Sentences with phrase «more fuel efficient by»

And the billions being invested in new aircraft will make our fleet 25 % more fuel efficient by 2020.
Toyota's new V6 will very likely be more fuel efficient by a huge leap.
The new engines will be more fuel efficient by 25 percent or more, the automaker says.
Also, Mercedes engineers made the car lighter and more fuel efficient by reducing the weight of each model.
While the official fuel efficiency figures have not been declared, Hyundai claims that the new Creta is more fuel efficient by 3 % (petrol) and up to 4 % (diesel).
FedEx has made significant progress towards its goal to make its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel efficient by 2020, announcing that the FedEx Express vehicle fleet is now 16.6 percent more fuel efficient through 2011 than it was in 2005.
The other drive modes allow the car to be sportier, comfier, or more fuel efficient by adjusting a number of parameters including shift logic, throttle response, and steering effort.

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The improvement will be driven by a combination of stronger passenger and cargo markets, cost - cutting measures, a more fuel - efficient fleet, better fuel hedges and revenue gains from new long - haul routes, CEO Rupert Hogg told Reuters.
He thinks the application could also help the U.S. Air Force shave tens of millions of dollars a year from its fuel budget by computing more efficient schedules for in - air refueling.
The need for more fuel - efficient automobiles will greatly increase the cost of parts — by more than $ 2,500 per vehicle.
With the grants, «we are joining forces with leading social innovators to fuel the pursuit of a more equitable and efficient labor market,» according to ablog posted today by Jacqueline Fuller, President of Google.org, and Kathleen McLaughlin, President, Walmart Foundation.
Although it is now clearly demonstrated that the most cost - effective step for most utility companies and industries is to invest in more efficient equipment so as to reduce the use of fuel, the energy policy of the Bush administration, supported by prevailing preferences among economists, gives only lip service to this approach.
This popular campaign called for the Government to impose a levy on the Big Six, with funds raised ring - fenced to help people with their energy costs, prioritizing those living in fuel poverty, by making homes more energy efficient (amongst other things).
These include: • One of the most technically advanced and cleanest smelters in the world which captures 99.9 per cent of sulphur emissions and generates two thirds of the plant's electrical power • A US$ 10m combined heat and power system that will reduce emissions by 90 per cent compared with separate heat and power systems • A vehicle idling reduction programme that now covers 360 vehicles and has resulted in the avoidance of more than two million gallons of fuel and emissions • New, more efficient trucks with fewer emissions
«We may see more fuel - efficient and greener towcars purchased by caravan owners, but the NCC would have liked to see additional incentives - such as VAT reductions - to boost holidaying in the UK.
National Energy Action (NEA) welcomed the Government's statement to Parliament today which will save the poorest households # 1 billion a year on their fuel bills by setting legal targets to make their homes more energy efficient but calls on the Government to move more quickly to achieve their targets.
It can help improve fuel economy by encouraging more efficient fuel burning, and the trapezoid shape of the ground electrode provides improved flame reproduction.
Certainly everybody that I saw in my short time was extremely interested in purchasing a car and if they happen to be from the more upwardly mobile kind of middle class, they were very interested in buying not a fuel - efficient car but a hummer even, you know, pretty much following the exact same model as the American aspiration or, you know, the «American dream» model and certainly the suburbs seem to be a growing trend and if you noticed that, Philip, you know, I visited a suburb called Orange County outside of Beijing and it really looked like Orange County and they even had like the palm trees and everything and I saw these in all the cities I visited Chongqing, Chengdu, various other cities that I visited, they were ringed by suburbs and the folks who live there, you know, the privileged few were using cars to commute into the cities for work.
It lays out an initial strategy to reduce emissions by encouraging shipping companies to make their ship designs more energy efficient, use alternative fuels or energy sources and streamline operations so that they consume less energy.
Auto industry experts predict that more than 50 percent of cars on the road by 2020 will use a relatively new type of fuel - efficient engine.
«We could combat climate change, reduce harm to health and foster advances in automotive technology by offering a stimulus for auto makers to develop more economical and efficient cars fueled by ethanol.»
The CLF argued that adding more fossil fuel generation — even an efficient gas - fired plant — would prevent Massachusetts from cutting its carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent by the year 2050, as state law requires.
Such initiatives include research focused on more efficient production of gaseous hydrogen fuel by using solar energy to break water down into its components of hydrogen and oxygen.
