Sentences with phrase «modest gain in efficiency»

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At a time when painful measures in October's Strategic Defence and Security Reviewv - such as scrapping the Harrier fleet, along with service personnel and civilian job losses and other efficiency gains - are reported to fall # 1 billion short of the MOD's # 8 billion budget reduction target, a public row over savings already assumed would be bad news for the department.

While the Mercedes engineers I rode with would not be drawn on their power outputs, it is likely that any increases will be modest, with the emphasis on gains in whole vehicle efficiency through mechanical optimization, weight reduction, and aerodynamic refinement.

From the time the company first released details about its mild hybrids, critics questioned the technology that produces only modest gains in fuel efficiency.