Sentences with phrase «over gasoline cars»

For example, European Union standards favoring fuel - efficient diesel cars over gasoline cars may lead to more warming, because diesel engines release 40 to 250 times as much soot as gasoline engines.

Not exact matches

Those cars charge up their batteries with electricity generated when the car brakes and then used that «recycled» energy to power their electric motors, which take over from the vehicle's gasoline engine at low speeds and in stop - and - go traffic.

Toyota's fuel - sipping sedan has become iconic for gasoline — electric hybrid technology, so much so that the model seems to cast a green aura over the world's largest car company.

As car buyers turn to fuel - sipping gasoline - electric hybrid vehicles, a new generation of greener hybrids is just coming over the horizon

In the same way that a car burns gasoline for energy, tissues all over your body oxidize carbohydrates, fat, and protein for energy.

The gasoline leads us over to your body and calories: just like a car, your body runs on fuel.

As you know, Audi has had great success with its gasoline - and diesel - powered race cars at Le Mans over the past 13 years, and this year its R18 e-tron Quattro, its first hybrid race car, competed alongside the TDI R18 Ultra.

The diesel engine and its superior fuel mileage over the gasoline models is the make or break feature for the TDI, as most of the car, but not all, is virtually identical to the TSI version.

Depending upon the system, the electric motor can augment the gasoline engine in propelling the car or take over entirely at times.

It's a plug - in hybrid sports car good for 30 miles on electric power before the three - cylinder gasoline engine takes over.

Beyond the smooth acceleration and the car's EPA rating of 87 mpg equivalent, it offers little advantage over the gasoline - powered Smart.

At highway speeds, the gasoline engine is able to engage a lock - up clutch and directly drive the wheels in what — for most cars — would be a sixth - gear ratio, but when you squeeze the pedal to accelerate again, the gas engine disconnects and hands control back over to the electric motor.

Cars are going electric as concern grows over the environmental impact of gasoline - fueled cCars are going electric as concern grows over the environmental impact of gasoline - fueled carscars.

According to averaged U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, electricity to power a Leaf would cost the equivalent of an inflation - protected 87 cents per gallon of gasoline if one chose a Leaf over a 25 mpg gas - powered car.

Until 2012, the idea of an electric car faced not only the technical challenges of building one but also the significant consumer hurdle of buying something without knowing the actual savings over gasoline.

Usually powered by the car's gasoline engine when in motion, it switches over to an electric - motor power source when the car is in Idle Stop mode — a feature that ensures Honda Hybrid drivers stuck in traffic don't have to suffer extremes of temperature for their choice of ecofriendly automobile.

My requirements for a new car were regular gasoline and over 30 miles per gallon.

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JATO data for 18 markets shows gasoline cars accounting for 55 % of total registrations in Q1 vs. 48 % a year ago with diesel cars sinking from 46 % over the same period in 2017 to 38 % now.

3) New Cars You can save thousands of dollars over the lifetime of a car by selecting a model that combines a low purchase price with low financing, insurance, gasoline, maintenance, and repair costs.

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 rover 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 rOver 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.

So, if you could create liquid hydrocarbons that are compatible with gasoline cars, then the adoption cycle would be a lot easier than switching over to electric or hydrogen or some other type of fuel for cars.

He thought GM would just keep going after the EV1, and eventually the EV3 or EV4 would be good enough and cheap enough for most people and that would be it, gasoline cars would be on the way out over time, and Musk could focus on going to Mars and other projects.

In mixed - speed driving, that car routinely gets over 100MPG of gasoline plus about $ 0.01 / mile for electricity.

For automobiles, people need to understand that over the lifetime of the car that they will own, the price of gasoline will go up marginally from year to year, and they need to take that into account.

Alternative fuels have big advantages over gasoline, and electric - car purchases are rising, but more needs to be done to become less dependent on foreign oil.

In a sign of one major internal difference, Mr. Chu has called for gradually ramping up gasoline taxes over 15 years to coax consumers into buying more - efficient cars and living in neighborhoods closer to work.

With a critical threshold of used cars in the market, used - car dealerships in China are experiencing a boon. This may not be too much of a bad thing if used cars become preferred purchases over new cars, even so - called green cars — Scientific American weighs the life - cycle benefits of continuing the use of older gasoline - runned cars over buying newer more efficient models.

With shorter trips powered purely by electrical batteries, the amount of gasoline conserved in America would increase significantly... Already a hybrid plug - in car has been demonstrated at over 100 miles per gallon, nearly 4 times our current national fuel economy.

Mercedes - Benz USA sold 6,211 Smart cars last year, down 16 % over 2015, as U.S. gasoline prices have remained low.

In the mid-1800s Fletcher says, clean, cheap lead - acid batteries were developed that by the early 20th century were preferred for use in automobiles over «unreliable, complicated, loud, and dirty» gasoline - powered cars — until it came time to refuel.

Jacobson's models, published in the Journal of Geophysical Research — Atmospheres, concluded that, even with stringent U.S. and European standards, diesel vehicles could warm the climate more over 100 years than gasoline - powered cars as a result of the relatively higher black carbon content of diesel.

Of course, if the Chevy Volt does get anywhere near 230 MPG in real - world city driving, it will be a huge improvement over current gasoline, diesel, and even hybrid cars.

When you are a tiny country with almost no oil, located in a volatile region, and your gasoline consistently sells for over $ 6 a gallon, electric cars are an especially attractive option.