Sentences with phrase «manufacturing costs of fuel»

Reining in manufacturing costs of fuel cell vehicles is the first major issue the automakers are addressing.

Not exact matches

Fuelled by a low peso and cheap labour costs, Mexico's booming manufacturing industry has already overtaken Canada's in terms of the dollar value of exports to the U.S. Indeed, Canada is contending with more than just low oil prices.

He also hinted that DOE could launch a new manufacturing innovation institute that would help to further reduce the cost of fuel cells.

The US government would also have to subsidise the manufacture of MOX fuel so that it would cost no more than conventional uranium fuel, says Holdren.

PRISM has a number of benefits for managing plutonium — including reduced time to disposition the UK stockpile due to greater incorporation of plutonium in the fuel, and a simplified fuel manufacturing and reactor construction process — all of which reduce the costs of implementation.

If successful, the EPA estimates that when manufactured in volume, the added costs of the hybrid components should be recouped in less than three years through lower fuel and brake maintenance costs.

BMW was able to improve fuel economy by 16 % relative to the old Ford - sourced supercharged powerplant, yet the incremental manufacturing cost is on the order of just EUR 100.

Honda has long been a leader in hydrogen fuel cell models, but real large scale production of these zero emission vehicles has been delayed due to the high cost of manufacturing...

In - line six - cylinder engines are traditionally trickier to package, but use fewer moving parts and are lighter than V6s, which is to the benefit of fuel economy and lower manufacturing costs.

It includes carbon - silicon carbide brakes (420x40mm cross-drilled front and 356x28mm rear), exclusive 9Jx20 - inch 14 - spoke alloy wheels, choice of 3 additional exclusive body colours (Moroccan Blue (bright blue), Anthracite (grey black) and Meteor (steel blue grey)-RRB-, unique insignia to exterior, unique treadplates with the text «Celebrating 60 years of manufacturing in Crewe», choice of upgraded veneers (Dark Stained Burr Walnut or Piano Black (additional veneers available at extra cost)-RRB-, drilled alloy sport foot pedals, gear lever finished in knurled chrome and hide, diamond quilted hide to seat facings, door and rear quarter panels; embroidered Bentley emblem to seat facings, indented hide headlining and a Mulliner alloy fuel filler cap.

For a cynical viewpoint, it might be that the motivation of the automakers with this and similar concepts (e.g. VW dual charging) is not fuel saving via down - sizing, but rather to reduce manufacturing and R&D costs by being able to use a single engine design for many different engines.

Ohioans enjoy a cost of living that's below the national average and a diverse economy that's fueled by the banking, manufacturing, agricultural, mining, aerospace, and tech industries.

Furthermore, their refineries are already setup to manufacture one type of fuel, and the costs to change the refinery would most likely be prohibitive.

They manufacture fuel storage tanks, so insurance is a large component of their cost of doing business.

The consolidation of dog food manufacturers, changes in how ingredients are sourced, and the impact rising manufacturing costs have on quality standards and distributors» fuel costs all affect retailers.

Feed - in tariffs would also have the effect of lowering the consumer's costs for renewable energy, which would only grow cheaper over time, as more and more manufacturing capacity was built — because under equivalent economies of scale, renewables are definitely cheaper than fossil fuels.

It can easily replace diesel and teh oils used in manufacturing of plastics and can also be refined into jet fuel and other petroleum products... MIT has a bioreactor that is carbon negative (I believe)... I'm not a scientist (obviously), but it seems to me that this, along with wind, solar and tidal would go a long long way to solving some of these issues, at a fraction of the cost of continuing to drill and extract.

The incremental cost of manufacturing an FCV includes the cost of the fuel cell plus the cost of the hydrogen storage tanks.

In this report, costs of electricity and fuels were used to estimate the quantity of energy used in the food and beverage industry, by assuming the cost of one unit of energy is equal for all manufacturing industries.

While you are doing the good work on rapid transit, etc. and adding good green jobs, millions not directly affected by those positives will be suffering from increased cost of fuel, transportation, indeed, anything that requires fossil fuels to manufacture as these costs are passed along.

President Barack Obama's auto task force last week said in an assessment of General Motors» viability that it was a full generation behind Toyota in «green powertrain development» and that «while the Volt holds promise, it is currently projected to be much more expensive than its gasoline - fueled peers and will likely need substantial reductions in manufacturing cost in order to become commercially viable.»

«The industry has profited from the manufacture of fossil fuels but has not had to absorb the economic costs of the consequences,» Koh said.

«Hydraulic fracturing is the driving force behind an American energy renaissance that has helped lower fuel, utility and manufacturing costs while also contributing to reduced greenhouse gas emissions through an abundance of affordable, clean - burning natural gas.

As the driving force behind the American energy renaissance, hydraulic fracturing has helped lower fuel, utility and manufacturing costs while also contributing to reduced greenhouse gas emissions through an abundance of affordable, clean - burning natural gas.