Sentences with word «idling»

Trucks are embracing green technologies — hybrid electric and engine - powered systems — that reduce idling time and air pollution.

When I pull into the long road leading up to the building, a man idling in a green SolarCity truck flags me down and tells me to leave.

There are reports that oil tankers are idling offshore in the Gulf, but they will likely have to wait a little while longer before they can dock.

To waste this potential is like leaving that sports car idling in the driveway.

You can set the device to sound an alarm when the engine RPM exceeds a certain number, when idling longer than a certain period of time, when breaking a specified speed limit, when it senses dangerous driving on the part of the operator, when the seatbelt is not used and when reversing.

Plus, you can get vehicle data, such as information on carbon emissions, fuel efficiency, and even speeding, harsh braking and engine idling.

Youtube videos, shot on Sunday, show a long train from the Montreal Maine and Atlantic Railway idling unattended near the town.

You are going to find yourself idling on a fine website like Gizmodo or wandering through some store like Target or Best Buy, and you are going to remember you need to buy a gift for a loved one.

The price of hot - rolled steel coil, the benchmark product, is down about 40 percent this year, with domestic mills idling as much as 38 percent of capacity after imports climbed by 38 percent in 2014.

One of GardaWorld's most important clients, a Turkish company with about 15,000 employees called Tekfen Construction, wanted to avoid idling its workers at all costs.

LoweBots are equipped with sensors so that if a person is, say, idling next to the cabinet fixtures section, it can approach and offer assistance.

Additionally, LoweBots are equipped with 3 - D scanners, so that if a person is, say, idling next to the cabinet fixtures section, it can approach and offer assistance.

You could even land a side job, like driving for Uber, or find a way to utilize an idling asset.

Thanks to the software, the company discovered that excessive truck idling contributed to an excessive fuel bill.

OK, so that's pretty technical, but essentially it boils down to this: the ultracapacitor / lithium - ion battery replaces the traditional lead - acid battery in the hood of your car, and it stops and starts when the car is idling, reducing both emissions and fuel use.

Fleet management software is a technology that allows companies to gain visibility into their fleet, using technologies such as GPS and telematics, to measure metrics such as idling times, routes driven and arrivals and departures.

«There's no idling, no speeding, no hard braking.

The more time you spend idling in traffic, the more fuel you'll waste, AAA spokeswoman Tamra Johnson told CNBC earlier this summer.

Since idling all but two of its 50 commercial nuclear reactors, Japan has had to meet its power needs through pricey imports of liquefied natural gas, which contributed to an unprecedented current account deficit of three straight months beginning last November.

The company claims its service conserves one gallon of fuel per idling hour per truck, and with more than one million truckers on the road at any given time, the savings add up — so far, says Wilson, eight million gallons of fuel have been saved, 83,000 metric tons of emissions have been eliminated, and 150,000 road cowboys have plugged in.

The original automaker will install them for free, so long as you're willing to tolerate the occasional pop - up ad while idling at a red light.

Smartphones and tablets have opened up an entirely new frontier, with people who wouldn't previously be caught playing video games now idling away hours on Angry Birds and the like.

Better routing drivers and minimizing excessive idling time adds to improved fuel usage across your fleet.

But the quick pickup way of life is increasingly under threat: Tim Hortons has faced flak because of the emissions created by idling cars and several Montreal boroughs are considering banning the building of new drive - thru outlets.

«I'm looking for a hammer,» I tell a wheeled rectangle idling at a conference expo area in the San Francisco Union Square Hilton Hotel.

It seems like I spend twice as long in the car every day idling my way through rush hour and staring at the rusted bumper of the car in front of me, when I could be writing and connecting with clients at work.

The EPA has long been involved in pollution reduction and air quality improvement by testing and creating alternatives to engine idling of the 15.5 million trucks estimated to be operating in the U.S.

The U.S. - listed shares of several Canada - based firms were still trading even as their Toronto - listed securities were idled by the outage.

Flight brokers such as Jettly make private jet ownership a little less wasteful by helping owners put otherwise idle aircraft to use.

China's power struggles are no longer the subject of idle curiosity, but a potential threat to our well being.

The U.S. - listed shares of several Canada - based firms were still trading even as their Toronto - listed securities were idled by the outage.

«I use this idle time to study foreign languages, listen to books on tape or listen to tapes on updated medical procedures and advancements.

The U.S. - listed shares of several Canada - based firms were still trading even as their Toronto - listed securities were idled by...

The U.S. - listed shares of several Canada - based firms continued trading even as their Toronto - listed securities were idled by the outage.

They are Social Currency (e.g., sharing things that make people look good), Triggers (acknowledging that we talk about things that are top - of - mind), Emotion, Public (imitating what we see others do), Practical Value (news people can use) and Stories (information passed along under the guise of idle chitchat).

Outgoing Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney famously chided corporate Canada this summer for sitting on mountains of «dead money,» the idle dollars on balance sheets that could instead feed economic growth.

The Jim Pattison Group's grocery business continues to show it won't sit idle while national chains Loblaws and Sobeys bulk up their presence in Western Canada.

A growing group of idle young men has never produced a happy turn of events.

In many cases, acceleration should lower their costs, as nominal interest rates will likely be higher two years from now than they are today, and idle construction crews in Alberta are relatively abundant.

Sitting idle isn't an option.

Last year then — Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas earned loud cheers on The Daily Show when he described to host Trevor Noah how he had filed his taxes on his iPad during a few idle minutes in the Luxembourg Airport.

But enough idle speculation.

Likewise, according to a report by Pivot Capital Management that analyzed China's manufacturing capabilities, China continues to build new steel mills, cement factories and aluminum smelters even though up to one - third of existing plants sit idle.

«I'm not a big fan of taking idle walks or leaving the office to grab coffee.

Once the job is done, you don't have to keep them on the payroll, ensuring that your business isn't paying for idle hands.

The man who revolutionized boxing and became an American icon called himself The Greatest and worked hard to prove it was no idle boast.

However you slice it — five hours a week, 20 hours a month, 240 hours a year — that's a lot of life idled away behind the wheel.

Remember: the ultimate failure in work and in life is to be idle and useless.

These depots are managed by third - party shipping giants like DHL, and are located strategically: they can get a part to a waiting customer within a few hours, so the airline with the disabled aircraft doesn't have to idle for a day or more as the part flies across the Atlantic.

«I sort of laughed it off because I figured cooler heads in Washington would prevail, and it was just an idle threat,» he said.