Sentences with phrase «hybrid than a conventional car»

Though the iQ doesn't get the vaunted 40 - mpg highway estimate that so many subcompacts are pushing these days, its mileage — 36/37 mpg city / highway — reads more like that of a hybrid than a conventional car.

Not exact matches

The power lost by these systems in transferring energy could be enough to make electric vehicles and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles less environmentally friendly than conventional cars, says Michael Kintner - Meyer at the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.

This makes it more than twice as efficient as conventional hybrid cars, which can only recover about 30 per cent of the braking energy, he says.

USED PLUG - IN PRICES PLUNGE Earlier in the week we reported that hybrids and EVs are depreciating faster than conventional cars.

I think all these hybrid technology is still in the crappy stage because these car should be designed to get at least 50 % more than the conventional gasoline vehicle.

Unlike conventional cars, many hybrids get better city mileage than highway mileage, because at low speeds, they can operate on electric power alone.

Overall, it's clear Hyundai went out of the way to make the Ioniq look like a mainstream car inside and out, as opposed to the images of oddly - shaped, less - than - conventional hybrid vehicles that generally come to mind.

We've encountered the mistaken assumption by others that a hybrid car is a fire hazard or more prone to catching fire than a conventional vehicle.

Any time you request more power, the engine again instantly comes on, and the whole operation is seamless making for a car that is more like its conventional counterparts than other automakers» hybrid variants.

Hybrid cars are generally costlier than conventional gasoline cars but also provide substantial improvement in fuel economy, so running cost should be fairly less.

Driven in the same manner as the twin - turbo car, the hybrid returned a fuel consumption of 9.0 L / 100 km — just over a litre less than the conventional LS, which finished up at 10.1 L / 100 km.

This system mimics that found in the TS030 hybrid race car that competes in the World Endurance Championship, rather than using a conventional battery pack to store energy, like in the Prius.

At first glance, the e-tron looks much more toned down than the original design, however, the company has tried to keep the design as fresh as possible, going away from the conventional method of converting existing cars in to electric or hybrid.

How plug - in cars can be more affordable than conventional hybrids or mainstream EVs, given their dual drivetrains, is even more of a mystery to first - time green car shoppers.

All are impressive in their own way, but only the Ioniq and Prius were designed from the ground up as hybrids, and so are less compromised than those based on conventional petrol or diesel cars.

Having said that, the current generation of mainstream hybrid cars (e.g. the Prius) and the newer pluggable - hybrids (e.g. the Volt) do get more than «a little bit better» gas mileage than conventional gasoline - fueled cars and are increasingly affordable.

Bird expects demand for green cars to make more progress in the near future: «The segment will grow even further in 2013, with the launch of several new models, including the full Ford Fusion Hybrid series, and the Honda Accord Hybrid, which will fulfill a wider variety of needs than conventional compact hybrids.

Fully electric and plug - in hybrids cost more than conventional cars, and sticker price was cited as the major barrier by more than half of the respondents.

We've previously wondered whether or not owning a hybrid car will end up saving you money or costing more than a conventional car in the long run; a lively discussion followed.

Indeed, at $ 25,391 per car, the Altima hybrids cost about $ 1,500 more than the conventional Impala, but it gets about twice as many miles per gallon as the Impala does (35 vs. 16), so payback time on the cost difference should be pretty quick (not to mention that if (when?)

As it stands, though, modifying a hybrid like the Prius to enable it to plug in would add perhaps $ 2,000 to $ 3,000 to the cost of a car that is already roughly $ 3,000 more expensive than conventional gas cars.