Sentences with phrase «cent more cars»

Their analysis showed that, for a given number of cars, a well - designed AV parking lot could accommodate 62 per cent more cars than a conventional one.

Depending on parking lot dimensions, in some cases they were able to increase the capacity even further — square - shaped AV parking lots could accommodate up to 87 per cent more cars.

New vehicle sales are on the rise, with new data showing 4.8 per cent more cars were sold in the six months to June 30 than the same six month period last year.

Not exact matches

Now, according to sources familiar with the latest developments, the U.S. has offered to replace the 50 - per - cent requirement with another idea designed to encourage American manufacturing: a formula that credits car companies for paying more than $ 15 per hour.

He confirmed that the U.S. had been willing to drop its demand that 50 per cent of every car consist of American parts, in exchange for a new system that credits parts - makers when they pay more than $ 15 an hour.

The U.S. has proposed a more flexible formula for ensuring production in the U.S., rather than a hard rule demanding 50 per cent of every car to have American content.

The U.S. - based Railway Supply Institute, whose members build more than 95 per cent of all North American tank cars and lease more than 70 per cent, said about 55,000 new tank cars will have been put in service between 2011 — when the new voluntary safety standards were adopted — and 2015.

Negotiators are now said to be settling on a system that sets the regional content standard at 75 per cent, and helps car companies get credits to meet that standard if they invest in high - value research and pay workers more than $ 15 an hour.

A commodities boom has driven the Canadian dollar from a 62 cents US low up to parity, vaporizing any labour cost advantage we previously enjoyed over the U.S. and changing the structure of the economy; at the margin, a Canadian worker adds far more to our economy by extracting resources than by building cars.

«[W] hile tariffs are zero on civil aerospace parts... EU tariffs set at the WTO are 10 per cent on cars and can be more than 200 % on some agricultural products.»

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The IRS gives you 56.5 cents / mile but we all know that the more economical your car is, the less the actual cost will be.

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According to IndyCar the new bodywork generates a whopping 66 per cent of its downforce from underneath the car (19 percent up on the current cars) and following distances have been cut in half, which should lead to much closer racing and more passing opportunities.

The total cost of a ready - to - race car (which will be 25 per cent more powerful than the current cars) will be no more than $ 817,300, which breaks down like this:

She handed me a $ 20 bill (way more than the 10 cents or so each child had been assessed) and said she was going to put the boxes of toys in her car right then so she wouldn't accidently leave them at my house.

The study noted that in 2013, Nigeria imported more than 500, 000 unit of cars, 75 per cent of which were used cars.

Currently more than 40 per cent of the US corn crop goes into producing ethanol, which is mostly mixed with gasoline to fuel conventional cars.

«I can't pay you a cent more,» Boris tells Sophie, who's trying to sell him a car.

One kilometre in a conventional car with a fuel consumption of 9 litres per 100 kilometres (26 miles per US gallon), with gasoline at $ 3.60 per gallon, costs more than 8 cents.

In the same tests, the car was 11 per cent more fuel efficient than a control car in city driving and 8 per cent more efficient in motorway driving.

This makes it more than twice as efficient as conventional hybrid cars, which can only recover about 30 per cent of the braking energy, he says.

The car's drivetrain options are where there are more telling differences, with most engines enjoying power and torque rises despite an average fuel consumption drop of 11 per cent across the range.

To put this in perspective, that's over 50 per cent more torque than the 12 - cylinder Conti GT, a car many would regard as being extravagantly endowed in that department.

Cars made by Mercedes - Benz, BMW and Peugeot are using up to 50 per cent more fuel than their official laboratory tests suggest.

In electric - only form, capacity has leapt 50 per cent from 22kWh to 33kWh, yet the pack takes up no more space in the car's structure - an indication of the current rapid rate of progress within the industry.

However, it goes without saying that the Nismo is just over 50 per cent more expensive than the standard GT - R — a car that the majority will find fast and entertaining enough.

