Sentences with phrase «high idle times»

Medium - and heavy - duty BEVs have been predominantly used on urban or suburban routes, characterized by frequent stops and starts, high idle times, lower average speeds, and a daily range of 100 miles or less.

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With U.S. commuters spending an estimated 500 million hours per week in their vehicles, carmakers, software companies and content providers are trying to figure out how to take advantage of new high - speed wireless network technologies to help drivers have better Internet access during this often idle time.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

As we can already guess the ultimate guy for Mo, the rest is merely a plot that idles in its own set paces, with a plethora of scenes of Montana running maniacally, waving her arms around as she stomps forward in high heels through airports, trying to stop airline personnel from closing gates, or trying to hail cabs just in the nick of time.

Also, it idles high (around 1500 RPM) most of the time.

Higher - than - normal vacuum at idle is a common clue to overly advanced ignition timing, while low vacuum can indicate retarded timing.

Conversely, optimal high RPM valve timing lift and duration settings would result in very rough low RPM operation and difficult idling.

San Francisco proposed installing multimodal intelligent traffic signal systems equipped with DSRC technology at high priority pedestrian collision locations to improve pedestrian safety, reduce idling, and prioritize transit and emergency vehicles to improve reliability and response times.

The result is enhanced efficiency under low - load conditions, such as at idle or highway cruising, and increased power for brisk acceleration or times of high demand

high road noise, rough idle, front passenger seat shakes when idling, seat belt buckles rattle against the interior side panels, doors are poor quality, fan comes on in the off position.I took the car to the dealer three times to fix fan switch and they said that there was nothing wrong with the switch and that they would fix it but I would have to sign a disclaimer form.I traded the hunk of junk and lost a lot of money.

The Civic Hybrid uses a 3 - Stage i - VTEC valve control system that provides normal valve timing, high output valve timing and cylinder idling functions to the benefit of low fuel consumption, high output and greater electrical regeneration capabilities.

The engine features dual overhead camshafts with continuously variable valve timing and increased - authority cam phasing (increased phase rotation angle), a high - pressure returnless direct - injection fuel system with camshaft - driven fuel pump delivering 750 psi at idle and 2250 psi at full load, higher - flowing intake and exhaust ports in the cylinder head, electronic throttle control and pistons with jet - spray oil cooling.

So if you've been procrastinating about dumping your high - cost active funds, investing that idle cash, or adjusting your asset allocation to keep it in line with your goals, then now might be a good time to do that.

Further, since this work is ongoing, the utilization of the LPO lawyers measured over a period of time (e.g. a year) is high; and there is no need to build costs of idle time into the billing rate.