Sentences with phrase «improvements in vehicle efficiency»

He suggested that people would spend the money that they saved by having more efficient houses on having bigger houses, or that improvements in vehicle efficiency would lead to more driving, or even that improvements in refrigerator efficiency would lead to larger fridges.

For example, rooftop solar can now provide electricity to businesses and households at a lower cost than fossil fuels and improvements in vehicle efficiency can easily pay for themselves.

Requires such assessment to examine the contribution to emission reductions attributable to improvements in vehicle efficiency, GHG performance of transportation fuels, increased efficiency in utilizing transportation systems, and the effects of local and state planning.

The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.

BP expects the number of passenger cars to increase substantially by 2040, with an increasing number of electric cars and a major improvement in vehicle efficiency.

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Causeway's Telematics 2015 vehicle tracking software has been completely re-designed to drive improvements in mobile workforce efficiency, enhance customer service and optimise visibility of key performance data.

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.

For a 1 gigawatt power plant, a 1 percent improvement in efficiency saves 17,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year, equivalent to removing more than 3,500 vehicles from the road.

So too if demand for oil starts to fall sooner than supply, through improvements in efficiency and the electrification of vehicles.

Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.

Key concepts that were not considered in this study include the economic and health effects of cool pavements, and potential emissions savings from vehicle - road interactions (for example, smoother roads may translate to small improvements in fuel efficiency).

Projected consumption assumes efficiency improvements in powertrain and vehicle are offset by increases in performance, size and weight.

Improvements in remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have increased the efficiency of dive operations and enabled more complex measurements and experiments at great ocean depths.

The authors argue that vehicle fuel economy may be improved through three primary methods: reducing vehicle weight and size; increased market share of alternative powertrains that show more efficiency than conventional gasoline engines; and, rather than continuing the historical trend of emphasis on vehicles that are heavier, larger, and more powerful, ensuring that improvements in vehicle technology's efficiency gains are directed toward increasing fuel economy.

The European Commission is requiring a 25 % improvement in fuel efficiency by 2012 that would reduce carbon - dioxide emissions for new vehicles.

The Zeroshift transmission allows a manual transmission to change gear in zero time, thereby offering potential fuel economy improvements from driveline efficiency and the best possible vehicle acceleration.

Additionally, lower viscosity transmission fluid is used resulting in improved transmission efficiency and fuel economy improvements especially during cold environments or vehicle start - up.

Despite marginal improvements in efficiency, the new Tahoe is an indulgent, thirsty, oversized monster that threatens smaller vehicles while exacerbating America's dependence on imported oil and hastening global warming.

By 2014, the new V - 6 is expected to account for more than a third of the powertrains in the vehicle line - up and substantially contribute to an overall corporate fuel efficiency improvement of more than 25 percent.

«The improvements in the efficiency and performance of the 2016 Volt are driven by what owners said they wanted in the next - generation model: more range, better fuel economy and stronger acceleration,» notes Andrew Farah, vehicle chief engineer.

Multistage THS II — newly developed for rear - wheel - drive passenger vehicles — adds a Multi-Stage Shift Device to THS, resulting in major improvements in system output and transmission efficiency across the entire range.

3.5 - liter V6 tuned for responsive power Thanks to vehicle weight savings, the standard 3.5 - liter V6 with Ti - VCT offers a 5 percent improvement in power - to - weight ratio over the larger 3.7 - liter V6 in the 2014 F - 150, with better fuel efficiency and performance.

While the dimples help reduce aerodynamic drag on the tire, the fins generate air flow that pushes the car forward by increasing the air pressure in the front side of a wheel wells, thus making it possible to contribute to fuel efficiency improvement by reducing aerodynamic drag on vehicles.

Clean energy technologies, Climate change, Energy efficiency, Oil, Transport, Heavy - duty vehicle fuel, Road freight, Systemic improvements in logistics and supply chain management

Energy efficiency works hand in hand with coordinated improvements in the energy system: by reducing overall demand for energy, energy efficiency allows renewable energy resources to ramp up and offsets the additional electricity that will be used by electric vehicles and heat pumps.

Energy efficiency works hand in hand with coordinated improvements in the energy system: by reducing overall demand for energy, energy efficiency allows renewable energy resources to ramp up and offsets increased electricity demand from electric vehicles and heat pumps.

