Sentences with phrase «diesel power in»

3.0 TDI DIESEL Audi deserves a lot of credit for the new proliferation of diesel power in the American car market.

If the decision is made to offer diesel power in the U.S., a Mazda official said it would be the next generation diesel (called Sky - D) which would be quieter, more powerful than the 2.2 - liter unit and most likely would offer the company's new dry twin - clutch automated gearbox instead of an automatic.

So far this year, the ix35 has outsold all other compact SUVs in Australia — including Nissan's evergreen Dualis, which will become available with diesel power in late April — although the mid-size CX - 5 remains the nation's most popular SUV.

Nissan is set to ditch diesel power in Europe, with the Japanese manufacturer planning to phase out the fuel choice by not offering it on new models.

On the less - premium front, General Motors offers diesel power in its Chevy Colorado pickup, Equinox crossover and Cruze compact, and there's a new inline - six engine being developed for the Silverado pickup.

Mazda will reinvent its Volkswagen Golf - rivalling 3 later this year with new engine tech that could eventually spell the end of diesel power in its cars.

They both look good and the promise of four - cylinder diesel power in the future might tempt a few riders over from the Toyota camp.

The new oil - burner in the half - ton F150 should prove interesting, and open its doors to a whole lump of new customers that seek diesel power in something smaller than a heavy - duty truck and larger than the midsize Chevy Colorado.

Not exact matches

In a sense, stationing diesel - fueled generators outside key buildings to provide emergency power is a start down this path.

Unlike in Europe, where more than half the cars are diesels, they are rarities in the U.S. — about 0.5 % — and they cost more than gasoline - powered models.

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.

GE is looking to partner, spin off or possibly sell operations which primarily produce diesel - powered locomotives and railroad equipment, the sources said in the report.

ASX - listed specialist pumping company Babylon Pump and Power is in full swing, with the company reporting robust revenues for the March quarter on the back of strongly performing specialty rental and diesel businesses.

In the U.S., meanwhile, the value of diesel - powered models made by VW and its Audi luxury brand has taken a hit.

DE), the world's largest automaker by sales, has admitted it had rigged emissions tests in diesel - powered vehicles in the United States and U.S. authorities said on Monday they would widen their probe to other automakers.

In the meantime, China has banned the export of diesel fuel, which may soon be needed for power generation.

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

Our Data Center has been built with redundancy in mind: dual power source with automatic switch - over, dedicated UPS's and diesel generators and multiple tier - 1 upstream providers.

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...?

In an hour the tests were substantially over; and, scaling the results from model size to boat size, allowing 28 % power loss for propeller inefficiency, 20 % more for drag from things like rudders and rough paint and 2 % more to make up for the slight downward slant of the propeller shaft, everyone agreed that Mr. Metcalf would indeed have to buy two diesels of 275 hp if he wanted to cruise at 12 knots.

«In an effort to improve our air quality, my company is in the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energIn an effort to improve our air quality, my company is in the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energin the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energy.

«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.»

The use of petrol and diesel engines to power cars will also need to be «much less dominant» and replaced with electric power and biofuels, a policy meeting in the House of Commons heard.

The larger 70s - era generators will be removed and replaced with smaller, modern generators, but the same general amount of diesel power will still be in play.

«The power shortages in the area where he lived in Iraq meant everyone had a generator running on diesel and spewing out carbon.

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.

«There's still a perception from the past where in consumers» minds, diesel engines are for trucks or are dirty and stinky,» said Torsten Karnahl, general manager for product strategy at Volkswagen, which recently upped production of the diesel - powered Passat to meet rising demand.

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.

The walls themselves should have been built higher, and the diesel generators that powered the walls shouldn't have been built in low places leaving them prone to flooding, the New York Times reported in 2011.

Worse, the diesel generators needed to power emergency cooling systems, and switching gear that connects the plant to the electricity grid and controls core cooling, were not in waterproof buildings.

Felled by a petrol - guzzling chainsaw, it was carted to a paper mill in a diesel - powered truck.

RailPower Technologies Corp.'s Green Goat diesel — electric «switcher» — a small, short - distance locomotive for assembling, disassembling and moving trains in rail yards — was a promising technology powered primarily by batteries (even when it idled) and employed its diesel engine only to recharge the batteries.

In preliminary test runs, Kai Pfister has managed to demonstrate that this new diesel fuel can actually power a model car.

The power for cooling was then supplied by 12 onsite diesel generators in non-waterproofed buildings.

According to published reports, backup diesel generators at the power plant failed shortly thereafter, leaving the reactors uncooled and in serious danger of overheating.

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.

A fuel - cell power unit that can use natural gas, propane or diesel may in a couple of years provide on - site electricity to factories, computer - server farms and even your home.

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.

Soot, which climatologists call black carbon, emanates from diesel engines, power plants, the clearing of forests or burning of fields, and open cookstoves common in developing countries.

These included the Clean Truck Program, which replaced the port's fleet of old, dirty diesel trucks with EPA - compliant vehicles equipped with particle filters, and electrifying the ports so ships can just plug in to power their infrastructure while at the dock.

Compared with petrol and diesel powered vehicles, electric vehicles therefore turn out to be the worst polluters in large countries like China, India and the US.

«In places like Africa, cell phone towers are typically powered by little putt - putt diesel engines that run 24/7,» VRB CEO Tim Hennessy says.

Volkswagen has taken a step into the shameful limelight for installing a deceptive device in their diesel - powered cars that tricks emissions tests into lower scores, NPR reports.

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.

And, in 1990, Plant Vogtle in Georgia lost all externally supplied electric power — just like Fukushima Daiichi's reactors — when a truck backed into a transmission line and the backup diesel generator failed, forcing it to rely on its last power source: batteries with an eight - hour life.

«We compared the efficiencies of [the port's] diesel engines versus fuel cells, studied the energy efficiencies at various power levels and estimated the savings and reductions in emissions that would be realized if they were to convert to a fuel cell - powered operation,» Pratt said.

In other words, the company plans to build and then lease SunCells or other devices to customers and charge a per diem usage fee, allowing people to go off the power grid and stop buying gasoline or diesel while paying just a fraction of what those things now cost.

Mass - market fuel - cell vehicles are an attractive prospect because they will offer the range and fueling convenience of today's diesel and gas - powered vehicles while providing the benefits of sustainability in personal transportation.