Sentences with phrase «further reducing vehicle emissions»

GM is also focused on introducing alternative fuels and new technologies to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines and transmissions, further reducing vehicle emissions and increasing fuel economy.

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The application of hybrid powertrains and renewable fuels on diesel platforms will further reduce the vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions and could breathe still more life into what was a very hazy U.S. industry not long ago.

Now the stunning cost reductions for solar electricity, wind electricity, batteries, electric vehicles and hundreds of impressive efficiency improvements are all dramatically improving our ability to reduce emissions and become far more efficient.

This paper presents a review of existing literature on emission factors, emission data collection techniques, and analytic approaches; presents the results of SAIC's analysis of available CO2 and CH4 GHG emission data from chassis dynamometer tests of heavy - duty vehicle exhaust; and provides suggestions for further reducing this uncertainty.

Thanks to radical downsizing, the Turbocharged Small Gasoline Engine achieves diesel - like CO2 emission levels, which are further reduced in its natural gas version with CO2 emissions lower than 80 g / km in many vehicle applications.

So far, hybrids have reduced the gasoline consumed, and emissions and pollutants generated by cars, far more than electric vehicles have.

Coupled with a 23kW electric motor the performance of this car represents a major breakthrough in further improving fuel economy and reducing CO2 emissions when compared to similar vehicles equipped with a petrol hybrid system.

The silencer is also aerodynamically shaped, another Civic first, to help improve airflow underneath the vehicle, helping to improve fuel efficiency, reduce emissions, and further reduce air turbulence - inducing noise at highway speeds.

The American Lung Association supports stringent, technology - forcing measures to reduce emissions from mobile sources through the use of: (1) advanced low - or zero - emission vehicle technology; (2) low - polluting alternative fuels; and (3) pollution control equipment and efficiency measures to further reduce emissions from existing vehicles.

The 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report further noted that to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, California must begin reversing the current 2 percent annual growth rate of vehicle miles traveled.