Sentences with phrase «of diesel power in»

3.0 TDI DIESEL Audi deserves a lot of credit for the new proliferation of diesel power in the American car market.

Mazda will reinvent its Volkswagen Golf - rivalling 3 later this year with new engine tech that could eventually spell the end of diesel power in its cars.

Not exact matches

ASX - listed specialist pumping company Babylon Pump and Power is in full swing, with the company reporting robust revenues for the March quarter on the back of strongly performing specialty rental and diesel businesses.

In the U.S., meanwhile, the value of diesel - powered models made by VW and its Audi luxury brand has taken a hit.

In the meantime, China has banned the export of diesel fuel, which may soon be needed for power generation.

TRADITIONAL ANSWER Off - grid mines have typically bought and operated their own diesel or heavy fuel oil power generating facilities, as security of energy supply is an important factor in the mining industry

What did the revolts brought to the people in those countries any thing other than continuos unending revolts and demonstrations scarcity of essential commodities and products adding to the sky high prices... While other essential needs such as electricity power supply, water, gas, diesel, petrol are being used as a pressure tool by the opposition or the ruling party to keep people mad on the streets rather than going home seeing to their daily living making and minding their own businesses... but what business will continue with such chaos and disorder...?

In an hour the tests were substantially over; and, scaling the results from model size to boat size, allowing 28 % power loss for propeller inefficiency, 20 % more for drag from things like rudders and rough paint and 2 % more to make up for the slight downward slant of the propeller shaft, everyone agreed that Mr. Metcalf would indeed have to buy two diesels of 275 hp if he wanted to cruise at 12 knots.

«In an effort to improve our air quality, my company is in the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energIn an effort to improve our air quality, my company is in the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energin the process of implementing a significant project to replace these carbon based diesel generators with solar - powered alternatives which will run off the sun's pure renewable energy.

«The Management in an effort to cushion the effect of the incident on the Power and Water supply made an arrangement with Kaduna State Water Board to be supplying the hostels with water in Tankers as well as diesel for the generators as a temporary measure until the situation is restored back to normalcy.

«What appears to have happened [in Fukushima] is that after the first failure of the first cooling system, as a result of the power cuts from the grid, the back - up diesel generators began to work and began to operate but they were then hit by the tsunami and therefore back - up operators failed to work and it took the staff on site some time to re-establish and improvise cooling which they of course did with the pumping of sea water.»

The use of petrol and diesel engines to power cars will also need to be «much less dominant» and replaced with electric power and biofuels, a policy meeting in the House of Commons heard.

The larger 70s - era generators will be removed and replaced with smaller, modern generators, but the same general amount of diesel power will still be in play.

Similar efforts are taking place nationwide, such as a coalition of African - Americans and Latinos stopping a sewage treatment plant from being built in their Northern Manhattan neighborhood, and a multicultural group in Boston helping local communities fight, among other things, a diesel power plant slated to be built next to an elementary school.

«There's still a perception from the past where in consumers» minds, diesel engines are for trucks or are dirty and stinky,» said Torsten Karnahl, general manager for product strategy at Volkswagen, which recently upped production of the diesel - powered Passat to meet rising demand.

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

According to published reports, backup diesel generators at the power plant failed shortly thereafter, leaving the reactors uncooled and in serious danger of overheating.

A glide path would mirror the European model, which brought players together years ago to effectively select «clean diesel» as the vehicle of the near future, at least until hydrogen - powered or electric plug - in vehicles develop.

A fuel - cell power unit that can use natural gas, propane or diesel may in a couple of years provide on - site electricity to factories, computer - server farms and even your home.

The diesel plug - in hybrid can run in all - electric mode for 14 miles with an estimated fuel economy of 89 mpg equivalent and can achieve 35 mpg as a hybrid, which a comparable gasoline - powered SUV would be hard - pressed to beat.

Soot, which climatologists call black carbon, emanates from diesel engines, power plants, the clearing of forests or burning of fields, and open cookstoves common in developing countries.

These included the Clean Truck Program, which replaced the port's fleet of old, dirty diesel trucks with EPA - compliant vehicles equipped with particle filters, and electrifying the ports so ships can just plug in to power their infrastructure while at the dock.

These reactors could face extraordinary challenges, such as the recent twin blows of a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, which knocked out connections to the local power grid, followed by a wall of water that destroyed the fuel tanks for backup diesel generators and flooded critical electrical equipment, crippling the boiling - water reactors at Fukushima Daiichi in Japan.

«We compared the efficiencies of [the port's] diesel engines versus fuel cells, studied the energy efficiencies at various power levels and estimated the savings and reductions in emissions that would be realized if they were to convert to a fuel cell - powered operation,» Pratt said.

In other words, the company plans to build and then lease SunCells or other devices to customers and charge a per diem usage fee, allowing people to go off the power grid and stop buying gasoline or diesel while paying just a fraction of what those things now cost.

Mass - market fuel - cell vehicles are an attractive prospect because they will offer the range and fueling convenience of today's diesel and gas - powered vehicles while providing the benefits of sustainability in personal transportation.

In fact, the country is currently firing all of its thermal power plants — LNG, coal, diesel and fuel oil — said Sauer, who added that it's «quite unusual.»

A 2009 study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that efforts to reduce fine particle pollution from automobiles, diesel engines, steel mills and coal - fired power plants have added between four and eight months to the average American's life expectancy in recent years.

