Sentences with phrase «efficient car of»

A 270 km / h driving machine based on the XL1, the most efficient car of all time.

Contest aims to award $ 10 - million prize to the best new automotive design, and gives a glimpse of what the energy - efficient car of the future may look like — and what will power it

But I also know where I want the fuel - efficient cars of tomorrow to be built — not in Japan, not in China, but right here in the United States of America.

Not exact matches

A new study says a fleet of self - driving cars would be far more efficient than a bunch of error - prone humans.

Spending a proportion of the working day cooped inside a car and possibly stuck in traffic is not conducive to a productive and efficient day's work!

Perhaps by skipping the Prairies in initial launches, car manufacturers also realize there is some truth to the stereotype of Albertans as big truck - and SUV - driving types who are not as interested in fuel - efficient vehicles.

While most of these companies are using lithium - ion batteries in their current models, Dyson said its car would use solid - state batteries that are smaller, more efficient, easier to charge and potentially easier to recycle.

Driverless cars can track everything from what times people leave for work to which roads they take to the location of other carpools — data that would only make the algorithm more efficient.

If cars will never crash, the ultimate most efficient (shape) of a personal mobility could be a glass cube.»

A big change is the addition of a second motor, giving the P85D dual motors and turning the single - motor, rear - wheel drive Model S into an all - wheel drive electric car that is more responsive and efficient.

The new Sidewalk project would make way for self - driving cars on its streets, more efficient electricity and water delivery systems, and high - tech housing units for tens of thousands of people and workers.

Toyota saw sales of its gas - electric hybrid cars, such as the fuel - efficient Prius, rise 50 percent compared with February 2010.

The basic idea is elegant in its simplicity: In the case of vehicles, cars that are more efficient than average come to the showroom carrying a rebate for their buyers.

But Lee still sees a potential advantage for Tesla: While the company's «frenetic pace of experimentation is not the most efficient way to produce cars in the short run,» he writes, «it might be the best way to learn the lessons Tesla needs to learn to produce cars more efficiently in the long run.»

Indeed, notwithstanding Ontario's emphasis on green initiatives — fuel - efficient car production, wind power, the closing of coal - fired generating stations — climate change is the great battle of the present and future, one that neither Ontario nor any other jurisdiction is doing enough to fight.

For a given level of prices, more fuel - efficient furnaces encourage larger houses, and more fuel - efficient engines encourage larger cars.

Sorry I am probably never going to give up my car [it is small and fuel efficient though] but as a reminder that most of what is sold in shops is c ** p and unnecessary, he's the MAN.

The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel - efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising gasoline prices.

This is both a matter of more efficient electric appliances and cars, and a matter of constructing buildings in such a way that far less energy is needed for heating and cooling.

Do you use your car inefficiently not because you are incapable of plotting out an efficient round of trips but because it has become your real «castle,» the one place where you can get away from immediate requests without feeling guilty?

We can cut our gasoline consumption drastically by shifting from SUVs to the new generation of fuel - efficient and alternative energy cars.

The same poster also shows pepper - decorated versions of the Smart, a trendy European sub-compact car which is highly energy efficient.

«We've completely renovated the plant we acquired, and outfitted it with state of the art, energy efficient HVAC systems and white LED lighting throughout the building, with future plans to install electric car charging stations.

We headed up to the cottage -LRB-!!!!!) on Monday afternoon, straight from the crowded waterfall, and our GPS took us on a seriously gnarly route that had me thankful we hired a 4WD instead of one of those wimpy, fuel efficient cars (those things have no place outside of the city, Ring Road, or Golden Circle, FYI).

Her gifts — the downy - soft hands, the vision on the ice that allows her to see two or three steps ahead of other players, the production so efficient and dependable that it suggests the assembly line of a German car plant — seem as easy to explain as her green eyes and her blonde drape of hair.

Honda would also benefit from supplying Sauber as it would mean there are double the amount of cars to gather data from, which should theoretically allow for faster and more efficient development of the power units.

The Maxi - Cosi Rubi car seat is designed with a unique, intuitive belt installation system making installation of this car seat highly efficient.

