Sentences with phrase «energy per mile»

Hydrogen cars will be the new gas guzzlers if they ever take off — using three times as much energy per mile as electric.

The results are presented in energy per mile, but nowhere do they discuss global impacts, damage to human health, resources, contribution to global warming, eutrophication or other accepted impact categories recognized within the LCA field.

Then the smart green folks at Grist also put the article to the test along with the study that supposedly claims that a Prius consumes more energy per mile over its life cycle than a Hummer H3.

That rivals the cost of electric vehicles energy per mile in our test area.

The vehicle consumes about 250 watt hours of energy per mile, so it would consume about 7.5 kilowatt hours daily.

The biggest immediate cost - advantage comes from savings in energy costs: fully loaded, the Tesla Semi consumes less than two kilowatt - hours of energy per mile and is capable of 500 miles of range at GVW and highway speed, accommodating a wide range of shipping applications given that nearly 80 % of freight in the U.S. is moved less than 250 miles.

Not exact matches

Elio's motivations are similar to Tesla's — while it's driven by an old - fashioned internal combustion engine, the small, light vehicle will get something like 84 miles per gallon, and the company's DOE application will hinge on its advantages in environmental impact and energy independence.

Every 5 miles per hour over 50 mph is like paying an additional 18 cents per gallon, according to the Department of Energy.

We know that the truck uses four independent electric motors that are derived from the Model 3, that it has an energy consumption of less than 2 kWh per mile, and that it can be charged to up to 400 miles in about half an hour.

And whereas many traditional motorcycles can achieve a respectable 50 miles per gallon at a driving cost of about seven cents per mile, an electric bike uses the energy equivalent of about 420 mpg at an operating cost of two to three cents per mile.

In the United States, the Obama administration plans to implement rules that push corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standards to a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, four years ahead of the schedule Congress laid out in a 2007 energy law.

These heat maps show carbon dioxide emission differences between drone and truck deliveries as a drone's energy requirements (measured in watt - hours per mile) and the number of stops on a route increase.

GM's fuel cell SUV, Sequel, operates with an energy efficiency equivalent to 39 miles per gallon of gasoline.

Flow, storage and transformation of materials and energy services performed by beavers if returned to a Utah river basin could add up to $ 411,000 per square mile

Some have as much energy as a tennis ball served up at 90 miles per hour.

When complete, the 410 - mile - long reservoir will generate 84.7 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year, the energy equivalent of 50 million tons of coal.

Many proposed ocean energy projects rely on turbines that require sustained strong currents, but Bernitsas's device can run efficiently on water flows of just a few miles per hour.

Some 59 miles of driving on the highway and twisting mountain lanes uses up 22 kilowatt - hours with an average energy of 377 watt - hours per mile, during a recent test drive.

One cool detail: Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and our sister galaxy, Andromeda, move at 1.4 million miles per hour relative to the ubiquitous background energy left over from the Big Bang, a standard frame of reference for astronomers.

«The president is opposed to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, opposing a mandatory 10 -[mile - per - gallon] increase in cars and trucks, opposing a national renewable electricity standard, opposing state efforts to cut emissions from cars, and pushing for new sources of dangerous pollution from liquid coal,» said Rep. Ed Markey (D — Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, in a statement released after the speech.

As it stands, a conventional Toyota Prius hybrid vehicle, which burns gasoline when its batteries are not engaged, and the all - electric Nissan Leaf produce roughly the same amount of greenhouse gas pollution: 200 grams per mile, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

As researchers in this review pointed out, ``... the 3500 - kcal rule predicts that a person who increases daily energy expenditure by 100 kcal by walking 1 mile (1.6 km) per day will lose more than 50 lb (22.7 kg) over a period of 5 years, the true weight loss is only about 10 lb (4.5 kg), assuming no compensatory increase in caloric intake, because changes in mass concomitantly alter the energy requirements of the body.»

