Sentences with phrase «diesel power as»

For buyers as adverse to diesel power as they are to gas station trips will find plenty to like in the 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engine.

The rise of hybrid electrics, plug - ins, and EVs has overshadowed diesel power as choice for Americans seeking better fuel economy.

The Ford Transit Connect, top of the small / midsize van segment is also behind its performance to date for the year, though Ford recently revealed an ace up its sleeve as part of a raft of updates for 2019 model year: a 1.5 - litre turbodiesel engine, the only van in its class to offer diesel power as an option.

Not exact matches

This gas, composed mostly of methane, can be used as a fuel for power generation (replacing diesel generators), compressed or sold into the natural gas grid.

The company, based in Fullerton, California, retrofits large diesel - powered vehicles such as garbage trucks and off - road construction equipment with a system that cuts smog - causing emissions by as much as 90 percent.

As a result testers got one outcome — a diesel - powered car that met all the EPA's emissions requirements — while VW owners got another: a more powerful vehicle that spewed out up to 35 times more nitrogen oxide, an air pollutant, than standards allow.

The automaker admits that, since 2009, it outfitted several of its diesel - powered models — such as the Golf, Passat, Jetta, and Beetle — with «defeat devices» that would switch off emissions controls, and thereby boost performance, except when the vehicles were being put through environmental tests.

Musk also pointed out that it takes 15 minutes for traditional diesel - powered semi-trucks to fuel up, where as a Tesla Semi can charge 400 miles in 30 minutes, which is provided by «Megachargers ``.

TRADITIONAL ANSWER Off - grid mines have typically bought and operated their own diesel or heavy fuel oil power generating facilities, as security of energy supply is an important factor in the mining industry

The mine's processing plant is currently operating at reduced capacity, supported by an existing on - site diesel power station, as well as portable generators.

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

The report authored by the chief energy policy adviser to government, the Energy Commission, says the amount required will expended on natural gas, light crude oil, diesel and heavy fuel oil to power the various thermal plants as the country looks to contain the threat of erratic energy supply on the economy.

«The Management in an effort to cushion the effect of the incident on the Power and Water supply made an arrangement with Kaduna State Water Board to be supplying the hostels with water in Tankers as well as diesel for the generators as a temporary measure until the situation is restored back to normalcy.

«What appears to have happened [in Fukushima] is that after the first failure of the first cooling system, as a result of the power cuts from the grid, the back - up diesel generators began to work and began to operate but they were then hit by the tsunami and therefore back - up operators failed to work and it took the staff on site some time to re-establish and improvise cooling which they of course did with the pumping of sea water.»

«They want them there just as an ultimate level of security, but they'll be roughly 90 percent less polluting than the existing ones... With just the diesel generators you can only power a couple of lights and maybe one elevator but if you actually wanted to use this as a shelter for an extended period of time you would need the cogeneration plant,» he said.

Similar efforts are taking place nationwide, such as a coalition of African - Americans and Latinos stopping a sewage treatment plant from being built in their Northern Manhattan neighborhood, and a multicultural group in Boston helping local communities fight, among other things, a diesel power plant slated to be built next to an elementary school.

The New Plant Fuel «Green diesel,» as it's being called, isn't the first effort to use plants to power cars; your gas tank probably has a blend of gas and plant - derived ethanol inside it right now.

And just to make things really fun, two diesel generators, each the size of an automobile, roar nonstop as they crank out 450 kilowatts of electricity to power the drill.

Diesels have long been regarded as among the dirtiest of power plants, a reputation that lingers because so many decades - old examples of this durable technology still work the roads today.

The conversion technology is well established (the Germans used it during World War II), and liquid coal can power conventional diesel cars and trucks as well as jet engines and ships.

A glide path would mirror the European model, which brought players together years ago to effectively select «clean diesel» as the vehicle of the near future, at least until hydrogen - powered or electric plug - in vehicles develop.

The diesel plug - in hybrid can run in all - electric mode for 14 miles with an estimated fuel economy of 89 mpg equivalent and can achieve 35 mpg as a hybrid, which a comparable gasoline - powered SUV would be hard - pressed to beat.

NuScale claims it will be able to produce power at about seven to nine cents per kilowatt - hour — roughly the same as big nuclear plants, only a few cents more than the cheapest modern natural gas — fired or coal - fired plants, and one - third the cost of a typical diesel generator.

Hyperion CEO John Deal insists that micro nukes will drastically reduce misery, disease, and poverty throughout the developing world by powering water - treatment systems (as well as lights, sewing machines, and everything else electrical) at less cost than a diesel generator.

Catalysts have been an integral part of diesel - and gasoline - powered engines since the mid-1970s as federal regulations called for reductions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides.

