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The new 2.0 - liter DI Ti - VCT engine is up to 20 horsepower more powerful than the current 2.0 Duratec I - 4 unit while contributing to projected fuel economy gains of more than 10 percent.»

Direct fuel injection is a technology that can produce fuel economy gains of about 10 per cent, with no loss of performance.

But when paired with stop - start technology, which shuts the engine down at stoplights, vehicles with the 1.3 - liter should get fuel economy gains of 15 percent over current vehicles.

It beats the fuel economy gains of a geared trans, and all the negative stuff is now purged.

Truett says this system has resulted in fuel economy gains of 8 to 10 percent, compared with a four - speed automatic transmission.

Shinichi Kiga, Nissan's chief powertrain engineer, says Infiniti's VC - T engine is expected to deliver a combined city - highway EPA - rated fuel economy gain of 27 percent over the QX50s's outgoing 3.7 - liter V - 6.

Mitsubishi is claiming a fuel economy gain of around eight per cent from reducing the engine's internal friction and working on «overall system optimisation».

Gasoline engines get an industry - first variable cylinder cutoff system for a fuel economy gain of nearly 20 percent.

Not exact matches

The deal was part of a broader trend of Chinese resource companies making foreign acquisitions as part of a global strategy to gain better access to the key commodities needed to fuel China's economy, the world's second biggest.

Nor have we yet deployed a comprehensive set of policies to support the rebalancing of the U.S. economy toward a growth path based more on business investment, trade and broad - based income gains than the type of asset price gains and credit - fuelled consumption, which dominated the last business cycle.

After all, the latter would entail divesting from the modern economy as a whole, since so many companies gain a distinct advantage from using gas - powered trucks rather than horse - drawn wagons, thus profiting from the production of fossil fuels.

Higher fuel economy gains — on the order of as much as 12 percent compared with older automatics — come from gear settings that are more optimized for efficiency, not performance.

of excess weight each can gain an easy 2 % fuel economy by losing weight together.

The new version gets with the modern - crossover program and in so doing makes big gains in fuel economy (an estimated 18 mpg in the city), passenger space (with a much - improved third row), and amenities (many of them shared with its new Infiniti sibling, the JX).

While the competition dithers, the F - 150 offers the tantalizing prospect of gains in both performance and fuel economy.

By combining the high - revving performance of petrol power and superior torque and fuel economy of diesel propulsion, Mazda quotes 10 - 30 per cent increases in torque and 20 - 30 per cent gains in engine efficiency over the current Skyactive - G generation engines.

Together with a slight improvement in drag (its coefficient drops one hundredth to 0.30; the Camry's is 0.28) and a slight reduction in weight — as much as 78 pounds, depending on trim — the new 2013 Altima posts big gains in EPA fuel economy: the city rating jumps from 23 mpg to 27 mpg, and highway mileage goes from 32 mpg to a top - of - the - class 38 mpg.

The fuel economy gains for the Skyactiv engine do not stem one major new technology but instead are due to a host of smaller changes to both the engine and the transmissions (a six - speed automatic and a six - speed manual).

Whether those fuel economy gains make it worth spending significantly more for a hybrid depends of course on where and how much you drive (check out the annual fuel cost calculator at the EPA's web site, fueleconomy.gov) and whether you place any value in driving an environmentally cleaner vehicle.

Fuel economy goes up for 2015 thanks to a revised CVT, as the Quest gains 1 mpg highway and combined for a new rating of 19/26/22 mpg city / highway / combined.

The popular Altima midsize sedan has some equipment reshuffling among trim levels and packages, and the V - 6 model gains 1 mpg in highway and combined fuel economy for a rating of 22/32/26 mpg city / highway combined.

Power is unchanged but there are gains in fuel economy and fewer emissions, with the car now claimed to be capable of delivering 33.6 mpg on the standard EU test when working with the now - standard seven - speed twin - clutch transmission — nearly 5mpg better than before.

I understand Jeep needs to get more aerodynamic for fuel - economy gains, but this just loses too many of the traditional Jeep styling cues in the process.

The bigger gains in fuel economy come during city driving, when the electric motors do the vast majority of the work.

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.

Like just about every other automaker, Mazda is embracing the idea of turbocharging smaller - displacement engines for the attractive gains in fuel economy and weight reduction.

