Sentences with phrase «emissions the car produces»

[6] Honda Legend V6 turbo idling The turbo was installed not necessarily to make the engine more powerful, but rather to increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions, as the Japanese pay a tax on the amount of emissions the car produces.

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In other words, says Surace, the «built environment» presents a far greater opportunity than oft - demonized cars and light trucks, which produce 9 percent of emissions.

This produces more greenhouse gas emissions than all cars and trucks combined.

Some produce no zero emission cars at all.

Now, the automaker is pushing the envelope again, with the first mass - produced fuel - cell vehicle, a zero - emissions car called the Mirai.

That means setting standards that encourage the new technologies, such as a promised renewable fuels standard, aimed at encouraging ways to ensure fuel consumers like cars and furnaces produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

But the livestock sector is responsible for about 14.5 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, through cows producing methane and production processes - comparable to all the direct emissions from cars, planes, ships and other transport.

A year later, he founded Tesla Motors, a Palo Alto, California - based company that produced the world's first all - electric, zero - emission sports car in 2010, the same year the company sold shares in a public offering.

• Greenhouse - gas emissions to produce uneaten turkey equal 800,000 car trips from New York to San Francisco, Gunders found.

Nissan is the world leader in producing mass - market zero - emission road cars, so its presence in Formula E makes total sense.

Cars running on hydrogen fuel cells produce zero emissions, but currently, factories must use fossil fuels, such as natural gas, or precious metals, such as platinum, to...

Also, the carbon dioxide emissions from powering 15 computers are equivalent to those produced by one car.

On a life - cycle basis, FCVs running on hydrogen derived from steam - reforming natural gas — currently the most affordable way of making hydrogen — produce less than half the greenhouse gas emissions of a gasoline - powered car.

My car annually produces 26,000 pounds of greenhouse - gas emissions — more than two killer whales» worth of pollution.

«If we started importing cars instead of producing them domestically, there may be a drop in country - wide emissions, but the consumption emissions may stay the same — or even increase, depending on the production efficiency,» Ivanova said.

Dairy farm waste, soil blown from farmlands, pesticides, industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust and dust particles kicked up by cars and the big rigs ferrying produce down Interstate 5 and Highway 99 — the valley's two main arteries — have made this one of the smoggiest places in the nation.

The aim was to discover combinations beneficial to reducing both traffic noise and CO2 emissions produced by conventional cars, and for extending the range of electric cars.

The study, published in the latest edition of Science, comes as American car makers are being forced to produce «zero - emission vehicles» starting in 1998.

It produces no carbon dioxide exhaust emissions, and even when the CO2 released in generating the electricity used to charge its batteries is factored in, it is responsible for less than half the amount emitted by the «greenest» petrol cars.

Ian Plimer in another contrarian tome included some even more made up facts: «massive volcanic eruptions (e.g. Pinatubo) emit the equivalent of a years» human CO2 emissions in a few days» (p472) and «Volcanoes produce more CO2 then the world's cars and industries combined» (p413).

Carbon monoxide emissions would not be released while the vehicle is in all - electric mode, but if the car is left unattended for long enough to drain the battery, the gasoline engine could activate and begin producing carbon monoxide exhaust.

The new emissions and mpg testing system being implemented this year is known as the WLTP (World Harmonised Light Vehicle test Procedure) and it could force manufacturers to produce lighter cars because the tough new criteria will be hard to meet using engine technology alone.

The Civic GX (Natural Gas) becomes the first and only fully assembly - line - produced CNG passenger car to run on a very low - emission alternative fuel, helping reduce our dependency on oil as well as fuel costs.

As for why the WRX produces only 227 horsepower from this engine, we figure it's because the car is emissions - constrained in the United States (the WRX wears three catalysts already) and also because a 280 - horsepower version would necessitate new heads and plumbing that would push the base price over $ 30,000.

Though the test looked for high NOx emissions, officials were surprised that many of the cars tested also produced high levels of CO2.

Aircraft produce the same types of emissions as cars and trucks.

If the hybrid battery has sufficient charge and the driver goes easy on the accelerator, the car can cover a distance of up to 2.5 miles almost silently and without producing any tailpipe emissions.

BMW was quick to see the benefits of producing cars with low emissions, and the 1 Series is seriously efficient as a result.

Bentley produces so few cars (10,000 last year, while Toyota made 10 million) that their tailpipe emissions hardly matter on the global scale, but appearances do matter.

There's a four - cylinder Ingenium unit producing 247bhp and 365Nm of torque, although its CO2 emissions of 173g / km mean it's one for private buyers instead of company car choosers.

Both the Focus Electric and Leaf will whiz by gas stations while producing zero emissions, and most owners of either car will recoup at least a few thousand dollars of the premium from lower fuel and maintenance costs.

Whenever possible, the concept car is powered solely by electricity without producing any emissions.

In this case the concept car uses the battery that can be charged externally (but also whilst driving) to cruise without producing any emissions.

And now, FHI leads the way for automotive advances, including the first mass produced four - wheel drive car, emissions restructuring to meet stringent controls, and ECVT (Electronic Continuously Variable Transmission).

Engine: 80kW electric motor, 1 - speed automatic The five - passenger Nissan LEAF electric car is the result of the automaker's stated objective to produce an affordable zero - emission vehicle for the mass market.

The zero - emission car is currently being built in Japan, but will also be produced in North America and Europe when new manufacturing facilities open in late 2012 and early 2013.

US cars produce slightly less power than their European counterparts due to emissions restrictions in place at the time.

Sports car engines that were once full of naturally aspirated soul have now been downsized and turned into exhaust - gas regurgitating whistle machines that are said to produce fewer emissions.

But emissions have two parts: One is the pollutants that are harmful to people, animals, oceans, etcetera; the other is CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions that are generally considered to be the cause of global warming, which is generally considered to be fact, and that CO2 is produced in direct proportion to how much fossil fuel is burned in cars, as well as buildings, locomotives, planes, and ships.

If the hybrid battery has sufficient charge and the driver goes easy on the accelerator, the car can cover a distance of up to 4 kilometers almost silently and without producing any tailpipe emissions.

If you're concerned about the environment, this car produces minimal greenhouse emissions in stop - and - go driving.

The Lexus Hybrid Drive system has been revised to meet Euro V exhaust emissions standards, but with no change to the car's performance: the combination of the 5.0 - litre V8 petrol engine and 165kW electric motor produces a maximum 439bhp and 520Nm of torque, giving nought to 62mph acceleration in 6.3 seconds.

It will use electricity as its primary power source to drive the car without using gasoline or producing tailpipe emissions.

I would also nominate a man named Guy Negre, who was recently in the news with his air - fueled car, called the Mini-CAT or City Cat — a car that runs entirely on compressed air, producing zero emissions.

There are various reasons that this may occur, but the asymmetry is probably due to the fact that economic growth produces durable goods, such as cars and energy - intensive homes, and infrastructure, such as manufacturing facilities and transportation networks, that are not removed by economic decline and that continue to contribute to CO2 emissions even after growth is curtailed.

But eliminating a handful of chemicals produced by a handful of companies is a very different challenge than eliminating emissions from almost every activity of modern life — from turning on a lamp to driving a car.

All told, that avoids greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to that produced by 165,000 cars, the utility highlights.

Producing and charging electric cars means heavy carbon - dioxide emissions.

BANNING, CA - DECEMBER 8: Emissions - producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8, 2009 near Banning, California.

Because emissions from the power sector are limited by regulation, emissions reductions produced by renewable energy generation will be counted toward compliance with the CAR.