Sentences with phrase «more than gasoline cars»

That said, it is true that older diesel cars do pollute more than gasoline cars, because they don't have DPFs, and diesel cars in general emit far more nitrogen oxides, which cause smog and acid rain, the study also noted.

The world's biggest car maker won't say when it would begin mass - producing the vehicles, but Burns said that if 500,000 to 1 million were built, they would «cost no more than a gasoline car.»

Not exact matches

Unlike in Europe, where more than half the cars are diesels, they are rarities in the U.S. — about 0.5 % — and they cost more than gasoline - powered models.

Agassi set up Better Place with the aim of using new technology to make electric cars more affordable and more convenient than gasoline - powered cars.

Despite her criticism of car makers, Merkel rejected a blanket ban on diesel autos, saying that a gasoline - powered vehicle actually emitted more CO2 than a diesel one.

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.

COST - Because of the extra equipment and process needed to clean their diesel exhaust, diesel cars are more expensive than their gasoline counterparts.

When I ask him what would happen if gasoline cars simply continued to improve in efficiency, he says, «I think people should be a lot more worried than they are,» explaining that even if carbon dioxide levels remain what they are today, we won't feel the ill effects until at least 2035.

The intensity of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.

In the U.S., diesel cars tend to be more expensive than gasoline simply for the extra hardware it takes to make them run cleanly, like the aforementioned AdBlue systems.

People put more money in their cars and the gasoline that goes into those replaceable cars than they do in their own bodies... Until they get sick.

Although it's still a long shot, the idea that FCEVs could one day replace conventional gasoline cars seems more likely today than ever before.

Currently more than 40 per cent of the US corn crop goes into producing ethanol, which is mostly mixed with gasoline to fuel conventional cars.

Outside, cars lined up for more than a dozen blocks, waiting for gasoline at a nearby station.

Experts on greenhouse - gas emissions tell me that every time my car burns a gallon of gasoline, I am putting more than 25 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as well as a smaller amount of methane, nitrous oxide, and various other toxic gases.

As for the fuel, more than 45 million metric tons (45 billion kilograms) of the lightweight gas is produced every year as part of making fertilizer, chemicals and the gasoline used to power cars today.

As attorney general, Pruitt in 2013 filed a friend of the court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in which he argued the EPA ignored the risks that gasoline with more than 10 percent ethanol can pose to cars» fuel systems as well as the RFS requirement's possible effect on food prices.

The research, by three professors from Carnegie - Mellon University in Pittsburg, concludes that an electric car powered by lead - acid batteries will «release 60 times more lead per kilometre of use» than a «comparable car burning leaded gasoline».

They concluded that we'd lower greenhouse gas emissions more by driving gasoline / electric hybrid cars than by driving fuel cell cars run on hydrogen from coal.

One kilometre in a conventional car with a fuel consumption of 9 litres per 100 kilometres (26 miles per US gallon), with gasoline at $ 3.60 per gallon, costs more than 8 cents.

The current shift back to SUVs that guzzle much more petroleum than other cars, prompted by low gasoline prices, is a more worrisome sign for future climate change.

But the reality is that nearly all of the more than 250 million cars and trucks on the road today guzzle gasoline refined from oil, and don't do it very efficiently.

Global Bioenergies will use an EN228 - compliant gasoline blend containing more than 34 % of renewable, isobutene - derived, compounds to fuel a car on a circuit.

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030 — akin to taking 15 million gasoline - powered cars off the road in one year — by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK - based research firm Cerulogy.

The question of why there aren't viable alternative energy options (particularly when the electric car was not only more popular than the gasoline engine once upon a time but was also shown as recently as ten years ago to be a working technology) is raised subtly by An Inconvenient Truth.

Electric cars simply are more convenient than gasoline cars and will only become more so.

But the most important factor here is that, more than any electric car that has come before it, the Model S feels and drives like a gasoline car of the same price.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, the skeptical environmentalist himself, Bj ¯ rn Lomborg, recently revealed a devastating analysis of the EV's real carbon footprint: «If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles in its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar - size gasoline - powered car driven the same number of miles.»