These reactors could face extraordinary challenges, such as the recent twin blows of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which knocked out connections to the local power grid, followed by a wall of water that destroyed the fuel tanks for backup diesel generators and flooded critical electrical equipment, crippling the boiling - water reactors at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan.

The country also needs widely available energy to power alternative vehicles — such as clean diesel, electric charging stations.

Communities of color and those with low education and high poverty and unemployment may face greater health risks even if their air quality meets federal health standards.A pervasive air pollutant, the fine particulate matter known as PM2.5 is a mixture of emissions from diesel engines, power plants, refineries and other sources of combustion.

VW's dreams overtake reality Their mainstay design, turbocharged direct injection (TDI), was marketed as a clean diesel system that delivers good fuel economy and power, claims that turned out to be too good to be true.

These new trucks — which employ a diesel combustion engine along with a hydraulic high - pressure accumulator that stores energy captured during braking — get 35 percent better fuel economy and generate as much as 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions as compared to the non-hybrid diesel - powered vehicles they are replacing.

Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.

Chris and I met through Nick Tumminello, and as I found out more about him, I realized he was doing a lot of similar training in his gym that I do in mine, especially Strongman Training, only he has been doing it with athletes and personal training clients, turning them into brutally strong, DIESEL - powered monsters.

Changes under the skin are less intensive, as the refreshed Volkswagen Touareg is powered by the same range of V - 6 and V - 8 gasoline, diesel, and hybrid powertrains.

But just to show that Mazda remains committed to diesel on the street even as it awaits the readiness of the Mazda 6 Skyactive - D, Robert Davis decided last fall to build a trio of production - based diesel - powered Mazda 6s for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill, an amateur - level racing event sanctioned by the National Auto Sport Association (NASA).

We'll report back when the EPA releases official figures on the diesel - powered Cruze Hatch, but it's clear that GM is embracing diesel in the short - term, rather than running from it, as the market nevertheless demands more and more EVs.

As you know, Audi has had great success with its gasoline - and diesel - powered race cars at Le Mans over the past 13 years, and this year its R18 e-tron Quattro, its first hybrid race car, competed alongside the TDI R18 Ultra.

The diesel - powered light - duty pickup got off to a hot start when it first went on sale, as more than 8000 orders rolled in within three days of availability.

As for the origin story of the Power Stroke engine, you may have heard that Ford is using a version of Land Rover's diesel, but in fact it's the other way around.

Other XJ power units remain as they were, fronted by a 3 - litre V6 turbocharged diesel with 296bhp and just a pound - foot less torque than the XJR575 (albeit developed from 2000rpm), and a 3 - litre supercharged petrol V6 putting 335bhp and 332 lb ft to the floor.

GM's 1980 Cadillac Seville was the first American auto to feature a diesel engine as standard equipment, and diesel - powered Oldsmobiles were sold in large numbers.

Making repeated runs up and down the slopes below Yarnell, Arizona, gave us a great chance to test out the Super Duty's new gas and Power Stroke turbo - diesel engines, as well as a few of their trailer - pulling competitors.

It's also why you can't get a Power Wagon with a diesel engine, as there simply wouldn't be space for the 6.7 - liter Cummins turbodiesel and its cooling apparatus while still fitting the winch behind the front bumper.

On his watch, Audi introduced new models such as the Q7 cross / utility vehicle, in addition to the R10 race car, which became the first diesel - powered car ever to win the Le Mans 24 Hours.

NEW YORK — Sales of diesel - powered light vehicles in the U.S. rose 13.5 % year - over-year in 2014 and have increased every year since 2010 as an industry official predicts, «Consumers are warming to diesels.»

A plug - in hybrid version as well as a V - 8 diesel are still happening, and Bentley also confirms that a gas - powered V - 8 will join the mix a bit further down the line.

Volkswagen will look to turn that tide in the coming year, as the Golf hits U.S. shores in numerous flavors ranging from the electric e-Golf to the diesel - powered Golf SportWagen.

Powered by a 104bhp 1.6 - litre Duratorq TDCi diesel engine, it uses a new injection system and turbocharger as well as enhanced air cooling and friction reduction measures including low - friction piston ring coatings and a variable flow oil pump.

Today, diesels make just as much power as comparably sized normally aspirated gas engines.

And once the new 3.0 - liter Power Stroke diesel joins the mix in spring 2018 as the first - ever oil - burner in an F - 150, there will be even more for Dearborn to brag about to their Detroit - area rivals.

My bold prediction: We'll see small, steady growth in sales of diesel - powered light - duty trucks such as the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Chevrolet Colorado / GMC Canyon.