Production commenced of the K111, a belt - type CVT, which, with the addition of neutral - gear control and acceleration linear control to a K110 CVT base,
furthers fuel efficiency improvement and high powertrain performance
Not exact matches
Alexia Kelly, a climate policy expert at the World Resources Institute in Washington DC, points out that other domestic policies, such
improvements in vehicle
fuel efficiency, will bring
further reductions.
Realizing such a major emissions cut would require
further efficiency improvements in
fuel consumption and, especially, the promotion of public transport in cities, alongside a large - scale shift to electric cars.
Now, the second generation model offers state - of - the - art engine and suspension technology,
further improvements in
fuel efficiency, significantly more space and an innovative range of features and equipment.
The cooling effect of the directly injected
fuel also results in a higher compression ratio than on port injection engines, bringing
further efficiency improvements.
The potential for
efficiency remains enormous, and given the likely
improvements in technology and changes in societal norms over the next century which it will take us to do the right thing, we are likely to be able to cut fossil
fuel use
further than most people imagine possible, even if renewables don't become commercially competitive (which wind is already, and solar is in certain situations).
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed Clean Power Plan already calls for existing power plants to trim emissions by 30 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, and the administration is looking to use the EPA to force
further improvements in
fuel efficiency in the transportation sector, among other measures.