But a new push
for better fuel efficiency across the passenger vehicle fleet has more automakers using these materials across their lineup.
Front - wheel drive vehicles will typically achieve
better fuel efficiency ratings than vehicles with all - wheel drive since sending signals to all four wheels requires the use of more energy.
Due to its infinite number of ratios, the gearbox is inherently smooth in its operation and even
returns better fuel efficiency figures than its manual counterpart.
There has been a modest decline since 2008 in support for
requiring better fuel efficiency for vehicles, increasing federal funding for research on alternative energy and spending more on mass transit.
With consumers and governments
demanding better fuel efficiency, automakers are increasingly turning to aluminum, which is around 40 percent lighter than steel.
The new V - 6 engine keeps the familiar 3.6 - liter displacement, but now comes with a host of upgrades designed at making more power
with better fuel efficiency.
Powering the Accord is i - MMD 2 - motor Hybrid system along with a 2.0 - litre i - VTEC engine which together produces 215 PS of power with a segment
best fuel efficiency of 23.1 km / l as per ARAI.
«It's built of carbon fiber, the same material you find in a Dreamliner airplane that allows it to
get better fuel efficiency savings.
Mitsubishi Electric developed its ISG system — a crankshaft direct - driven system for idling - stop - start, energy recovery and torque assist — to achieve higher output power and
better fuel efficiency in 48V hybrid vehicles.
This all - new four - cylinder engine runs smooth thanks to internal balance shafts to counteract vibration, combines power with
good fuel efficiency thanks to variable valve timing / lift and direct fuel injection, and operates with an easy, free - revving liveliness thanks to careful detailing to reduce friction and because, well, that's just the Honda way.
It limits torque to first and second gears to
give better fuel efficiency but in doing so feels like it is enforcing a restriction on the 595's personality.
Other improvements
include better fuel efficiency, a dark - tinted matrix grille, and the addition of the Mulliner Driving Specification, which features a diamond - quilted perforated leather pattern on -LSB-...]
According to a 2016 Honeywell's survey of more than 6,000 drivers in China, today's Chinese consumers not only
seek better fuel efficiency, but also more size, driving pleasure and space in their vehicle.
The two American companies were working on hybrids for heavyweights — a technology that could provide
better fuel efficiency on three - ton full - size SUVs designed to carry seven or eight passengers, extra cargo, and tons of extra weight towed in back.
As Boeing says in its press release: «The 787 Dreamliner is an all - new, super-efficient family of commercial airplanes that can fly long distances while offering 20 to 25 percent
better fuel efficiency per seat and lower emissions than the airplanes they replace.
Besides making more power, the turbocharger also helps in maintaining
good fuel efficiency by controlling the waste-gate valve that remains shut under heavy throttle to provide more boost pressure, and opens during normal driving to reduce pumping loss.
Taillights are also LED while the trunk's hatch is made of Toyota's Super Olefin Polymer and Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS, in short), thus cutting down weight and working
towards better fuel efficiency.
This includes a first - in - class rear axle disconnect that allows for
better fuel efficiency since the vehicle will not be wasting four - wheel - drive capability when it isn't needed.
The new Acadia is lighter — by some 318 kg (700 lbs)-- and more maneuverable than its predecessor, and also boasts
relatively good fuel efficiency numbers.
You can also have the Limited, Latitude, Sport, or Trailhawk with full - time, all - weather Active Drive, an all - wheel - drive system that disconnects the rear wheels for
better fuel efficiency when you're just cruising around on the highway.
Those wishing to
receive better fuel efficiency, and save a little off the purchase price of the truck may spring for the 4.3 - liter V - 6 engine, which pumps out 285 hp, and 305 lb - ft of torque.
The exterior is more aerodynamic
creating better fuel efficiency, with bedsides that were raised 1.5 inches and a small lip spoiler on the tailgate in the name of reduced drag.