Sentences with phrase «lesser efficient combustion»

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Energy storage - to - torque on an EV platform is above 90 percent efficient, compared to less than 35 percent for internal combustion engines.

Electric powertrains are more efficient than internal combustion powertrains2 and are able to perform the same amount of work as other vehicles while using less fuel.

The six - liter TDI uses significantly less fuel than any competing gasoline engine in the high - performance SUV sector; thanks to efficient combustion and the complex exhaust emission control system, the Audi Q7 V12 TDI quattro already complies with future emissions standards.

With a highly efficient combustion system, the new engine provides excellent torque at low rpms, enabling less frequent gear change.

My point is that to reduce the need for drilling for oil, we must focus our efforts on making our current primary form of transportation, the internal combustion engine, more efficient and less polluting.

On - board hydrogen fuel - cells could be up to 80 percent more fuel - efficient, and emit 45 percent less carbon dioxide, than today's internal - combustion engine.

«CNG vehicles still rely on internal combustion engine technology, which is less efficient in fuel requirements than electric vehicles, whose engines gain energy from braking and have higher operational efficiency,» the executive summary states.

From the article: «CNG vehicles still rely on internal combustion engine technology, which is less efficient in fuel requirements than electric vehicles, whose engines gain energy from braking and have higher operational efficiency,» the executive summary states.

But it's also the by - product of fossil fuel combustion, and when a refinery or power plant reduces its greenhouse gas emissions (by becoming more energy - efficient, for example), it also releases fewer smog - forming chemicals like nitrogen oxides, less of the sulfur dioxide and soot that can irritate lungs and cause respiratory disease, and fewer toxic emissions linked to cancer and neurological disorders.

J&D note that electric cars are 5 times more efficient than internal combustion engine vehicles, so less energy is needed to fuel them.

This is because wood is both less efficient at the point of combustion and has larger processing and supply chain emissions than coal.

Less expensive but less efficient power plants like combustion gas turbines are useful for capacity and flexibility because they are used only infrequenLess expensive but less efficient power plants like combustion gas turbines are useful for capacity and flexibility because they are used only infrequenless efficient power plants like combustion gas turbines are useful for capacity and flexibility because they are used only infrequently.