Sentences with phrase «only on fuel consumption»

We're also trying to focus only on fuel consumption here and forget about everything else.

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The negative effects of lower oil prices hit the economy right away, and the various positives - more exports because of a stronger U.S. economy and a lower dollar, and more consumption spending as households spend less on fuel - will arrive only gradually, and are of uncertain size.

Only voluntary restrictions or, more likely, taxes on fossil - fuel consumption and incentives for developing alternative fuels will reduce emissions.

At a time when the world's economy is in shambles and fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are on everyone's minds, there remains only one car that ticks all the enthusiast boxes without setting off a single wretched - excess alarm.

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In addition all models, except 760Li, now feature electric power assistance for the steering, giving excellent steering precision with a reduction in fuel consumption thanks to the system only being operational on demand.

At one point on the highway it slipped into electron - only mode at 135 km / h, meaning the fossil fuel consumption ranked a big fat zero.

And because the system's electric motor provides power assistance only when needed, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions are reduced — by up to 4g / km on the European combined cycle.

These factors not only have an impact on performance and fuel consumption, but also reduce unsprung and rotating masses.

BMW EffientDynamics measures are present through Auto Start Stop, Brake Energy Regeneration, on - demand operation of ancillary units and the ECO PRO mode, ensure that the new BMW 3 Series not only delivers typical BMW sporty performance but also benchmark fuel consumption and emissions.

Despite all that punch on tap, the British car - maker says that, thanks to its plug - in tech, the P400e will cover 51 km on pure - electric power and average fuel consumption of just 2.8 L / 100 km, while emitting only 64g / km of CO2.

The fuel consumption thus far is a little disappointing - only 39mpg on a 50m motorway trip, but my previous C220 coupe with same engine would be 50 mpg on the same run.

This not only means that electricity can be generated with little or no effect on fuel consumption, it also grants the sports wagon livelier acceleration.

I only drive on the weekend so don't do many miles so the fuel consumption is not a big factor.

Also, by pressing the Info button on the steering wheel and scrolling through the MID displays, drivers can not only look at their average fuel consumption of the current trip, but can also retrieve their average fuel economy of the last three journeys.

On test, the Japanese newcomer recorded a fuel consumption average of 12.2 L / 100 km, second only to the MU - X.

These return around 54 and 47mpg respectively (the more powerful 2.0 - litre diesel is only available with four - wheel drive, which has a detrimental effect on fuel consumption and emissions).

The higher performance 103kW engine is only available with a DSG box as standard, and returns a combined - cycle fuel consumption figure of 5.2 L / 100 km, based on using the recommended 95 RON ULP, as is the case for the 90kW engine.

AMG says that's enough to propel it to 100km / h in only 3.8 seconds on its way to a 310km / h top speed, while combined fuel consumption — lowered in part by idle - stop as standard — is listed at just 9.4 L / 100 km and CO2 emissions at 219g / km on 98 RON premium unleaded.

The León CUPRA R's TSI technology also means a much lower fuel consumption than might be expected of a 265 hp high performance hatch; only 8.1 litres on average for every 100 km.

The claimed average fuel consumption is 6.7 L / 100 km (ADR Combined), and we only crept slightly above this on our week's test, recording an average of 6.9 L / 100 km.

The Mercedes - Benz reporter Amanda Stretton has already put her hands on the newly presented Mercedes - Benz C 350 e, the plug - in hybrid sedan with impressive fuel consumption figures of only 2,1 l / 100 km.

Reducing aerodynamic drag not only helps lower fuel consumption, but also has a beneficial effect on noise levels.

Jaguar is really big on making sure you know its chassis use a lot of aluminum to keep it relatively lightweight, which should pay dividends not only in power delivery and fuel consumption, but obviously handling as well.

The BMW 420d Gran Coupé (fuel consumption urban / extra - urban / combined: 5.8 / 4.1 / 4.7 l / 100 km; combined CO2 emission: 124 g / km) delivers 135 kW / 184 hp with an average fuel consumption, depending on tires, of only 4.7 to 4.9 liters per 100 kilometers (4.6 to 4.7 liters with sport automatic transmission) and sprints from 0 to 100 km / h (0 to 62 mph) in only 7.7 seconds (7.5 seconds with sport automatic transmission).

