Sentences with phrase «also about the diesel»

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Contractors are already grappling with higher prices on key materials for construction projects like diesel fuel, steel, copper, wallboard, and lumber, said Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Association of General Contractors, a lobbying group with about 26,000 members which also includes suppliers.

The diesel emissions scandal also fueled the ongoing debate about banning diesel cars in Germany.

«It was also very expensive — about $ 450,000 year in labor and diesel fuel.

Also you're talking about petrol cars causing pollution and acting like you're making some incredible noble sacrifice by rejecting them, when it's diesel cars & diesel commercial vehicles we need to take care of before we start throwing away sports cars.

If that were to apply to the current Forte K3 Koup or ProCee'd GT and GT line, with its 204 - hp / 265 nm 1.6 L inline - four Gamma II T - GDI Turbo engine and also 133 - ps / 300 nm 1.6 L CRDi diesel engine, for example, that would raise its fuel economy from 24 mpg city / 36 highway to about 26/39 while bringing its 7.4 - second 0 — 60 run to about 7.0 seconds.

The 1.6 - litre diesel is also road - tax - exempt and matches the 1.3 - litre's fuel economy, but it costs about # 2,000 more than the smaller diesel.

So far, the Levante has been confirmed to bear a 3.0 - liter V - 6, boosted by two turbochargers to two levels of tune — 345 horsepower for the base model Levante, and 424 horsepower for the Levante S. There's also a diesel, but we don't really care about that.

A new XF Sportbrake debuts for 2018, a station wagon that includes just about everything as standard equipment and comes with a price tag to match.The XF's range of turbocharged gasoline and diesel engines also grows this year, and the supercharged V6 returns as well.

Bradley also said that although the Outlander PHEV is the highest price Outlander available, when comparing the cost of electricity to the cost of diesel, the 3 year costs of the PHEV are about the same as the 3 year cost of the diesel Outlander version.

Also Mazda still hasn't made any announcements about the diesel - powered CX - 5 that we'e been waiting for.

We also keep hearing chatter about a diesel - powered 6 coming here, but it keeps on getting delayed.

Seems that people in US are so excited about diesels that they believe that «anything that flies also can be eaten».

Cruze is one of about dozen 2017 or 2018 passenger cars and SUVs with diesel power, and also the most affordable.

However, the Stelvio is not all about the Quadrifoglio, albeit this version is the most desirable: the line - up will also include a 280 hp 2.0 - liter Ti trim and, later on, a 207 hp rear - wheel - drive diesel version.

In Europe, Audi offers an SQ5 with a diesel powerplant, making about 313 hp and 479 lb - ft of torque with a turbo six - cylinder, which also hits a top speed of 155 mph.

de Nysschen also talked about the luxury brand's plan for diesel engines.

Mainly, we talk about a diesel version of the current Porsche Panamera but also a new Panamera hybrid.

The 520 and its four - cylinder diesel engine with 190 hp sounds a little lumpy during the cold start, but consumes 0.3 l / 100 km more, but that's it again with the differences: The eight - speed automatic by ZF also shows outstanding gear changes, all very soft (leaves it to the speedometer to inform about switch points).

There's also word about V6, V8 (petrol and diesel) and W12 petrol powerplants ready to animate the Audi A8.

The 508 RXH is available with a conventional 180bhp 2.0 - litre diesel engine and front - wheel drive, but there's also a four - wheel - drive diesel - electric hybrid model, which costs about # 5,000 more.

Power delivery is also decidedly diesel; throttle tip - in produces a big wave of torque for about 2,500 RPM or so, and then it's on to the next gear.

Overall performance is also good, whether you opt for the petrol automatic (available in a single trim only) or diesel manual, and you wont have much to complain about the way it drives or rides either.

It also costs a lot less to charge an EV than it does to buy gas or diesel, and if you consider powering your EV with a home solar installation, you can even bring the costs down further — you can use Solar - Estimate's tools to learn more about that and work out the rates of return you would get from installing solar panels given your electricity usage and location.

We also require that about a quarter of the total federal fleet purchases be advanced diesels, hybrids or plug - in hybrids by 2016, 10 years from now.

Grid - connected solar panels were also installed on about five government buildings across the island and new fuel - efficient diesel generators replaced aging ones.

Suncor, which leaked 350,000 litres of toxic tar sands wastewater into the Athabasca River for 10 hours last month (for the second time in two years, it turns out), also spilled 225 barrels of soybean - based diesel fuel into Burrard Inlet from its Port Moody, BC facility, but didn't bother to tell anyone about it.

Mr Reddaway goes on to estimate that to go off the grid a 10kW solar system together with about 65kWh of battery storage would be required at a total cost of about $ 55,000; this apparently does not include a back - up diesel generator which would also be needed.

It also accounts for about half of global diesel use, a third of all transport - related carbon emissions and a fifth of NOx emissions, a key air pollutant.

While Treehugger continues to be excited about hybrids, and of course plug - in hybrids, we can't help but also be impressed with the efficiencies being achieved by the simple diesel engine — for example, we got particularly excited by the prospect of Honda bringing a diesel Accord to the US by 2010.

He was very impressed with the agroforestry side of things, and I suspect that many people also watched it and found themselves similarly having Eureka moments as regards some of the insights about soil, ecosystems and the idea that food production need not necessarily involve huge tractors and lashings of diesel.

There are also some tough new diesel emissions standards about to go into effect, and even with the new low - sulfur fuel, carmakers admit it will take them another year or so to comfortably meet the stricter regulations.