While the new STS's not unhandsome lines make reference to Cadillac's distinctive creased - angle and vertical - headlamps design language from top to bottom, a close look inside suggests the car is the creation of design and engineering teams that spent more than a few afternoons hanging around the last 5 - series BMW, probing, analyzing, and costing it down to the last micron, atomic subparticle, and cent.

It's the use of the latest system's «double - D» coiling that's enabled Qualcomm to more than double its efficiency, enabling it to charge the i8 Safety Car's 10kWh battery to 80 per cent in around 1 - hour.

These gains have come from thorough revisions of the intake and exhaust systems on both cars, beginning with an air cleaner that's 60 per cent more efficient than before.

Resistance to understeer has been improved thanks to a lighter, stiffer hollow front anti-roll bar and along with the rest of the changes Ford says this has resulted in a car with 10 per cent more grip than before.

The rear spring rates are up by some 80 per cent, which shifts the roll resistance rearwards in a bid to make the car more agile.

As if to highlight the Forester's unique attributes, that most powerful petrol engine, which is currently more potent than the Subaru BRZ sports car, is set to make up more than 25 per cent of total sales.

«More than 50 per cent of rival performance cars are available in dual - clutch form.

The car's aerodynamics also made a pivotal contribution to performance: its 1.67 efficiency figure is a new record for a production Ferrari, and is the fruit of 50 per cent more downforce than the previous model and reduced drag.

The Trillium Automobile Dealers Association, which represents about 1,100 new - vehicle dealers in Ontario, says Doug Ford's proposal of a 10 - cent tax cut on gasoline will make owning a car more affordable.Friday, May 18, 12:46 pm ET

The Sportbrake's fairly svelte rear styling (and the lack of practical connotations in its name) suggests boot space won't be class leading, but the model should be noticeably more useful than the XF four - door, and will make the car appeal more heavily to other markets, such as Sweden, where around 70 per cent of models sold are estates.

Featuring a more powerful 138kW version of the standard car's 3.9 - litre V8, the special two - door came with sports dampers and new front and rear anti-roll bars that increased roll stiffness by 25 per cent.

Although the Korean automaker's Elantra family is yet again a top 10 best seller and the second - best selling passenger car in Canada, sales were down 8 per cent in 2014, to just more than 50,000 copies, well behind the class - leading Honda Civic.

Not only did that never happen, but 2014 saw the Honda compact keep its top spot as Canada's best - selling new passenger car — for the 17th consecutive year — with sales up 3 per cent, compared to 2013, to more than 66,000 sold.

Available in seven - seat form for the first time, the all - new mid-size SUV is a long - awaited addition to Honda's ageing portfolio, joining the revitalised Civic, sales of which are up more than 350 per cent year - to - date in a struggling small car segment.

The Vitara's new «crossover» style is more desirable too, so you can expect to the car to hold on to more of its original value than the 34 per cent retained by the old - school Grand Vitara over the course of three years.

That puts it in the 27 per cent Benefit in Kind (BiK) tax bracket for company car buyers, three percentage points ahead of the more powerful D5 version.

The car hasn't been crash - tested since 2009 — and the tests have become more demanding since then — but Euro NCAP gave it a five star safety rating, with a 90 per cent mark in the adult occupants category, 86 per cent for child occupants, 53 per cent for pedestrian protection, and 86 per cent in the safety assist category.

Torsional body strength has been increased by 51 per cent over the previous model, with effort put in all over the car, right down to a windscreen which is now bonded in rather than mounted in a seal, thus shutting out more exterior noise.

The new Stonic is Kia's response to a B - segment that currently accounts for 1.1 million new car sales in Europe each year — around seven per cent of the market — and is forecast to expand to more than two million annual sales by 2020.

The seventh - generation Fiesta is still based on Ford's Global B - car platform, but it has been tuned to offer 10 per cent more grip, according to the brand.

Despite offering more room for passengers and more advanced technological features than ever before, new production techniques contribute to the Mk VII Golf being up to 100 kg lighter than the car it replaces, helping to make it up to 23 per cent more efficient than before.

When that button is pressed the lab coats have ensured the car becomes more responsive with a more more aggressive torque - map, reduced power assistance for the steering and stiffening up the Adaptive Damper System by 30 per cent.