Sentences with phrase «efficiency than conventional vehicles»

«With electric vehicles, such as the Volt, aerodynamics play a more important role in efficiency than conventional vehicles,» said Nina Tortosa, aerodynamics engineer.

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The authors argue that vehicle fuel economy may be improved through three primary methods: reducing vehicle weight and size; increased market share of alternative powertrains that show more efficiency than conventional gasoline engines; and, rather than continuing the historical trend of emphasis on vehicles that are heavier, larger, and more powerful, ensuring that improvements in vehicle technology's efficiency gains are directed toward increasing fuel economy.

The company makes belts that are incorporated into CVTs used in vehicles made by Toyota Motor, and the expansion is in response to growing inquiries from Toyota as the automaker increases production of vehicles equipped with CVT, which offer greater fuel efficiency than conventional automatic transmissions, according to the report.

Modern HEVs make use of efficiency - improving technologies such as regenerative braking, which converts the vehicle's kinetic energy into electric energy to charge the battery, rather than wasting it as heat energy as conventional brakes do.

The result is a vehicle that offers useful foul - weather capability and plenty of cargo space, but with a much less severe fuel - efficiency penalty than conventional SUVs (it gets an EPA - rated 32 mpg combined).