Fuel efficient vehicles require less gas to go a given distance.
Not exact matches
Whether you drive a
fuel -
efficient hybrid, a large work truck or a sporty roadster, our technicians have the experience to handle any auto repair your
vehicle requires.
Shutting off the engine when the
vehicle is stopped, to minimize idling Restarting the engine promptly when the brake pedal is released Enabling early
fuel shut - off during
vehicle deceleration Capturing
vehicle kinetic energy during deceleration through regenerative braking to charge the advanced nickel metal hydride battery Performing intelligent battery charging when it is most
efficient The new GM Hybrid system provides additional power, when
required, during launch from the electric motor / generator.
The F - 150 aluminum design is key to Ford's elevated performance, which not only reduces environmental burdens associated with raw material mining and processing, but with reduced
vehicle weight, less power is
required to physically move the
vehicle, encouraging the use of the smaller
fuel efficient engine found in the 2.7 Liter EcoBoost.
«Deep decarbonization
requires not natural gas and
fuel -
efficient vehicles, but zero - carbon electricity and electric
vehicles charged on the zero - carbon electricity grid,» Sachs and his coauthors state.
These improvements are driven by consumer demand, new technologies, and strong
fuel economy and pollution standards, which
require automakers to produce cleaner, more
fuel -
efficient vehicles.
«Our political leaders won't even
require Detroit to build
fuel -
efficient vehicles - which would not only reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also save consumers money and cut oil imports during a time of war in the Persian Gulf.»
And, I have yet to be convinced an electric
vehicle that draws its energy from a fossil
fuel source operating through a heat cycle converter is sufficiently more fossil
fuel efficient than a gas - driven
vehicle to make a significant difference on the scale of what is
required.
What we would like to see from Toyota and other car makers: More affordable very
fuel -
efficient and low - emission hybrids, plug - in hybrids, all cars flex
fuel so that they can run on cellulosic ethanol when it is available (the
fuel sensors
required for that are apparently only about $ 30 - no reason not to include them in all cars), diesel - hybrids with the latest emission technology (to run on biodiesel where available, of course) and, as soon as battery technology is ready, affordable electric - only
vehicles.