Expect the MDX to retain six - cylinder power: we hear rumbling's that a revised 3.5 - liter V - 6, revamped under the company's Earth Dreams powertrain program, will gain direct fuel injection and a number of other tweaks to boost power and fuel economy.

«Based on our calculations the fuel economy and efficiency gains you get will effectively compensate for the extra cost of premium fuel,» he said

From the posted article: «Based on our calculations the fuel economy and efficiency gains you get will effectively compensate for the extra cost of premium fuel,»

When compared to a standard 2.0 - liter naturally aspirated engine, the 1.6 - liter EcoBoost engine can deliver up to a 10 - percent gain in fuel economy simply on the merits of the engine downsizing and boosting as well as common powertrain systems such as twin independent variable camshaft timing (TI - VCT).

Corvette engineers believe the C7.R can see as much as a 3 percent gain in fuel economy, which could save Corvette Racing at least one regular pit stop over the course of the race.

Even though the 2015 model will gain power, Volkswagen promises it'll be more fuel efficient than its predecessor, returning an EPA - estimated highway fuel economy rating of 30 mpg with the DSG transmission, a small bump over the 27 mpg highway economy allowed by the previous version.

However, with fuel economy needs playing a larger role in consumer buying habits, companies like Land Rover are starting to offer them albeit with an additional up - charge ($ 1,500 in the case of the Range Rover) which often undercuts the gains in fuel economy for several years.

Modest gains of 0.1 second and 0.3 l / 100 km have been made to the 0 — 100km / h time and fuel economy respectively, resulting in key figures of 4.5 seconds and 10.5 l / 100 km.

For non-electric vehicles fuel economy gains from this technology are typically in the range of 3 - 10 percent, potentially as high as 12 percent.

While the start / stop function is responsible for most of the city driving fuel economy gains, the eight - speed transmission (two more gears than other 7 - Series models) plays a big role in both city and highway driving.

Most of the fuel economy gains come from the (EVT).

But as automatics become more advanced and gain additional gears (eight - speed transmissions are fairly easy to find), they are often now overtaking manuals in terms of fuel economy.

The new Kappa HEV engine alone delivers a 3 % gain in fuel economy through three stages: gas extracted upstream ensures more than 20 % EGR rate, the EGR cooler delivers a cooling efficiency of 98 % and the single stage gear EGR valve results in a 56.9 millisecond response time.

Corvette Racing engineers expect a 3 percent gain in fuel economy over the C6.R which could mean one less pit stop over the course of 24 Hours — a potentially huge advantage.

It seems that despite adopting: — a lithium - ion battery; — a «high - pressure direct fuel injection that replaced the less - efficient multi-port injection type»; — a new Hydra - Matic six - speed automatic transmission that replaces the conventional four speed used previously; — a «new BAS design [that is supposed to] ha [ve] noteworthy fuel economy gains compared to the earlier system»; — all those «talks» of «advancements gained from production of multiple generations of hybrid technology as well as development of the Chevy Volt»; — and significantly less horsepower and oomph than an Accord hybrid that was first debuted 7 years ago, there are actually little to show for any significant advancement in fuel economy from GM's latest hybrid.

That car's state - of - the - art motor, equipped with cylinder deactivation, brings fuel economy and emissions gains of around 40 per cent.

«While we continue to make strong progress in fuel economy gains on our full - size trucks, we know that there is a group of customers who want the functionality of a truck but may not need full - size pickup,» said Tony DiSalle, vice president of Buick and GMC Marketing.

These systems do not provide nearly the efficiency gain of a serious hybrid, like Prius, Fusion and others, but is much less expensive, and provides some fuel economy improvement.

A big part of the revised SUV's success can be chalked up to the incredible fuel economy gains it produced over previous models....

While hybrids and EV technology have become more prevalent in today's» automotive world, diesel - powered cars are also gaining popularity as they offer equal or similar levels of power with higher fuel economy.

The new Cayenne gains LEVII emission status and preliminary fuel economy testing showed estimated EPA fuel economy figures of 18 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway.

The new Cayenne gains LEV2 emission status and preliminary fuel economy testing showed estimated EPA fuel economy figures of 18 mpg in the city and 22 on the highway.

Combine the sailing capability with the top two overdrive gears of the transmission and the benefit is a gain in highway fuel economy, a result not associated with hybrids.

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