Sentences with phrase «of fuel efficient car»

But the engine is not turning so the clutch plates are not slipping and wearing in this type of fuel efficient car.

Here at our dealership, we offer drivers in the Boulder area a wide selection of fuel efficient cars that won't have you constantly stopping at the gas station on your next long drive.

Sounds like American car makers years ago ignoring the need of fuel efficient cars.

There are loads of fuel efficient cars on the road that could save you a fortune in petrol costs as well as CO2.

Thus, it is not enough to push the sales of fuel efficient cars if such a marketing blitz adds more cars on the road and further encourages urban sprawl.

Not exact matches

Perhaps by skipping the Prairies in initial launches, car manufacturers also realize there is some truth to the stereotype of Albertans as big truck - and SUV - driving types who are not as interested in fuel - efficient vehicles.

Toyota saw sales of its gas - electric hybrid cars, such as the fuel - efficient Prius, rise 50 percent compared with February 2010.

Indeed, notwithstanding Ontario's emphasis on green initiatives — fuel - efficient car production, wind power, the closing of coal - fired generating stations — climate change is the great battle of the present and future, one that neither Ontario nor any other jurisdiction is doing enough to fight.

For a given level of prices, more fuel - efficient furnaces encourage larger houses, and more fuel - efficient engines encourage larger cars.

Sorry I am probably never going to give up my car [it is small and fuel efficient though] but as a reminder that most of what is sold in shops is c ** p and unnecessary, he's the MAN.

The long - run trend indicates that demand for smaller, more fuel - efficient cars has increased relative to demand for light trucks because of rising gasoline prices.

We can cut our gasoline consumption drastically by shifting from SUVs to the new generation of fuel - efficient and alternative energy cars.

We headed up to the cottage -LRB-!!!!!) on Monday afternoon, straight from the crowded waterfall, and our GPS took us on a seriously gnarly route that had me thankful we hired a 4WD instead of one of those wimpy, fuel efficient cars (those things have no place outside of the city, Ring Road, or Golden Circle, FYI).

«To encourage fuel efficient fleets, we will extend the 100 per cent first year capital allowance for low emission business cars, reduce the CO2 threshold for the main capital allowance rates; and increase the percentage list price of company cars subject to tax.

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.

«We bathe on cleaner beaches, drive more fuel - efficient cars and can hold government to account on air pollution,» said Mary Creagh, chair of the house's Environmental Audit Committee.

Historically, low gas prices have pushed Americans toward large, fuel - inefficient cars; price spikes tend to suddenly, and temporarily, boost sales of fuel - efficient models.

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.

In Europe, about half of all new cars sold are now diesels, some of which are more fuel - efficient than a Prius.

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.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

Thomas Dietz of Michigan State University in East Lansing and his team calculated the carbon - saving impact of 17 practices, such as eschewing tumble dryers, car pooling and buying fuel - efficient vehicles (see the full list below).

An american inventor is in London this week to demonstrate to the Department of Transport a kit that for a few hundred pounds can make a car cleaner and more fuel efficient.

«Graphene drives potential for the next - generation of fuel - efficient cars.»

Because economic growth continues to boost the demand for energy — more coal for powering new factories, more oil for fueling new cars, more natural gas for heating new homes — carbon emissions will keep climbing despite the introduction of more energy - efficient vehicles, buildings and appliances.

Plug - in hybrids benefit from the more efficient use of fossil fuels in electricity generation even now and so have lower emissions than internal combustion engine cars, and if they get their juice from renewables, emissions would be very low indeed.

Geez, I wish my car was so efficient, to go for 9 hours on a single pound (less than a pint) of fuel.

One downside of the old car's 6.2 - liter engine was that it was awfully thirsty on gas, returning EPA fuel economy ratings of 13/19 mpg city / highway, but the German automaker claims that the new C63's 4.0 - liter engine is about 32 percent more fuel efficient.

A near - empty fillup of our GTI was often a $ 65 ($ 73) affair, helping explain why a large number of Europeans opts to purchase cars with small, fuel - efficient diesel engines.

With a combined economy rating of 28 mpg for the manual and 30 mpg for the automatic, Subaru says the automatic Impreza is the most fuel - efficient all - wheel - drive car you can buy in the U.S. And that newfound thrift carries benefits into other areas, too — for instance, a smaller gas tank allows a flat load floor in the five - door, which is one of the ways that Subaru increased interior volume while maintaining the same footprint as the 2011 model.

We liked the combination of expressive sheetmetal, a feature - laden interior, and value for the money, plus the 2011 Sonata was among the first cars in the segment to abandon the option of a V - 6 engine to focus on fuel - efficient four - cylinders.

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued its list of the most fuel efficient cars available for the 2012 model year, and, sadly, there are very few surprises.

Toyota's Hybrid Synergy powertrain found in the 2015 Toyota Prius combines the benefits of an efficient gasoline engine and a clean, quiet electric motor to boast the best mileage of all the cars in this list, with super-efficient fuel economy of 51 mpg city, 48 mpg highway, and 49.3 mpg combined.

Just in time to give consumers more choices of fuel - efficient cars as gasoline prices continue to spike, Kia has brought us the redesigned Rio subcompacts for 2006.

Despite the muscle car pedigree that goes with the Camaro name, we're confident that plenty of customers will be more than pleased that Chevy is offering a more affordable (and more fuel - efficient) alternative to the V - 6 and V - 8 engines.

«This is one of the most fuel efficient and dynamic cars in its class,» Hackenberg said.

Mazda has established a well - deserved reputation as a builder of fun - to - drive, fuel - efficient sporty cars, and it delivers on all fronts with its new volume model.

These labels also represent another important mile - marker in the Obama Administration's mission to cut fuel costs for American families, reduce the nation's dependence on oil, and give Americans the tools they need to take advantage of remarkable new technologies that make today's cars cleaner and more efficient than ever before.

Hybrid This early 2010 model was one of the first indicators that an American car company could compete, and win, against the Japanese in the critically important arena of fuel - efficient and environmentally friendly vehicles — neither of which had previously been a Detroit strongpoint.

Misreading the richly varied character of the American marketplace, European automakers are failing to embrace the exciting opportunities that fuel - efficient luxury cars and the small car's long - overdue march upscale present.

On the broader subject of green cars, Leone suggests more hybrid variants are in Cadillac's long term plan, but also states very clearly that being the most fuel efficient luxury brand is not a priority.

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.

To be honest, I, too, have on occasion found comfort in such facile explanations for the nation's abject failure to deal with so many glaring problems, including several of interest to readers of car magazines: the pervasive failure to address global warming and finite supplies of fossil fuels; tens of thousands of road fatalities year in and year out; the burgeoning safety risk caused by in - car communications and telematics; the failure to maintain the roads we've got while creating better ones and efficient alternatives; and, of course, our continued inability to buy new Peugeots in the United States.

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These days, many would - be buyers of this kind of car are tempted into compact, fuel - efficient SUVs like the Octavia's Karoq stablemate.

The Lancer, Mirage and Mirage G4 are fuel - efficient, and some of the most inexpensive commuter cars on the market.

An extremely fuel - efficient passenger car tyre developed for the drivers of hybrid and fuel - efficient passenger cars.

Yet not only is total tax income dropping relative to inflation, it's being steadily shrunk by the reduced consumption of today's increasingly fuel - efficient cars.

An extremely fuel - efficient passenger car tyre developed for the drivers of hybrid and fuel - efficient passenger cars the Energy offers the best grip in its class on wet or dry roads due to an asymmetric tread pattern and textured spines.

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.