My mother has thyroid issues so I am aware they could be hereditary, but my energy is pretty boundless even for a sedentary job (although I follow Zuzana Light's workouts and do around HIITs 4 per week, plus yoga and run around 5 miles once a week) so hopefully that's not an issue.

The researchers also tested the subjects» energy expenditure while walking on a treadmill at one, two, and three miles per hour.

So, it's not that you are a minute per mile slower, but rather that your fat burning engine can only produce energy at a rate that allows you to run at a speed that is one minute per mile slower.

This level of energy expenditure is approximately equivalent to running 6 miles per hour on flat ground, biking at 14 miles per hour or playing football, basketball or ultimate Frisbee.

Mazda is comparing their internal combustion engine to a mythical «mid-sized electric vehicle as a base, the average energy consumption is rated at approximately 200kWh per 100 kilometres (62 miles).»

The main fun to be had in the 2009 Prius is in monitoring the energy - consumption display and trying to increase the average miles per gallon, one tedious digit at a time.

The energy consumption was rated at 40 kWh / 100 miles for combined city / highway driving, corresponding to a fuel economy of 84 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent - MPGe -(2.8 L / 100 km; 101 mpg imp).

Its energy economy is rather high with numbers of 20 miles per gallon in the city and 28 miles per gallon in freeways.

The label also shows the combined city - highway fuel economy in all - electric mode expressed in traditional energy consumption units, rating the Volt at 36 kWh per 100 miles (160 km).

With gas at $ 1.99, that means this car costs five cents per mile in energy.

Another number that might prove more useful is the EPA energy usage of 38 kilowatt - hours per 100 miles.

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Drivers doing somewhere over, say, 50 - 75 miles per day may pay less in total energy costs for the Prius depending on which plug - in is being compared, but you'll want to carefully analyze your individual situation to be sure.

Miles per gallon equivalence — MPGe — compares energy consumption of plug - in electric vehicles and other advanced technology vehicles with the fuel economy of conventional internal combustion vehicles in miles per U.S. gallon.

And, at an EPA - rated 112 miles per gallon equivalent, it's not only the most energy - efficient of the few electric cars already on sale but also the most energy - efficient U.S. car regardless of fuel.

Buy a Mazda6 Grand Touring, opt for the Technology Package, and a brake energy regeneration system bumps the car's city and highway fuel economy ratings by 2 miles per gallon each, to 28 in the city and 40 on the highway, for a combined rating of 32 mpg.

The system reduces fuel consumption by up to 0.3 liters per 100 km and up to 7 g CO2 / km (11.27 g / mile) because it consumes no energy at all while driving straight.

Upgrading to the car's unique i - Eloop energy recapturing system adds a couple of miles per gallon to each respective measure.

Energy delivered by a slightly reformulated 24 - kwh Li - ion battery is the same this year, but Nissan's engineers upped range and miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) to 115 combined, 129 city, and 102 highway thanks to what we call the Apollo 13 treatment.

On three different legs, a co-driver and I averaged 3.3, 3.6, and 4.0 miles per kilowatt hour, meaning for each of the 60 kilowatt hours of energy in the battery, you'll travel up to 4 miles.

However, these cars use energy much more efficiently than internal combustion engine cars, and electricity costs about a tenth of what gasoline does per mile.

And while they already achieve more miles per gallon, the Department of Energy has published a few tips on how to stretch those savings even more.

The mpge rating (miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent) equates driving using utility - company - supplied energy vs. driving the same vehicle with a combustion engine.

Plug - in hybrid owners have the best of both worlds when it comes to low cost per mile for energy.

Electric motors are just much better at that transformation than internal combustion engines - which is why the somewhat wonky EPA conversion for MPGe (the electric equivalent of miles per gallon) shows a Volt getting like 119 miles per electric «gallon» worth of energy, and that conversion is actually pretty conservative.

The efficiency of a vehicle, for instance, is typically measured in miles per gallon, or the distance traveled per unit of energy.

The 70 square - mile island of Aruba is on track to become the world's first sustainable energy economy and achieving the goal of running on 100 per cent sustainable energy by 2020.