We call for a substantial improvement in energy efficiency; and electrification of the global vehicle fleet and all other downstream uses of fossil fuels.

In the ACT Map scenario, energy and emissions in the transport sector are saved largely through major improvements in the efficiency of conventional vehicles and through the increased penetration of hybridIn the ACT Map scenario, energy and emissions in the transport sector are saved largely through major improvements in the efficiency of conventional vehicles and through the increased penetration of hybridin the transport sector are saved largely through major improvements in the efficiency of conventional vehicles and through the increased penetration of hybridin the efficiency of conventional vehicles and through the increased penetration of hybrids.

However, oil demand from passenger cars declines even as the number of vehicles doubles in the next quarter century, thanks mainly to improvements in efficiency, but also biofuels and rising ownership of electric cars.

Analytically, they're making important distinctions between improving vehicle efficiency with hybrids and engine improvements compared to more ambitiously displacing gasoline with electricity from plug - ins.

The proposal is worth celebrating, not only because it will deliver by far the biggest vehicle efficiency improvements in decades, but also because the introduction of EPA into the process makes it more likely that the standards will accelerate the development of efficiency technologies in the future.

Potential GHG emissions reductions from efficiency improvements on new vehicle designs in 2030 compared with today range from 40 — 70 % for LDVs, 30 — 50 % for HDVs, up to 50 % for aircraft, and for new ships when combining technology and operational measures, up to 60 %.

In 2009, a historic agreement between the Federal Government, state regulators, and the auto industry established a national program to implement these first meaningful fuel efficiency improvements in over 30 years and the first - ever global warming pollution standards for light - duty vehicleIn 2009, a historic agreement between the Federal Government, state regulators, and the auto industry established a national program to implement these first meaningful fuel efficiency improvements in over 30 years and the first - ever global warming pollution standards for light - duty vehiclein over 30 years and the first - ever global warming pollution standards for light - duty vehicles.

Rebound effect - After implementation of efficient technologies and practices, part of the savings is taken back for more intensive or other consumption, e.g., improvements in car - engine efficiency lower the cost per kilometer (mile) driven, encouraging more car trips or the purchase of a more powerful vehicle.

This is in part due to efficiency improvements, which will be led by advances in individual end - uses, such as lighting, variable speed motors, and more efficient internal combustion engine vehicles, as well as a shift from non-electric to more - efficient electric technologies, the report says.

Liquid fuels are expected to peak in the light duty vehicle market by 2030 due to electric vehicles and efficiency improvements in conventional engines, but growth in liquid fuels is still expected in the commercial transportation sector and the chemical industry.

To meet the challenge of global warming, we must transform the ways America and the rest of the world produce and use energy, achieving dramatic improvements in the efficiency with which we use energy in our homes, businesses, and vehicles and moving to clean, renewable energy, like wind and solar power.

«Committed policies (S1) are those that have the force of law and are being implemented, such as AB 1493, which mandates efficiency improvements in light - duty vehicles, building energy efficiency standards like Title 24, and the renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which mandates 33 percent renewable electricity generation use by 2020.»

Strategies considered by the team encompassed efficiency improvements in light - and heavy - duty vehicles, buildings and coal power plants; reducing light - duty vehicle - miles traveled; and substitution of coal electricity with lower - carbon energy sources.

The expected improvement in power density in the GM - designed and built motors for the longitudinal application of the two - mode hybrid — on a per motor basis, these machines are about 25 % smaller, output is about 20 % higher, and efficiency is up — will allow its application in a range of vehicles smaller than the full - size trucks and SUVs in which it is applied today, including cars.

«New vehicle efficiency improvements alone will never result in the overall decline in petroleum consumption and the greenhouse gas emissions we need,» said Chrysler Group President Tom LaSorda.

Intended to promote improvements in safety, mobility and efficiency through ADS, this 26 - page document lists suggestions and helpful advice on ADS system safety, operational design domain object and event detection and response, validation methods, human machine interface, vehicle cybersecurity, crashworthiness and post-cash ADS behaviour, but it delegates privacy to a footnote.

Other possible areas of improvement for the US would be in passenger vehicle fuel economy, public transportation, the efficiency of freight transport, water efficiency policy, and requirements for large companies to conduct energy audits and hire energy managers.