Sentences with phrase «car on a gallon of fuel»

The average new car today can move twice as many ton - miles of car on a gallon of fuel as a new car in 1980.

Not exact matches

The Clarity's fuel efficiency equivalent of 68 miles per gallon clobbers even the feel - good 48 mpg of the Toyota Prius, and the car can go 270 miles on a $ 20 tank.

The figures in the sidebar to your article on fuel wasted searching for a parking space (4 February, p 19) imply that the Earth has expanded 1000-fold to a circumference of 40 million kilometres and that the average American car does 24,000 miles to the imperial gallon.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Small, budget - friendly cars and the 40 - mpg fuel - efficiency barrier are on the minds of many people, what with gas prices trampolining around the $ 4 - per - gallon mark and the economy very slowly recovering from grim times.

We have compiled a list of most fuel efficient cars for 2013/2014 based on miles per gallon (mpg).

The Environmental Protection Agency determined the Fusion Energi has combined city / highway fuel economy in electric mode at the gasoline equivalent of 100 miles per gallon, and the car yields 108 miles per gallon equivalent in the city and 92 on the highway.

Ford is already trumpeting the Fusion Hybrid as America's most fuel efficient mid-size car, with an EPA rating of 41 miles per gallon in the city, 36 mpg on the highway, besting the Toyota Camry Hybrid by 8 mpg in the city, 2 on the highway.

Our test car sipped gas, using just a gallon of fuel every 31 miles in city driving with the air conditioner on.

And, at an EPA - rated 112 miles per gallon equivalent, it's not only the most energy - efficient of the few electric cars already on sale but also the most energy - efficient U.S. car regardless of fuel.

Buy a Mazda6 Grand Touring, opt for the Technology Package, and a brake energy regeneration system bumps the car's city and highway fuel economy ratings by 2 miles per gallon each, to 28 in the city and 40 on the highway, for a combined rating of 32 mpg.

They include electronic mods for cars and suspensions, modern radios with satellite and smartphone integration that look like they were built long ago, and mods to make cars go farther on a gallon of fuel.

Mazda really got this car right, but it's up to you to decide if it's worth the price, or the unremarkable premium - fuel mileage of 20 miles per gallon in the city, 28 on the highway.

If you drive 12,000 miles per year at the current rate of about $ 3 per gallon and you car gets 25 MPG, you're going to spend about $ 7,200 over the first five years of your car's life on fuel.

One is a report on the Wheels blog by my friend Jim Motavalli about the possible rebirth of the «air car,» a vehicle that runs on compressed air and a small amount of fuel to run a heater that boosts its range (it is said to get the equivalent of more than 100 miles per gallon when you account for the energy it takes to compress the air).

With plug - in hybrids and all - electric cars coming to market that can run on local wind - generated electricity at a gasoline - equivalent cost of 80 cents per gallon, why keep burning costly fuel at four times the price?

On average, fueling a car with electricity is roughly the same as gas at $ 1 / gallon of fueling with gasoline, thanks to EV's performance efficiency and the lower cost of electricity.

It calls for a revenue - neutral carbon price, a 10 million person «clean energy workforce,» a 65 miles per gallon average fuel economy for cars and trucks by 2025, the construction of a nationwide high - speed rail network, a ban on oil drilling offshore and in the Arctic, and a phaseout of subsidies to the fossil fuel industry — all top items on environmentalists» wish lists.

1 The actual Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard is expected to be about 49.6 mpg in 2025, with the remaining 5 miles per gallon equivalent reached through improvements to in - car air conditioners (better efficiency, reduced leaks, and use of refrigerants with a lower impact on the climate).

The authors found that U.S. cars and light trucks were driven 2.6 trillion miles in 2004 with an average fuel economy of 19.6 miles per gallon, and they conclude that American vehicles are driven more each year and on average burn more fuel than cars in other countries.