, if they drove a car that managed a
fuel efficiency standard of 6.8 L / 100 km [34.6 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- but they observe that only one Australian manufactured car model had an
efficiency of less than 10L / 100 km [23.5 miles / gallon (US)-RSB- in 2006, so they don't hold out much hope
for voluntary agreements with the car industry as likely to bear much fruit.