Sentences with phrase «fuel efficient production»
As tested, we're talking $ 32,935, which is still a remarkably reasonable price for the most fuel efficient production car without a plug.
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In the summer of 2016, Boeing suggested it could end production of the original jumbo jet — the Boeing 747 — as airlines eschewed the plane in favor of more fuel - efficient models.
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.
Although the small, labor - intensive factories here envisioned are far more efficient than individual producers, they can become still more efficient when they employ fossil fuel energy and enlarge their production.
As the world's largest provider of enzyme and microbial technologies, our bioinnovation enables higher agricultural yields, low - temperature washing, energy - efficient production, renewable fuel and many other benefits that we rely on today and in the future.
VHTR plants could even produce hydrogen for fuel using high - temperature steam electrolysis, which breaks apart the bonds of water molecules; this process is 50 percent more energy - efficient than existing hydrogen production methods.
Such initiatives include research focused on more efficient production of gaseous hydrogen fuel by using solar energy to break water down into its components of hydrogen and oxygen.
«Solar - to - fuel system recycles CO2 to make ethanol and ethylene: Efficient, light - powered production of fuel via artificial photosynthesis.»
These natural catalysts, specifically metalloenzymes, may be the key to the energy - efficient production of fuels and chemicals.
«A New Reactor Concept for Efficient Solar - Thermochemical Fuel Production», I. Ermanoski, N. P. Siegel, and E. B. Stechel, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering 135 (2013) 031002.
Efficient Production of the Liquid Fuel 2,5 - Dimethylfuran from Fructose Using Formic Acid as a Reagent, Todsapon Thananatthanachon and Thomas Rauchfuss, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, DOI: 10.1002 / anie.201002267, August 2, 2010.
Researchers at the EBI are searching for more efficient ways to use non-food biomass like cellulose as the starting material for fuel production as well as for ways to boost the concentration of fuel produced and improve on the efficiency of the process.
To push its own small two - seater into production, Pontiac brass had to sell the car as being a fuel - efficient commuter runabout that happened to look (and, by 1988, drive) sporty.
Volvo's new, fuel - efficient Drive - E engine is well worth the wait it took to enter production, even if it's only available with front - wheel drive for now.
BMW is not prepared to make a figure official, but it is clear the i8 will be among the most fuel - efficient sports cars ever put into production.
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The Polo BlueMotion was first unveiled this past March as a concept in Geneva, Volkswagen has plans of bringing the production version of the very efficient alternatively fueled compact city car to the Frankfurt Motor Show with sales slated to begin early in 2010.
Chrysler Group LLC will invest $ 300 million in its existing transmission manufacturing facilities in Kokomo, Ind. to accommodate production of a new fuel - efficient eight - speed... Read more →
Chrysler Group LLC will invest $ 300 million in its existing transmission manufacturing facilities in Kokomo, Ind. to accommodate production of a new fuel - efficient eight - speed automatic transmission for future Chrysler Group vehicles.
Volkswagen made a big splash at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show with a total of nine new vehicles, including two new ultra fuel - efficient concepts that will one day see production.
«The lessons learned at Corvette Racing can benefit mainstream production vehicles as GM continues to develop lightweight, aerodynamic, and fuel - efficient cars and trucks.»
Mazda has gained a fair amount of traction with its fuel - efficient Skyactiv technology, which was first fully implemented in production on the CX - 5 compact crossover, followed by the 2014 Mazda 6 midsize sedan.
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.
With a new generation of more fuel - efficient AWD systems now in production, drivers are enjoying the extra grip, stability and performance.
Yesterday Volkswagen officially announced the launch of the most fuel - efficient production vehicle ever made.
As for the manufacturers, they unanimously insist that research will continue on making vehicles more fuel - efficient, but because that research is expensive - and im - plementing it into production vehicles even more expensive, with an unsure level of fi - nancial return - it's unclear how fervently the manufacturers will continue to fund the effort.
Production of New Accord Hybrid Returns to Ohio An all - new, even more refined and fuel efficient Accord Hybrid will be again built in Marysville, Ohio after a couple of years of production in Japan, and will be powered by the third - generation of Honda's innovative two - motor hybrid technology, offering improved power delivery with no compromise to interior or cargo space and Production of New Accord Hybrid Returns to Ohio An all - new, even more refined and fuel efficient Accord Hybrid will be again built in Marysville, Ohio after a couple of years of production in Japan, and will be powered by the third - generation of Honda's innovative two - motor hybrid technology, offering improved power delivery with no compromise to interior or cargo space and production in Japan, and will be powered by the third - generation of Honda's innovative two - motor hybrid technology, offering improved power delivery with no compromise to interior or cargo space and packaging.