Chris and I met through Nick Tumminello, and as I found out more about him, I realized he was doing a lot of similar training in his gym that I do in mine, especially Strongman Training, only he has been doing it with athletes and personal training clients, turning them into brutally strong, DIESEL - powered monsters.

The planet's inhabitants — a population of steam and diesel - powered robots — have been forced to pioneer space and harvest its resources in order to survive.

Standard Equipment: 3.0 - liter turbo - diesel V - 6 engine 7 - speed automatic transmission 4Matic permanent all - wheel drive 4 - wheel Airmatic suspension Hill start assist Speed sensitive power steering 4 - wheel electric traction control 4 - wheel disc brakes with ABS Tire pressure monitoring system 19 - inch alloy wheels Power tilt / sliding sunroof Fixed panorama sunroof over 3rd row seats Rain - sensing wipers Comand system with 6.5 - inch display Bluetooth connectivity In - dash 6 - disc DVD / CD changer Three rows of seating 8 - speaker audio system Dual - zone automatic climate control Premium leather - wrapped steering wheel Heated front seats Power windows / locks / mirrors Privacy power steering 4 - wheel electric traction control 4 - wheel disc brakes with ABS Tire pressure monitoring system 19 - inch alloy wheels Power tilt / sliding sunroof Fixed panorama sunroof over 3rd row seats Rain - sensing wipers Comand system with 6.5 - inch display Bluetooth connectivity In - dash 6 - disc DVD / CD changer Three rows of seating 8 - speaker audio system Dual - zone automatic climate control Premium leather - wrapped steering wheel Heated front seats Power windows / locks / mirrors Privacy Power tilt / sliding sunroof Fixed panorama sunroof over 3rd row seats Rain - sensing wipers Comand system with 6.5 - inch display Bluetooth connectivity In - dash 6 - disc DVD / CD changer Three rows of seating 8 - speaker audio system Dual - zone automatic climate control Premium leather - wrapped steering wheel Heated front seats Power windows / locks / mirrors Privacy Power windows / locks / mirrors Privacy glass

Performance is blunted somewhat by the RX's weight (1885 kg is a lot for a 2 - litre unit to haul around), and its 0 - 60 time of 9.2 sec (in front - drive form) and top speed of 124mph lag behind diesel - powered rivals.

All of these vehicles are powered by the same 3.0 - liter turbo - diesel V - 6, and it's a spectacular engine in each application.

Accelerator response seemed a bit delayed at times, but otherwise the diesel powerplant barely changes the S - class driving experience at all: the car still has plenty of passing power, it still rides and handles amazingly well for a big sedan, and it still immerses its occupants in extreme luxury.

In terms of power, 187bhp at 4000rpm in the diesel plays 189bhp at 5000rpm in the petroIn terms of power, 187bhp at 4000rpm in the diesel plays 189bhp at 5000rpm in the petroin the diesel plays 189bhp at 5000rpm in the petroin the petrol.

One has the option of front and four - wheel drive, manuals and S tronic DSG automatics and a range of turbocharged petrol and economical diesels to power their A3, there's even a plug - in hybrid e-tron model.

Power output will eventually be staggered in three stages, with numbers in the area of 300, 400, and 500 hp for gas, 275, 335, and 400 hp for diesel.

By combining the high - revving performance of petrol power and superior torque and fuel economy of diesel propulsion, Mazda quotes 10 - 30 per cent increases in torque and 20 - 30 per cent gains in engine efficiency over the current Skyactive - G generation engines.

Ford claims these revisions go a long way in improving the durability of the 6.7 - liter Power Stroke, but do they also make the turbo - diesel V - 8 more powerful than before?

Part of Lexus» future strategy is to take advantage of the move against diesel - powered cars in city centers because of their higher NOx emissions compared to hybrid - and gas - powered cars.

Powered initially by a range of petrol and diesel V6s, Audi's latest wagon goes on sale in the UK in the summer.

We have a 1997 diesel - powered Chevy 3500 Express panel van in the DeMatio family fleet, so I have more experience with big work vans than most of my colleagues.

Most diesels, even high - output modern ones, dispense their power in a sudden burst of thrust, followed by a pause for an upshift.

«There are no defeat mechanisms, devices, in our vehicles,» Marchionne said, in defense of FiatChrysler's diesel - powered models.

Although diesel - powered cars are becoming less of an oddity in the U.S., they are still relatively rare in the sport - utility segment.

The diesel - powered light - duty pickup got off to a hot start when it first went on sale, as more than 8000 orders rolled in within three days of availability.

With new prototype regulations arriving next year, there wasn't much buzz in the prototype classes other than Mazda's decision to jettison the uncompetitive diesel that hamstrung its cars for the past two seasons in favor of a conventional gasoline - powered engine.

As for the origin story of the Power Stroke engine, you may have heard that Ford is using a version of Land Rover's diesel, but in fact it's the other way around.

Electric Vehicle Company Expanding in Foster City: Motiv Power Systems Top Zero - Emission Powertrain Manufacturer for Trucks, Buses Aug 18, 2016 The Daily Journal (San Mateo, CA) Move over dirty diesel, there's a growing electric vehicle company in town hoping to make zero - emission trucks and buses the wave of the future.

However, we expect the production model to be powered by the range of engines already in the Q7 and eventually the diesel V8 from the SQ7.