Sentences with phrase «many miles per gallon»

In 2011, Obama announced an agreement with automakers to raise fuel efficiency standards to 54.5 miles per gallon.

In 2001, European cars of all sorts were getting 7 % fewer miles per gallon on the road than they demonstrated on the dynamometer.

Hyundai announced Monday that it would adjust the cars» reported fuel economy by 1 to 2 miles per gallon.

In November 2012, Hyundai and Kia conceded they overstated fuel economy by at least a mile per gallon on vehicles after the EPA found errors for 13 Hyundai and Kia models from the 2011 to 2013 model years.

Elio's motivations are similar to Tesla's — while it's driven by an old - fashioned internal combustion engine, the small, light vehicle will get something like 84 miles per gallon, and the company's DOE application will hinge on its advantages in environmental impact and energy independence.

In May 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama announced new fuel economy standards intended to compel manufacturers to achieve an average of 35.5 miles per gallon across their car and light truck models by 2016.

Ford «thought gas prices were going to go to $ 6 or $ 8 gallon, and therefore having a couple miles per gallon more would be a big market - share mover that consumers would pay for,» said Brian Johnson, a financial analyst at Barclays Capital.

The answer to «why» is never merely an elaboration in terms of processor speeds or miles per gallon.

Standard buses today get about 2 - 4 miles per gallon, but Proterra says its buses get more than 20 miles per gallon, allegedly saving transit operators about $ 50,000 of fuel per year.

Biden claims this would bring us to an average of 40 miles per gallon by 2017.

Go to any number of Prius forums and you can see how, like any enthusiastic World of Warcraft gamer, Prius drivers are a tight - knit community, constantly sharing tips and tricks with each other in the hopes of getting to that next level — 70 miles per gallon or 700 miles on a single tank of gas.

One option is to leave the model year 2021 level — 41 miles per gallon — in place indefinitely.

,» he mused, before continuing, «we work on it, we work on it, and nope... The real problem is that it's so power - inefficient it would get about a quarter of a mile per gallon.

The Raptor, for example, gets an EPA - estimated 15 miles per gallon in the city and just 18 on the highway.

Compare that with the F - 150 EcoBoost, which starts at almost half the price of the Raptor and gets an EPA - estimated 19 miles per gallon in the city and 25 miles per gallon on the highway.

Adjusting for a shift in consumer demand to larger vehicles, the current rules are projected to hike fuel efficiency to a fleetwide average of 46.8 miles per gallon by 2026, according to a letter sent Tuesday by Senator Tom Carper to Pruitt and Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.

They require automakers to double fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

FUEL ECONOMY - Diesels can get up to 30 percent more miles per gallon of fuel than similar gas powered cars and can be more economical than gasoline - electric hybrids.

Earlier this year, researchers at the University of Michigan found that the average fuel economy of new, light vehicles (a designation that includes cars, SUVs, vans and pickup trucks) had reached 25.4 miles per gallon, as compared to 20.8 mpg in 2007.

Integrating fuel cards into the fleet tracking systems helps fleet managers track miles per gallon, reduce fuel costs and determine non-compliance of fuel card usage.

In the same way that higher grade fuel gives more miles per gallon, the newer films will wrap more pallets — which significantly reduces the cost per pallet wrapped.»

And we have increased fuel economy (miles per gallon) by 3 percent per year since at least 2010.

In fact, the beverage industry has improved miles per gallon in its fleets by 13 percent since 2010 and is striving to increase that by another 10 percent by the end of the decade.

The data shows that the beverage industry has the largest fleet of fuel - efficient heavy - duty hybrid commercial vehicles in North America, and has increased fuel economy (miles per gallon) industry - wide by 3 percent per year since at least 2010.

Under the rule the penalty would be raised from $ 5.50 to $ 14.00 for every tenth of a mile per gallon.

«Currently, Sen. Sampson's car, a 2005 Crown Victoria, gets 8 miles per gallon and the new one gets just over 20 miles per gallon,» said Austin Shafran, a spokesman for the Brooklyn Democrat.

«As usual, the administration sides with big, powerful special interests over the interests of average American families, who will pay the price for lower miles per gallon and dirtier air,» said Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic Leader, in a statement.