Thanks to a new, second - generation EcoBoost engine and the first - ever production 10 - speed automatic transmission, the 2017 Ford F - 150 pickup with 3.5 - liter EcoBoost is quantifiably more fuel - efficient than the 2016 model - year truck.
An all - new, even more refined and fuel efficient Accord Hybrid will be again built in Marysville, Ohio after a couple of years of production in Japan, and will be powered by the third - generation of Honda's innovative two - motor hybrid technology, offering improved power delivery with no compromise to interior or cargo space and packaging.
This configuration allows the Prius C model to be one of the most fuel - Efficient cars that can be found in mass production.
This year it is marked by a larger number of actual production - ready «green» and fuel - efficient cars, and plenty of larger SUVs and crossovers.
Mercedes claims that this engine remains the most efficient series production V8 around, delivering 10.20 km / l of fuel efficiency.
One article I was recently reading stated that hemp seed oil produces a cleaner buring fuel (nearly 90 % burn, with considerably less ash and CO2 production) than any fossil fuel (33 % burn at the most efficient)
One article I was recently reading stated that hemp seed oil produces a cleaner buring fuel (nearly 90 % burn, with considerably less ash and CO2 production) than any fossil fuel (33 % burn at the most efficient) and was actually banned because the oil industry (and the rope industry, as hemp weave made a stronger and less expensive rope than current materials) decided to push their congresscritters to close it down because hemp could make Marijuana.
In addition, Sundrop Fuels is able to maximize its synthesis gas production by integrating natural gas with biomass feedstock, facilitating the most efficient utilization of hydrogen from both the biomass and natural gas to produce higher yields than any other biomass process, it says.
With escalating energy demand and declining fossil fuel supplies — and more efficient production capabilities — it will very quickly be cost competitive.
J&D also note that by transitioning to more efficient technologies (for example, battery electric vehicles over the internal combustion engine, electric heat pumps for homes, and solar thermal energy with storage to provide baseload power rather than fossil fuels and nuclear) we can actually reduce global power production by 30 % compared to business - as - usual.
There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.
Directs the Secretary to conduct programs in partnership with the private sector that address: (1) hydrogen production from diverse energy sources; (2) use of hydrogen for commercial, industrial, and residential electric power generation; (3) safe delivery of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels, (4) advanced vehicle technologies; (5) storage of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels; (6) development of safe, durable, affordable, and efficient fuel cells; and (7) the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.
New guidelines laid down by Nebraska and Chinese researchers could steer the design of less costly, more efficient catalysts geared toward revving up the production of hydrogen as a renewable fuel.
In addition, they said, the federal government should implement tax credits and other incentives «to encourage rapid production and consumer purchase of advanced vehicles like hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and flexible - fuel vehicles» and to produce «more efficient vehicles across all models.»
A decrease in overall fossil fuel emissions is not inconsistent with continued or increased fossil fuel production by the most efficient producers.
Fossil fuels replaced most human labor in agricultural production and also provided faster and more - efficient means of bringing distant resources to urban hubs.
(For fossil fuels, tax assessed preferably at the mine or well, to reduce paperwork and make enforcement efficient (as opposed to the exhaust pipe)-- but then a compensating credit for fossil C used in materials unlikely to be oxidized, etc, with compensating tariff / subsidy for trade between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RRB-.
Ford Motor Company is resuming production at its storied Cleveland Engine Plant No. 1, which becomes the first manufacturing site to build Ford's new fuel - efficient EcoBoost engines.
The least efficient are ethanol and biodiesel — two fuels booming in production because of supportive government policies, followed by rapid investment.
It makes no sense to spend money on green infrastructure — or a bailout of Detroit aimed at stimulating production of more fuel - efficient cars — if it is not combined with a tax on carbon that would actually change consumer buying behavior.
A Pigovian tax on carbon in fuels is going to be the most efficient possible way to reduce CO2 production.
This is mostly due to Information and Communication technology (ICT)- based optimisation of production processes (such as clinker / cement ratio), implementation of operations and maintenance improvements, fuel switching, and adoption of energy - efficient technologies.
The long - term vision of this center is to develop the fundamental understanding, materials and methods necessary to create dramatically more efficient technologies for solar fuels and electricity production.