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When we introduced the i3 with the smaller battery, it beat every single gasoline car by up to 50 % in terms of CO2 footprint,» said Dick Arnold, head of product management at BMW i.

Not exact matches

OTTAWA — Rising gasoline and car prices fuelled the first significant spike in Canada's cost of living since February last month, lifting the annual inflation by half a point to 1.2 per cent — still low by historial standards.

Today I was driving my GASOLINE powered car around a city with a lot of other GASOLINE powered cars, I saw some trucks and buses driving around with DIESEL engines, and got stopped at a level crossing while a train, pulled by 2 DIESEL locomotives went by.

Moreover, electric cars won't simply become cheap by magic because, unlike gasoline cars, they are limited by their batteries.

And this doesn't include the fact that electric car owners don't pay into the Highway Trust Fund — which is funded by the per - gallon tax on gasoline and pays for road construction and upkeep.

Jeb Dale has already satisfied $ 8,000 of the settlement by donating the car to charity, minus the cost of gasoline he put into the car.

We can cut our gasoline consumption drastically by shifting from SUVs to the new generation of fuel - efficient and alternative energy cars.

Modern diesel cars emit less pollution generally than cars that run on gasoline, says a new six - nation study published today in Scientific Reports whose groundwork was laid in part by an American chemist now working at Université de Montréal.

This is happening because humans have been producing carbon dioxide (for example, by running cars on gasoline) faster than plants can absorb it, which makes the Earth warmer — and much faster than has happened naturally in the past.

Particulate matter in city centers isn't just caused by diesel vehicles without filters; gasoline cars also play a role — especially during cold start.

Reducing the amount of fossil fuels (such as gasoline for cars and coal burned for electricity) that we use can help slow how quickly the ice is melting (by slowing the rise in average temperatures).

For comparison, this is the same amount of CO2 produced by twelve 100 - watt lightbulbs glowing for an hour or a car engine burning 14 ounces of gasoline.

An all - electric Nissan Leaf in Buffalo, N.Y., emits relatively few greenhouse gases, equal to the amount produced by a gasoline - powered car getting 86 mpg.

But fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full hybrid like the Toyota Prius.

Several promise that by 2011 they'll have made gasoline or diesel substitutes that can be pumped directly into cars.

The research, by three professors from Carnegie - Mellon University in Pittsburg, concludes that an electric car powered by lead - acid batteries will «release 60 times more lead per kilometre of use» than a «comparable car burning leaded gasoline».

Congress in 2010 directed the National Research Council to assess the feasibility of reducing both gasoline use and greenhouse gas emissions in cars and light trucks by 80 percent by 2050.

The Chevrolet Volt, which GM plans to introduce in two years (reportedly at a mid - $ 30,000 base price), is a new breed of gasoline - electric hybrid, cars powered by a battery - powered electric motor that can be recharged on the road with an internal combustion engine.

They concluded that we'd lower greenhouse gas emissions more by driving gasoline / electric hybrid cars than by driving fuel cell cars run on hydrogen from coal.

By the time the energy in gasoline has been converted into useful work, the average car has thrown away fully 85 percent of it in the form of heat.

Yet in a white paper released Monday, the European Commission said that to meet climate goals by midcentury, gasoline - and diesel - run cars must disappear from cities.

The current shift back to SUVs that guzzle much more petroleum than other cars, prompted by low gasoline prices, is a more worrisome sign for future climate change.

Research by an affiliate of the insurance group, the Highway Loss Data Institute, estimates that overall chances of being injured in a crash are 25 percent lower in hybrids because their large batteries make them heavier than similar gasoline - powered cars.

A survey conducted by consulting firm Pike Research found that consumers would pay $ 23,750 for a PEV comparable to a $ 20,000 gasoline - powered car.

Burning gasoline will never get cleaner, but the overall carbon emissions of electric cars can be reduced by eliminating fossil fuels from the grid.

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030 — akin to taking 15 million gasoline - powered cars off the road in one year — by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK - based research firm Cerulogy.

