Sentences with phrase «better than gasoline»

Hybrid cars have good demand today and they have their value better than the gasoline automobiles.

Tesla was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley who wanted to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline - powered cars.

Though in both cases the emissions created by charging the battery in the electric - assist bike and scooter are much better than the gasoline scooter — and either is a greener option based on emissions alone — all in all the electric - assist bike seems the best bargain.

Whether or not ethanol is better than gasoline depends on the direct and indirect environmental impacts associated with the production, delivery, and ultimate use of each gallon of ethanol, including any changes in land use.

When the Obama administration finalized its policy, corn ethanol scored 21 percent better than gasoline, barely crossing the key threshold.

The EPA's experts determined that corn ethanol was only modestly better than gasoline when it came to carbon dioxide emissions.

Electric cars have long been better than gasoline - powered cars in many ways — they're a few times more efficient; they offer instant torque (excellent initial acceleration that's a lot of fun and very useful); they're much more convenient (plug in when you get home and never have to go to the gas station!)

It's 5x better than gasoline or coal on nitrogen oxides (smog precursor).

Better than gasoline - because: 1.

«A lot of the technologies that we think of as being clean... are not better than gasoline.»

The energy return on sugarcane ethanol as it has been calculated does appear to be in the 8/1 range, which would make it better than gasoline.

Furthermore, diesel already has high part - load efficiency, much better than gasoline Otto - cycle engine, so, adding a hybrid drive train to a diesel won't improve efficiency as much as adding hybrid to a gasoline engine.

What's the only thing better than gasoline?

A peer - reviewed study performed at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory in 2012 found that biofuels made with corn residue were 95 per cent better than gasoline in greenhouse gas emissions.

An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 per cent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

Not exact matches

Even gasoline stations recorded a better - than - expected result, declining a less - than - anticipated 0.8 percent.

Agassi set up Better Place with the aim of using new technology to make electric cars more affordable and more convenient than gasoline - powered cars.

Redford did not make that argument, perhaps because she thought that 75,000 jobs still sounds better than a marginal decrease in the price of gasoline.

«The report showed a much larger than expected crude build for last week as well as an unexpected build in gasoline inventories,» said William...

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

We upgraded our view on U.S. consumer discretionary stocks last fall and still believe that households are in a better position than they were just a few years ago: Consumer debt is down while household wealth is up, gasoline prices are much lower than a year ago and the U.S. is creating jobs at the fastest pace since the 1990s.

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

A near - future fuel - cell car would not be much cleaner than a well - designed battery - gasoline hybrid.

«The [energy] density here is considerably less than gasoline, but just as good as or better than a lithium - ion battery,» said Grossman.

Experts on greenhouse - gas emissions tell me that every time my car burns a gallon of gasoline, I am putting more than 25 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as well as a smaller amount of methane, nitrous oxide, and various other toxic gases.

But, Scientific American, among others, has argued that liquid coal could very well be worse than gasoline, both environmentally and economically.

And with a barrel of oil costing more than $ 80 per barrel, making gasoline from the carbohydrates in plants rather than much - touted hydrogen is proving a better business opportunity for Cortright and Virent Energy Systems, the Madison, Wisc. - based company he founded to commercialize the technology.

As attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prices.

Another technology that gets better mileage than standard engines, and hence produces less carbon dioxide for each mile driven, is the gasoline - electric hybrid, which marries a gasoline engine with electric motors.

They are fun to drive, are less expensive and more convenient to fuel than gasoline vehicles, are better for the environment, promote local jobs, and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Another automotive engine technology that gets better mileage than standard internal - combustion power plants and hence, produces less carbon dioxide for each mile driven, is the gasoline - electric hybrid, which marries a gasoline engine with electric motors.

The E350 BlueTec is a tough sell for several reasons: It's priced higher than the regular E350, it's fuel economy is only marginally better than its gas - fed counterpart, and average fuel costs for its owner will be higher because diesel fuel is generally more expensive than gasoline.

Best of all, this diesel powerplant promises to deliver better fuel economy than its gasoline - powered siblings» 15/23 mpg city / hwy rating.

The fuel savings between the two models are minimal at best, especially when you consider that diesel fuel often costs a bit more than gasoline.

With gasoline prices low nationally, maybe fuel economy isn't the most important factor in the grand scheme of McLaren ownership, but here it is: The 570S is EPA - rated 16/23/19 mpg city / highway / combined — better than the Audi R8's 14/22/17 mpg and the Viper's 12/19/14 mpg.

To put it in perspective, the A7 diesel gets much better highway fuel economy than the much smaller Volkswagen GTI, which has a turbocharged, 2.0 - liter gasoline four - cylinder, and it's almost on par with a four - cylinder Honda Accord.

We don't even know how much hydrogen fuel will cost, although the best guess is closer to expensive gasoline than to cheap gasoline.

Of course, any one of the diesel SUVs is a better bet than their gasoline - fueled counterparts.

Ethanol proponents claim that ethanol will deliver equal or better gas mileage than gasoline, when ethanol is used to fuel an engine optimized to take advantage of ethanol's superior combustion characteristics.

That's how Ricardo is making an E85 engine get the same or better fuel economy than a gasoline version with no loss in power.

If you're a diesel fan, and have somehow avoided the news for the past year, you might be disappointed to find that there won't be a turbo - diesel - powered Q5, but there is a turbocharged gasoline 2.0 - liter I4 good for 252 hp and 273 lb - ft of torque, which can fling the Q5 from a standing start to 60 mph in only 5.9 seconds — a second faster than the current model.

But the TRD Pro Tundra I just drove couldn't register any better than 15L / 100 kilometres on the highway and in the city, it consumed gasoline at 21 litres for every 100 kilometres.

Reliable and long - lasting diesel powered heavy trucks move our goods from coast to coast and diesel propelled cars offer better fuel efficiency ratings than those of gasoline powered vehicles, still American consumers seem hesitant to purchase these clean burning and economical cars as their primary source of transportation.

There are no less than ten individual trims and within these trims V6 and V8 gasoline engines, as well as a diesel to chose from.

Mileage, the major attraction of a diesel, is better than for a comparable gasoline engine, says Chrysler Corp..

To be competitive and remain atop the subcompact space, it would help for the third - generation, 2014 Honda Fit to incorporate: improved NVH (noise, vibration, harshness), better gasoline - engine fuel economy (40 not 30 mpg), more than five speeds in the non-hybrid automatic transmission, a more modern navigation system with a backup camera, and Bluetooth that doesn't require you to buy navigation.

As a result, diesel engines last longer and get better mileage than comparable gasoline engines.

The gasoline - powered V - 6 and two V - 8s also available in this pickup are rated no better than 14 miles per gallon city, 18 mpg highway.

A diesel vehicle will get you between 20 and 40 percent better fuel economy than a gasoline - powered vehicle.

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