Sentences with phrase «more efficient transmission»

However, if you were hoping for a more efficient transmission or any performance tweaks, you've got a few years more to wait for the true next generation.

For 2014, the C - Max hybrid receives new hood seals, a more efficient transmission, more efficient engine oil, and new A-pillar moldings.

We only wish Subaru would give it a more efficient transmission to boost its fuel economy.

Weaver and his team found that the initial adaption provided the framework for a second wave of adaptations that can enable rapid diversification of viral strains and even more efficient transmission to people.

For the first time, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers were able to predict further adaptations of the chikungunya virus that recently spread from Africa to several continents that will likely result in even more efficient transmission and infection of more people by this virus strain.

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BERLIN, May 3 - Volkswagen is still looking at whether to spin off assets such as motorcycle maker Ducati and transmissions maker Renk, its new chief executive said, as the autos group strives to streamline its operations and become more efficient.

Healthier cell membranes results in more efficient nutrient delivery systems and faster nerve transmission processes.

«Everything we're saying should be done if Indian Point should be shut down — should be done anyway,» he said, referring to proposals for cleaner and more efficient technology and new transmission lines.

The gear box in these transmissions is also about nine kilograms lighter, and thereby more efficient, than a regular six - speed automatic transmission, because a torque converter is no longer required to move fluid around to spin its input shaft.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

About 20 percent of investments in the high - cost scenario would go into upgrading the high - voltage transmission grid, including installation of sensors to alert operators to potential failures of transformers on the system, and purchases of equipment to protect the grid and make it more efficient, EPRI said.

Second, the airborne method would have to be so much more efficient than the current extremely efficient means of transmission that it would overcome any genetic costs to the virus stemming from the mutation itself.

Although cell - to - cell infection does result in release of abundant solo viral particles, direct transmission from HIV - infected immune cells to other cells — which can then replicate in clusters of these cells — is a much more efficient route to quickly spread the virus, researchers say.

[David Hillerkuss, «26 Tbit s − 1 Line - Rate Super-Channel Transmission Utilizing All - Optical Fast Fourier Transform Processing»] It is possible to transfer equivalent amounts of data with conventional technology, by bundling together hundreds of lasers — but doing it with a single laser is far more energy efficient.

Chronic pain can be viewed as a learned memory: In the way that repetition of a piano piece enables you to learn it by facilitating transmission of the appropriate signals through your neurons, pain that persists can become chronic because your neurons become more efficient at transmitting pain signals.

A third notable finding was a more concentrated attachment of H7N9 viruses in ciliated cells of the nasal concha, trachea, and bronchi, suggesting the potential for efficient transmission among humans.

Compact optical transmission possibilities are of great interest in faster and more energy - efficient data exchange between electronic chips.

The researchers will also test the method in high - voltage cables for direct current, since direct current is more efficient than alternating current for power transmission over very long distances.

The result, led by researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, is the culmination of 20 years of research aimed at finding out whether the pseudogap helps or hinders superconductivity, which could transform society by making electrical transmission, computing and other areas much more energy efficient.

Although HIV researchers knew that intracellular transmission of the virus is a 100 - to 1,000 - times more - efficient means of infection than exposure to free particles called virions, Greene and his colleagues have now shown that cell - to - cell transmission is also more likely to lead to CD4 + T cell death.

The world chews through serious amounts of data, and researchers are looking into faster and more efficient wireless transmission.

«We think that understanding the role of isoprenoids during gametocytogenesis and identifying metabolic steps absent or sufficiently different from its human host will allow us to design more efficient drugs to block malaria transmission, which is one of the key components for malaria elimination and eradication,» Cassera said.

The Perfect Host: a mouse host embryo facilitating more efficient germ line transmission of genetically modified embryonic stem cells.

Healthier cell membranes results in more efficient nutrient delivery systems and faster nerve transmission processes.

In concert with the transmission and engine improvements, the 2015 Bentley Mulsanne Speed is 13 percent more efficient than the outgoing model, and boasts a driving range of an additional 50 miles.

There's a conventional six - speed automatic transmission for the Mazda 6 (a six - speed manual is standard on lower trim levels), but here again the company has optimized its performance, and Mazda claims the result is more efficient than either a dual - clutch automatic or a CVT.

The LaSpRa comes only with the six - speed dual - clutch transmission that we whined about in our Four Seasons Evo, with slightly taller fifth and sixth gears for quieter and more fuel - efficient cruising.

The optional S - tronic twin - clutch transmission is more fuel efficient and allows for 15 lb ft more torque.

So I am wondering why automatic transmissions aren't designed to automatically select neutral when it would be more fuel efficient to do so?

The more efficient engine is part of the formula, as is the new 10 - speed transmission.

In conjunction with a lighter, more powerful electric motor and a more efficient six - speed automatic transmission with a new electric oil pump, the Hybrid is good for a combined 193 hp, which is also slightly less than the outgoing car's 199 combined hp.

An even more efficient seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission currently under development at Hyundai and Kia's Namyang research and development center may not be far away.

An eight - speed automatic remains the only transmission, although it has reduced internal friction, a wider, more fuel - efficient ratio spread, and navigation - based predictive shifting.

The new transmission offers a wider spread of available gear ratios for more efficient cruising at speed.

For starters, the Highlander's 3.5 - liter V - 6 will be replaced by a new, more efficient direct - injection V - 6 engine, with its six - speed automatic replaced by an eight - speed transmission.

The Eco is even more efficient with a six - speed manual transmission, though, getting an estimated 33 mpg combined fuel economy.

(Skip to details on the: Cruze Eco) New for 2012 Models with the turbo 1.4 - liter four - cylinder and the six - speed automatic transmission are more efficient for 2012 with the regular Cruze rated at 38 mpg on the highway and the Cruze Eco at 39 mpg.

Expect a version of Honda's newly updated, more efficient 3.5 - liter V - 6 with at least 280 hp, with either a six - or nine - speed automatic transmission.

That part explains why modern automatic transmissions often are even more fuel efficient than manual transmissions.

In recent years, and responding to the standards established in the National Program, automakers have been rapidly adopting fuel - efficient technologies like turbo charging, engine downsizing, more sophisticated transmissions, vehicle weight reduction, aerodynamics, and idle stop - start, along with improved accessories and air conditioning systems.

The transmission's sportier mode is more eager to hold on to revs between gears, but also has an, almost eerie, ability to know when you're driving more sedately and can play at being efficient too.

It wouldn't be at all surprising if automatic transmissions have been more fuel - efficient than average - to - poor drivers for a long time.

Most people know that for old or even somewhat old cars, manual transmissions are more efficient.

Sports cars, which used to be surefire ways to get manual transmissions, are also turning toward faster and more efficient automatic options.

CVTs became common in hybrid cars because they are considerably more efficient than both manual and traditional automatic transmissions, and their popularity skyrocketed from there as automakers competed for the best possible fuel economy ratings.

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Vehicles with manual transmissions generally are always more fuel - efficient than their automatic counterparts, but not always, and not by much.

The automaker also will expand use of its «Super CVT - i» transmission, which is lighter and more fuel - efficient than current Toyota CVTs, to other cars.

There is no transmission — the engine powers the wheels at a fixed drive ratio for more efficient highway driving.

The dual - clutch PowerShift transmission is a $ 1,095 option for Ford Focus and Fiesta models which Ford designed and marketed as a more advanced and fuel efficient alternative to a traditional manual or automatic transmission and offered it as the sole «automatic» option for the vehicles.