Meaning, if you stroller comes in with a quick fold system, allows for the use of various infant car seats, and is easy to use, its efficient!

Running Stroller Car Seat Among one of the most efficient renovations in infant stroller style in existing times is the travelling system.

The bob rambler is multi-purpose kind of a stroller, it can be combined with an infant car seat adopter and use them together for an 8 weeks old kid, bob rambler recommends that at least babies should be of 6 months an above to ride on a stroller on off - road use, in addition, the rambler is a simplified version that has an adjustable handles, a simple fabric, and a small durable efficient tires.

Given that scenario, the ability to snap an infant car seat in and out of the car into a stroller would be efficient, convenient and ensure they never wake the baby.

«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance rates; and increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to tax.

Certainly everybody that I saw in my short time was extremely interested in purchasing a car and if they happen to be from the more upwardly mobile kind of middle class, they were very interested in buying not a fuel - efficient car but a hummer even, you know, pretty much following the exact same model as the American aspiration or, you know, the «American dream» model and certainly the suburbs seem to be a growing trend and if you noticed that, Philip, you know, I visited a suburb called Orange County outside of Beijing and it really looked like Orange County and they even had like the palm trees and everything and I saw these in all the cities I visited Chongqing, Chengdu, various other cities that I visited, they were ringed by suburbs and the folks who live there, you know, the privileged few were using cars to commute into the cities for work.

«We bathe on cleaner beaches, drive more fuel - efficient cars and can hold government to account on air pollution,» said Mary Creagh, chair of the house's Environmental Audit Committee.

I think this is about learning to do the things that we already enjoy in better, smarter ways that improve the quality of our lives, with cars that are faster and cooler than the cars we have today, computers that are much more efficient than the ones we have today, new and more sustainable products that allow us to do more than we can do today.

Historically, low gas prices have pushed Americans toward large, fuel - inefficient cars; price spikes tend to suddenly, and temporarily, boost sales of fuel - efficient models.

Majorities of the alarmed, concerned, cautious and disengaged say that they support requiring new homes to be more energy efficient, and changing zoning rules to reduce car use, for example.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

«Instead, we need to become more energy - efficient, build more efficient cars and trucks, and also produce a greater share of our electricity from renewable sources like wind, especially in a state like Kansas.»

The car could become lighter and more efficient, and driving less of a hassle.

Among the holy grails of physics, a room temperature superconductor, Dias said, could radically change our transportation system, making magnetic levitation of high - speed trains possible, as well as making electric cars more efficient and improving the performance of many electronic devices.

If you take into account the energy used to produce the electricity, and compare it with a well - to - wheel analysis of the most efficient diesel - engine cars available today, the difference is already fairly small, says Kintner - Meyer.

Although ORNL's proposed system would allow PHEV - makers to leave out the onboard charger that they currently install in their cars, the first - generation PHEVs are not intended for high - speed charging, says Frank, who is also founder of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc., a U.C. Davis start - up that designs energy - management systems for electric vehicles and hybrids.

In Europe, about half of all new cars sold are now diesels, some of which are more fuel - efficient than a Prius.

When driving a car, the clutch mechanically carries the torque produced by the engine to the chassis of the vehicle — a coupling that has long been tested and optimized in such macroscopic machines, giving us highly efficient engines.

Mr. Edison saw that there are two viewpoints: that of the electrical man with his instruments, his rules of efficient operation and reasonable life of the battery, his absolute knowledge that the same care should be given a vehicle battery that is given a valued horse or even a railroad locomotive; and that of the automobile driver, who simply wishes to go somewhere with his car, and who, when he arrives somewhere, wishes to go back.

Auto industry experts predict that more than 50 percent of cars on the road by 2020 will use a relatively new type of fuel - efficient engine.

Fisker, a U.S. start - up focusing on the creation of high performance, energy efficient vehicles, plans to sell an $ 80,000 plug - in hybrid sports car by late 2009.

Fraunhofer researchers will exhibit the demo model of a highly energy - efficient heating system for electric cars at the IAA: a coated film that produces a broad, radiant heat.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.