While the car may pollute more than originally thought, I still feel good about the purchase because diesel fuel is more efficient than gasoline.

It's more than 15 years since the first hybrid cars hit the streets, but one of the few automakers that hasn't at least dabbled in the gasoline - electric technology since then is Mazda.

The general definition of a hybrid is a car that operates on both gasoline and electricity, but of course there's more to it than that.

I think all these hybrid technology is still in the crappy stage because these car should be designed to get at least 50 % more than the conventional gasoline vehicle.

With claims of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway in the more efficient rear - wheel drive guise (adding all - wheel drive drops both figures by a couple of miles - per - gallon), it's comfortably the most efficient engine in the range, and better in many cases than what smaller, turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engines in rival cars can muster.

So far, hybrids have reduced the gasoline consumed, and emissions and pollutants generated by cars, far more than electric vehicles have.

Its engine has again become more powerful yet fuel efficient; the 520 horsepower, 4.0 - litre, turbocharged and direct - injected TFSI V8 gasoline engine — paired with Audi's quattro all - wheel drive system — will shoot the S8 from 0 - 100 km / h in just 4.1 seconds, faster than some purpose - built sports cars.

However, these cars use energy much more efficiently than internal combustion engine cars, and electricity costs about a tenth of what gasoline does per mile.

Its specific output is 155 kW (210 hp) per liter of displacement — that's more than even 2001's victorious Le Mans R18 racing car, which was the first time Audi combined turbocharging with FSI direct gasoline injection.

Though the Fiat 500e doesn't resolve all of the Cinquecento's flaws, this electric version of the car makes far more sense than the gasoline version.

All that instant torque is being delivered to the rear wheels and the car's acceleration is impressive, more so than a traditional gasoline or diesel car with roughly the same horsepower.

Schaeffer says diesel is currently 17 cents more than premium unleaded, but, ironically, lower gasoline demand resulting from more efficient cars and more cautious driving habits has lowered prices.

The Chevy Volt is more than a plug - in electric car with a backup gasoline engine that is so networked, you can use a smart phone app to lock and unlock its doors and check on its charge level.

Be it 57 MPG or 60 MPG, with electricity costs going up and gasoline prices low and getting lower, the Prius Eco will still be more economical in key markets to drive per mile than electric cars.

«The more I pay, the more I feel attached to it,» said Takahashi, who is six years younger than her car and already has plunked down $ 2,000 for repairs in the two years she has owned it.The relic gets as little as 5 miles per gallon in a nation where gasoline costs at least $ 3.50.

Read an article on - line the other day that basically complained about electric cars and how charging the batteries is more environmentally problematic than just using gasoline.

You might think it's better to put premium gasoline in your car because you think it contains more cleaning additive than regular unleaded gasoline.

What is different now is that transit buses have over 10 persons on them, on average, way up from their lows in the 1990s, when the AVERAGE transit bus used more gasoline per PASSENGER MILE than the AVERAGE car.

It is worth noting that a Tesla vehicle is over five times less likely to experience a fire than the average gasoline car and that there have been zero serious injuries or deaths for any reason ever, fire or otherwise, in a Model S. Over the course of more than 100 million miles driven in almost every possible terrain, weather and crash conditions, the Tesla Model S has consistently protected its driver and passengers, achieving the best safety track record of any car on the road.

They predict that «By 2020, some electric cars and SUVs will be faster, safer, cheaper, and more convenient than their gasoline counterparts.»

She explains that in all but three grid regions in China, electric vehicles produce more CO2 per mile because of the coal source for the power than the equivalent gasoline - powered car:

Having said that, the current generation of mainstream hybrid cars (e.g. the Prius) and the newer pluggable - hybrids (e.g. the Volt) do get more than «a little bit better» gas mileage than conventional gasoline - fueled cars and are increasingly affordable.