Sentences with phrase «percent less gasoline»

«I firmly believe that the goal I laid out, that Americans will use 20 percent less gasoline over the next 10 years is going to be achieved, and here's living proof of how we're going to get there,» said the President.

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Even gasoline stations recorded a better - than - expected result, declining a less - than - anticipated 0.8 percent.

That is in part because you waste less making the electricity and also because electric engines convert as much as 75 percent of available energy into forward motion, compared with the 20 percent energy conversion rate of gasoline engines.

When you account for these factors, corn ethanol — currently the most widely produced biofuel in the United States — generates about 43 percent less carbon dioxide than gasoline.

On European - spec i3 REx models, you can manually fire up the gasoline engine / generator and maintain the battery level by the iDrive controller whenever the battery's state of charge is 75 percent or less.

Doug Fehan: «The performance level of E85 compared to gasoline, when we look at a gallon - to - gallon comparison, there is about 20 percent less energy in a gallon of ethanol than in a gallon of gasoline.

The Zafira and Combo CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) produce almost no soot particles, 20 percent less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model and an up to 80 percent reduction in other harmful emissions.

«Eco Electric» fender badging replaces the «Soul» fender garnish found on the gasoline - powered car, and the Soul EV gets its own set of distinctive 16 - inch alloy wheels wrapped with specially engineered Super Low Rolling Resistance (SLRR) tires that offer 10 percent less resistance than standard low rolling resistance tires, helping to improve range.

This turbo - charged four - cylinder direct injection gasoline engine produces 77 kW / 105 PS, yet it consumes just 5.5 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers (129 g / km CO2); this is 19 percent less than on the equivalent model of the previous generation!

The company says V -6-powered Explorers have 74 percent less smog - forming emissions than the previous model and are certified to have the same low emissions as the Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner gasoline - electric hybrids.

The Good A completely electric powertrain marks the 2011 Nissan Leaf as the first of a new breed of car, and per mile, electricity costs about 70 percent less than gasoline.

A completely electric powertrain marks the 2011 Nissan Leaf as the first of a new breed of car, and per mile, electricity costs about 70 percent less than gasoline.

Mid-range gasoline - ethanol blends (greater than 10 percent and less than 85 percent ethanol) should only be used in vehicles approved for their use by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

By some estimates, I - 732 would raise gasoline and electricity prices less than 15 percent by 2040 in Washington State — hardly enough to jumpstart an urgent, sweeping phase - out of fossil fuels.

The Congressional Research Service has estimated that even if 100 percent of the U.S. corn harvest were dedicated to ethanol, it would displace less than 15 percent of national gasoline use.

Ethanol contains 33 percent less energy per gallon than gasoline, so engines fueled with higher ethanol blended gas will attain fewer miles per gallon than those running on conventional gasoline (E10).

Corn ethanol production and use emits 22 percent less greenhouse gas than gasoline, according to the October 2007 issue of National Geographic magazine.

EVs powered by the grid currently produce 54 percent less (lifetime) carbon pollution than gasoline cars, which could grow to 71 percent by 2050 as our power supply gets cleaner.

A gallon of ethanol contains about 30 percent less energy than a gallon of gasoline; this is one of the reasons that the May 15th AAA Daily Fuel Gauge report shows that, on an energy - output basis, gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol is 58 cents more expensive than regular grade gasoline.