Sentences with phrase «find than gasoline»

Generally delivers better fuel economy and more pulling power than a comparable gas engine, but requires the use of diesel fuel, which is harder to find than gasoline and often costs more.

Not exact matches

A peer - reviewed study performed at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory in 2012 found that biofuels made with corn residue were 95 per cent better than gasoline in greenhouse gas emissions.

Results of a national FCEV demonstration found that, although less than the range on a tank of gasoline, the range on a tank of hydrogen has consistently increased, and now thousands of cars are being prepared to hit the market.

Fueling the automobile fleet primarily with ethanol rather than gasoline might increase air pollution, a new study finds

And with a barrel of oil costing more than $ 80 per barrel, making gasoline from the carbohydrates in plants rather than much - touted hydrogen is proving a better business opportunity for Cortright and Virent Energy Systems, the Madison, Wisc. - based company he founded to commercialize the technology.

According to a book Vehicular Air Pollution I found from Google Books, ethanol fuel actually has some emissions worse than gasoline: ethanol emits more aldehydes.

''... Under the average U.S. electricity grid mix, we found that producing a midsize, midrange (84 miles per charge) BEV typically adds a little over 1 ton of emissions to the total manufacturing emissions, resulting in 15 percent greater emissions than in manufacturing a similar gasoline vehicle.

Based on a driving cycle of three years or 45,000 miles (72,419 km), the report finds diesels less expensive overall than their gasoline counterparts in vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado, Volkswagen Jetta and Mercedes M - Class.

Natural gas vehicles have been found to produce less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline vehicles, but very little natural gas consumption is currently used for transportation fuel.

If you're a diesel fan, and have somehow avoided the news for the past year, you might be disappointed to find that there won't be a turbo - diesel - powered Q5, but there is a turbocharged gasoline 2.0 - liter I4 good for 252 hp and 273 lb - ft of torque, which can fling the Q5 from a standing start to 60 mph in only 5.9 seconds — a second faster than the current model.

Gasoline engine is considerably less efficient than similarly priced rivals; you might find the ride too firm over broken pavement; V6's boisterous exhaust may get tiresome in day - to - day driving.

«Eco Electric» fender badging replaces the «Soul» fender garnish found on the gasoline - powered car, and the Soul EV gets its own set of distinctive 16 - inch alloy wheels wrapped with specially engineered Super Low Rolling Resistance (SLRR) tires that offer 10 percent less resistance than standard low rolling resistance tires, helping to improve range.

They found the throttle response more rewarding than that of the gasoline powered Focus.

You need look no farther than your local car dealership to find proof; every new carmaker offers a plug - in electric, fuel / electric hybrid, or clean diesel solution to the resource robbing effects of the gasoline powered combustion engine.

Engine line - up will the same than the current model, maybe we will found new small gasoline Turbo engines like the 1.2 T - GDi, announced long time ago and used in ix35 rivals like new generation Nissan Qasqhai.

Indeed, the study found that AN ELECTRIC CAR IS LIKELY WORSE THAN A CAR FUELED EXCLUSIVELY BY GASOLINE DERIVED FROM CANADIAN TAR - SANDS!»

Their life cycle analysis found that in recycling the batteries from such cars, more lead would be released into the environment than if the cars burned leaded gasoline.

Under those results, corn ethanol would generally offer a 25 - 30 % GHG reduction benefit relative to gasoline, rather than the current finding that corn ethanol offers little or no GHG savings compared to gasoline.

Concerns about plug - in electric vehicles» limited driving range, so - called «range anxiety,» helps explain another finding: Consumers are somewhat more interested in buying hybrid electric vehicles, with a gasoline - powered backup engine, than electric - only vehicles.

Ethanol more energy - efficient than oil, finds study: Using ethanol — alcohol produced from corn or other plants — instead of gasoline is more energy - efficient that oil say researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.

Some biofuels were found to be even worse for the environment, and more costly, than conventional gasoline.

If we add up all of these costs, which we did in a study published in 2012 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we find thousands of dollars of damages per vehicle (gasoline or electric) that are paid by the overall population rather than only by those releasing the emissions and consuming the oil.

Tam Hunt responds to a study that finds EVs «generate greater environmental externalities than gasoline vehicles.»

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines.

He pointed to findings that corn ethanol, which plays the largest role in meeting RFS mandates, emits more greenhouse gases than gasoline, and he said it is «confusing» for the Obama administration to push corn ethanol while it seeks to lower global greenhouse gas emissions at the Paris climate summit.

I think the highlight of the survey - which, to be fair, was taken from a relatively small sample, though it might still be representative if the methodology was good - is the finding that more than half of LEAF owners said that they would not go back to a «conventionally - powered car» (gasoline or diesel).

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Tesla was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley who wanted to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline - powered cars.

Companies in the oil and energy industry will not find a more experienced and sophisticated gasoline industry practice in Puerto Rico than Estrella, LLC.

However, John Lentini, also serving as an expert in the Politte case, determined that the substance in the milk jug was not gasoline but was petroleum distillate — a substance commonly found in treated wood products and different than the substance in the wood at the scene.