Alex Orr's dark comedy Blood Car stars Mike Brune as Archie Andrews, a mild - mannered elementary teacher attempting to beat the high cost of gasoline (forty bucks a gallon) by creating a car that runs on something other than traditional petrCar stars Mike Brune as Archie Andrews, a mild - mannered elementary teacher attempting to beat the high cost of gasoline (forty bucks a gallon) by creating a car that runs on something other than traditional petrcar that runs on something other than traditional petrol.

The question of why there aren't viable alternative energy options (particularly when the electric car was not only more popular than the gasoline engine once upon a time but was also shown as recently as ten years ago to be a working technology) is raised subtly by An Inconvenient Truth.

The Ford Fiesta EcoBoost is powered by a 1.0 - liter, turbocharged three - cylinder that nets an impressive 45 mpg on the highway, higher than any other non-hybrid, gasoline - powered car on the market.

And, by the way, electric cars have been around for just as long as gasoline powered cars.

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In fact, the 2014 M235i now boasts the most powerful gasoline motor in a M Performance vehicle — as distinct from a full - on M car, since of course those are all powered by small Hadron Colliders.

Remember that the car runs by burning gasoline inside of a metal box (the engine)- things therefore get quite hot in the normal course of operation, and a good deal of engineering has been devoted to making sure that that heat is dissipated safely.

Fed by the battery pack, the electric motor helps the gasoline engine to accelerate the car.

If your gas station is selling gasoline that only provides 88 RON then the R+M octane would be below the 87 minimum specified by the car manufacturer, in which case you should fuel it with 95 RON octane.

The EPA started to require that leaking gasoline fumes be reduced to virtually zero, and the EVAP system on every current car is controlled largely by — you guessed it — engine vacuum.

By then I was in the «industry» and was able to hide out from the downpour in the brand - new Gasoline Alley garage that housed that year's Chevrolet Corvette pace car.

Both cars will be powered by the same twin - turbocharged inline six - cylinder direct - injection gasoline engine.

Critical Knowledge: Range - extended, plug - in electric vehicleBased on shortened version of Chrysler 300 platformPowered by an electric motor that is assisted by a small gasoline engine on longer tripsAll vehicle functions controlled through a multi-media touch screenPersonal computer tablet is stowed in the dashboard for passenger useHigh - tech, in - car social networking connectivity400 - mile driving range before fueling, including 40 - mile all - electric rangeOvernight recharging by plugging into a household

The Corvette Z06 E85 Concept pace car is based on the production Z06 — already one of the fastest and most powerful cars on the market — and is powered by E85, which consists of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline.

The MILA Plus is a two - seat plug - in hybrid concept powered by a three - cylinder gasoline engine and two electric motors — one for each axle — delivering a combined 270 horsepower and propelling the car to 100 km / h (60 mph) from zero in 4.9 seconds.

Finally, the hybrid (HEV) utilizes the gasoline engine and motion of the car to charge the on - board battery, which returns enhanced efficiency by supplementing the engine's power.

These values were made technically feasible by a high - tech alliance: a TSI engine (gasoline powered with 110 kW / 150 PS) that is as fuel efficient as it is sporty, an electric motor (20 kW / 27 PS) and a 7 - speed Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG)-- which in the eyes of many car drivers is the best automatic in the world today.

Until now, the turbo diesel engine of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro was limited to 3.7 liters of displacement while the permissible maximum size of gasoline engines used by LMP1 race cars was 2 liters (turbo engines) or 3.4 liters (normally aspirated engines).

The batteries are automatically recharged by the car's gasoline engine or by the car's own rolling power during deceleration, eliminating the need to connect the car to an outside power source.

Like all cars — hybrid, diesel or gasoline powered — the Fit's consumption of fuel is determined by how it's driven.

The rwd concept car is powered by a 395 - hp, 3.3 - liter turbocharged V - 6 with gasoline direct injection.

The battery is charged by plugging it in, but also from regenerative braking and from the gasoline engine in the back of the car acting as a generator.

Smart USA Distributor LLC, which is owned by Roger Penske's Penske Automotive Group, said the car would be powered by a gasoline engine and fit the B - segment size class.

The MR2 features the same 1.8 - liter gasoline engine with VVT - i, installed mid-ship in this newly designed open - body two - seater sports car, which is characterized by a long wheel base, short overhang, and rear - wheel drive.