The efficiency tweaks are part of an effort by automakers to comply with federal corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rules that now require that the U.S. car fleet meet fuel economy standards of 35 miles per gallon (15 kilometers per liter) by 2016.

That is the equivalent of removing 335,000 car trips (at 30 miles per gallon) between New York City and Los Angeles.

And whereas many traditional motorcycles can achieve a respectable 50 miles per gallon at a driving cost of about seven cents per mile, an electric bike uses the energy equivalent of about 420 mpg at an operating cost of two to three cents per mile.

Although Chinese law mandates that cars get at least 35 miles per gallon fuel efficiency, a level the U.S. fleet won't reach until 2020, a large enough fleet of Chinese cars would forestall efforts to combat climate change or eliminate the other environmental challenges posed by paved roads, suburbanization and all that traffic.

Those modifications include stop — start (idle - off) systems in which the engine shuts down when the car is stopped during driving; low rolling - resistance tires (which are harder and thus less flat, reducing friction); variable valve timing for engines, which increases gas consumption efficiency; and fuel economy computers or displays to encourage eco-driving, such as such as those in the Toyota Prius, which show miles per gallon averages for that moment, hour, week or month, or when riding downhill, so that drivers are more aware of how their driving impacts fuel efficiency.

Building a car that gets more than 100 miles per gallon does not require wild new technology, judging from the results of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize.

In the United States, the Obama administration plans to implement rules that push corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, standards to a fleetwide average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016, four years ahead of the schedule Congress laid out in a 2007 energy law.

On his arrival at my home on the first day, the miles per gallon (mpg) reading on his car's display was 36.0, on the second 42.5 and on the third 44.0, when it also gave a reading of 71.5 for the cumulative mileage.

Instead he proposes a lightweight aircraft with high thermodynamic efficiency and extreme drag reduction — not so much a flying car as a powered glider that cruises at about 100 miles an hour and gets at least 100 miles per gallon.

Next Steps The Obama administration recently announced fuel economy standards that require the average new vehicle to go from 32.9 miles per gallon today to 35.5 mpg by 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025.

Boosting average fuel efficiency in 50 percent of cars from 20.8 miles per gallon to 30.7 mpg — and there are at least 26 vehicles available today that would do that, ranging from compact cars to sport utility vehicles — would save roughly 30 million metric tons.

GM's fuel cell SUV, Sequel, operates with an energy efficiency equivalent to 39 miles per gallon of gasoline.

«This is a victory for drivers who, by 2016, will get 35 miles per gallon, spend less on fuel and send less of their dollars overseas,» Jackson said, although the new rules still leave the U.S. behind Europe, Japan and China in terms of the timing or strength of fuel efficiency standards.

Federal law requires that new cars be sold with a label that includes the vehicle's fuel efficiency as measured in miles per gallon.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DoT) released rules that set limits on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed and accelerate an increase in overall fuel efficiency to 14.5 kilometers per liter (34.1 miles per gallon) by 2016.

Using greenhouse - gas figures for truck and rail from the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (and assuming tractor trailers running at six miles per gallon of gasoline), we found that moving this monthly 174 - ton load kicks out 13.7 tons of CO2.

In situations where consumers must average ratio information, such as comparing the fuel efficiency of two cars using the ratio miles per gallon, they often flub the numbers by incorrectly assuming the mathematic equation to find miles per gallon would be to average the sum of the mileage of both cars and then divide by two, instead of using a more complex equation needed to accurately compare ratios.

Powered by a 3.0 - liter V - 6 engine, the E320, for instance, gets 36 miles per gallon (combined) and can travel as much as 780 miles between fill - ups.

On May 19 President Barack Obama announced a new federal gas mileage standard: by 2016 the nation's entire car and light truck fleet should average 35.5 miles per gallon.

In less than a decade, plug - in hybrid automobiles recharged on grid will probably get 100 miles per gallon.

«If we optimistically assume the average U.S. fuel economy is 25 miles per gallon, at $ 3.00 gasoline this equates to 75 cents a gallon for equivalent electricity.»

Car dealerships boast about miles per gallon for both highway and city, providing buyers with an analysis relevant to different roadways.

The Clarity's fuel efficiency equivalent of 68 miles per gallon clobbers even the feel - good 48 mpg of the Toyota Prius, and the car can go 270 miles on a $ 20 tank.