Acceleration is very acceptable, needing only 8.0 seconds to reach 100km / h and fuel consumption on the combined cycle is just 4.1 l / 100 km.

Its combined fuel consumption is only 6.8 litres per 100 km on average — a value that is also enabled by contributions from the thermal management, energy recovery and start - stop systems as well as the regulated oil pump.

The only real sign that we were asking it to perform hard was its displayed fuel consumption figure, which was running at 7.1 L / 100 km after 90 minutes of driving on the open road — a fair way off its stated 4.7 L / 100 km combined - cycle consumption figure.

Air - con on and your fuel consumption goes up by 10 %... Now in the UK, does it ever get that hot that you can't be cooled by opening the window or the fan only... In hot climes, as a rough rule of thumb, if motoring less than 50mph open the window to cool down, over put the Air - con on.

Keep in mind that the overwhelming majority of greenhouse gases have been, and continue to be, emitted by the massive fossil fuel consumption of a tiny percentage of the Earth's human population, most of them in countries with low rates of population growth — and that the overwhelming majority of human beings on the Earth, particularly those in countries with relatively high rates of population growth, generate only a small amount of greenhouse gases.

Powerful impetus from other sectors is enough to keep oil demand on a rising trajectory to 105 mb / d by 2040: oil use to produce petrochemicals is the largest source of growth, closely followed by rising consumption for trucks (fuel - efficiency policies cover 80 % of global car sales today, but only 50 % of global truck sales), for aviation and for shipping.

But of course, fossil fuel consumption is determined not only by personal morality, but by the infrastructure of the places people live, the work available to them, the public services they can draw on, and the demands of their daily lives.

If they are not the same thing, then the only inferences we can make relate to DIRECTLY UNMEASURABLE statistical qualities of the sample — the mean, standard deviation etc etc, such as «our fleet average fuel consumption is x MPG», or — digging further — «On average, California drivers in our fleet consume 15 % more fuel per mile than Texas drivers».

The G20 fossil fuel subsidy review, pioneered in 2016 by US and China, is currently the only concrete step to make progress on the group's pledge from the 2009 summit in Pittsburgh to phase - out «inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that increase wasteful consumption».

Our representatives in Washington are certainly sharply divided in their views on which of these trends we should back and which ones we should try to stop — with a big block only excited about fossil fuels and another wanting to bet pretty much everything on cutting consumption and promoting new energy sources.

According to the Tailpipe Rule, CO2 emissions due to air conditioner - related loads on automobile engines account for 3.9 % of total passenger car greenhouse gas emissions, and various technologies could reduce air conditioner - related CO2 emissions by 10 % to 30 %.51 A 30 % reduction of the 3.9 % of motor vehicle emissions associated with air conditioner engine load would decrease fuel consumption by only 1.1 %.

We have poor direct information on aerosols, but the fossil fuel consumption rate is low, and there is only one major volcanic episode, so we can assume aerosol cooling is not significant.

The rate of consumption of the fuel bore no relation to the rate at which the fuel was replenished; the rate of consumption depended only on the «progress» Man made in finding more and more ways of usefully exploiting the fuel.

The tax has been a success on its own terms — fuel consumption is down slightly and the economy is still growing — but a) it only covers about three - quarters of the economy, b) some of the revenue has started to be funneled to specific industries, and c) it remains capped at $ 30, too little to fully capture the SCC or drive a green industrial revolution.

It's not the zippiest car on the road (its top speed is a puny 25 mph) and it only has rear - wheel drive, but Wuzheng, its corporate parent, is betting that Americans» renewed interest in lower fuel consumption will prove the dealbreaker.

Even sticking with gas - only scooters, the survey findings, when compared to Department of Energy national averages on fuel consumption, found that more extensive scooter use could save up to 14 million gallons of gas per day and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 324 million pounds per day.

Forty years ago we might have had an easier time of it, as we were on a path to dramatically cut back on CO2 production via what is still the only viable technology to massively replace fossil fuel consumption — nuclear power.