Sentences with phrase «cleaner than gasoline cars»

With no tailpipe emissions, these vehicles can be up to 99 % cleaner than gasoline cars, even when power plant emissions are included.

CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero - Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

Those that run on California's electricity are two - thirds cleaner than gasoline cars.

For CalCars» Response to Comments in NY Times story see: How Much Cleaner than a Gasoline Car is a PHEV Charged from the Dirty (Coal) Grid?

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COST - Because of the extra equipment and process needed to clean their diesel exhaust, diesel cars are more expensive than their gasoline counterparts.

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

And yet, in terms of greenhouse - gas emissions, grid - charged cars are still cleaner than their gasoline - powered counterparts, and that's particularly true in California, where we rely largely on natural gas to make electricity.

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.

You need look no farther than your local car dealership to find proof; every new carmaker offers a plug - in electric, fuel / electric hybrid, or clean diesel solution to the resource robbing effects of the gasoline powered combustion engine.

You might think it's better to put premium gasoline in your car because you think it contains more cleaning additive than regular unleaded gasoline.

And yet, in terms of greenhouse - gas emissions, grid - charged cars are still cleaner than their gasoline - powered counterparts, and that's particularly true in California, where we rely largely on natural gas to make electricity.

EVs powered by the grid currently produce 54 percent less (lifetime) carbon pollution than gasoline cars, which could grow to 71 percent by 2050 as our power supply gets cleaner.

If you do own a car, electric vehicles are a cleaner and greener option than gasoline - powered cars.

And while familiarity breeds contempt, we should remember that even if the Prius is still a gasoline car, it's a decent step forward: AT - PZEV tailpipe emissions (which means SULEV + zero evaporative emissions from the fuel system) and 50 MPG EPA make it cleaner than almost everything on the market (depends on the country).