Jurors considered the vehicle's overall environmental impact
including tailpipe emissions and fuel consumption upon selecting the overall winner.
The emissions calculater: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=bt2 «* Total emissions rate
includes tailpipe emissions and the emissions associated with the production and distribution of fuel.
Not exact matches
To achieve that end, as other countries express an interest in joining the race as part of their efforts to reduce hazardous
tailpipe emissions in the transport sector, the lead organizations, DOT and MOT, can jointly elect to
include others.
The electric e-NV200 is undergoing limited tested in Europe,
including as a FedEx delivery van in London.One of the main advantages to an electric delivery van, apart from reduced fuel use and a reduction in
tailpipe emissions, is that it will be far quieter than current cargo vans.
For 2006, the Explorer's improvements, the automaker says,
include better fuel economy; a new 4.6 - liter V - 8 engine and six - speed automatic transmission; cleaner
tailpipe emissions; 10 advanced safety features, all of which are standard; 10 percent higher payload; increased towing capacity, which is now up to 7,300 pounds; a new frame, some of which is based on the one used in the F - 150; and an all - new interior.
Technology has enormously reduced traditional
tailpipe emissions («criteria pollutants,»
including particulates, nitrogen oxides, ozone, sulfur dioxides, carbon monoxide and lead).
With no
tailpipe emissions, these vehicles can be up to 99 % cleaner than gasoline cars, even when power plant
emissions are
included.
Total
emissions includes upstream
emissions for gasoline, so I based the
tailpipe emission for the US average on the total
emission and the 1.25 ratio given here.
The second column of values compares the electricity generation +
tailpipe emissions to the
tailpipe emissions of the US average car (the first column is based on total
emissions including the 1.25 factor for gasoline).