And even if drivers switch to more fuel - efficient cars and trucks, the nation's fuel needs are expected to increase by a fifth over the next 20 years, thanks to dramatic increases in car and airplane use.
Removing those control surfaces would make the aircraft much more efficient by greatly reducing drag, which saves fuel and money.
They are also more fuel - efficient than hybrids, by a smaller amount.
Graphene could lead to greener more fuel efficient cars in the future by converting heat into electricity.
Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.
Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science led by Dr. James Liao have developed a more efficient way to turn methanol into useful chemicals, such as liquid fuels, and that would also reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
A new design of algae - powered fuel cells that is five times more efficient than existing plant and algal models, as well as being potentially more cost - effective to produce and practical to use, has been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
When you provide it with too few calories consistently, it compensates by slowing things down and by becoming more efficient at using the fuel you're providing it with.
It is smaller, more powerful by 12 % and more fuel - efficient.
Ford also says that by opting for the 6.8 - liter V - 10 that buyers will be saving an average of $ 8300, likely in up - front costs, considering that over the life of the vehicle, more money could theoretically be saved by opting for a more fuel efficient diesel engine.
The new engines will provide the «building blocks» to more fuel - efficient electrified powertrains that should become commercially viable by 2025.
Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures save aircraft fuel and time, increase traffic flow, and result in fewer carbon emissions, by enabling more precise and efficient paths for aircraft to follow.
SANTA BARBARA — The rush by auto makers to offer more fuel - efficient vehicles is on in the U.S., and Hyundai Motor America wants to join the race.
By making an engine more efficient and increasing VE, you will have a higher power output from the engine (more air / fuel, bigger bang).
I was recently reading an article by Road & Track magazine that was comparing different sports cars, and it mentioned the fuel efficiencies of the manual versions versus the automatic versions, and actually listed the automatics as being more fuel efficient than manuals by about 2 mpg.
The introduction of a more fuel - efficient truck — the Colorado can get about three more miles a gallon than Chevy's most fuel - efficient full - size Silverado — would also be beneficial to Ford as it and other automakers try to achieve a federally mandated lineup average of 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.
Vehicles with manual transmissions generally are always more fuel - efficient than their automatic counterparts, but not always, and not by much.
Although it was always a strong seller, the previous - generation Corolla was outclassed by more stylish, more fuel - efficient and better - performing rivals in the compact sedan segment.
It is an information system to help the driver adopt a more fuel - efficient driving style, [16] and is proven to improve fuel economy by about 10 % for Honda's hybrid vehicle in Japan.
The latest E-Class is bigger than its predecessor but lighter by up to 70 kg (154 lbs), which should make it both more fuel - efficient and more fun to drive.
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Increasing the start - to - open temperature of the bypass valve by 15 degrees, which allows the transmission to run at higher, more efficient temperatures and save fuel.
Ford Motor Company plans to more than double the number — to 1.4 million — of more fuel - efficient, 6 - speed automatic transmissions in its North American cars and trucks by the end of 2009.
Under the hood, the outgoing Tacoma's base 2.7 liter four - cylinder engine carries over unchanged, but the noisy and somewhat coarse 4.0 - liter V6 has been replaced by a smoother and more fuel - efficient V6.
By the middle of the decade, fuel prices had shot up alarmingly, and manufacturers responded by displaying parts based on technologies to make vehicles lighter, more aerodynamic and more efficient without giving up performancBy the middle of the decade, fuel prices had shot up alarmingly, and manufacturers responded by displaying parts based on technologies to make vehicles lighter, more aerodynamic and more efficient without giving up performancby displaying parts based on technologies to make vehicles lighter, more aerodynamic and more efficient without giving up performance.
Even though the 2015 model will gain power, Volkswagen promises it'll be more fuel efficient than its predecessor, returning an EPA - estimated highway fuel economy rating of 30 mpg with the DSG transmission, a small bump over the 27 mpg highway economy allowed by the previous version.
Acolytes of fuel - efficient diesels in general and VW's diesel engines in particular (in Canada, about 30 % of VW sales are diesel models) will be excited by an all - new 2.0 - litre turbocharged TDI Clean Diesel four - cylinder (designated EA288), a robust unit now pumping out 150 horsepower (at 3,500 rpm)-- 10 more horses than last year's diesel engine — and 236 pound - feet of torque between 1,750 and 3,000 rpm.
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