Sentences with phrase «reducing tailpipe emissions»

California's low - income solar and EV programs are also making a tangible impact on air quality, reducing tailpipe emissions directly in the community, while contributing to the state's growing clean energy capacity.

In heavy traffic, this technology can seamlessly shut down the engine to decrease fuel consumption, reducing tailpipe emissions to zero while the vehicle is stationary and the engine is off.

Since carbon dioxide (CO2) is the natural by - product of the combustion of fuel, the increased standards would also address climate change by reducing tailpipe emissions of CO2.

The base engine, a 4.0 - liter V - 6, carries over from 2005, but with the changes that reduced its tailpipe emissions.

Meanwhile, four west coast cities are joining forces to reduce tailpipe emissions even further.

This hybrid powertrain also reduces tailpipe emissions, which conserves the environment.

Similar cases can be made for walkability and safety (fewer automobile deaths and injuries), pollution (reduced tailpipe emissions), and time (fewer hours spent commuting).

The ethanol mandate was born more than a decade ago of good intentions: to reduce tailpipe emissions as part of a larger strategy of tackling global warming.

«It will be exciting for cities because we reduce tailpipe emissions, noise, and heat,» added Mhaisalkar.

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To reduce these emissions, cities and businesses are considering deploying electric vehicles, which produce no tailpipe emissions that would...

That means that even if we manage to significantly reduce our cars» tailpipe emissions, city air will still be polluted, to a large extent, with these other substances.

«We know a lot about how to reduce emissions from smokestacks and tailpipes and agricultural runoff,» he added, explaining that it's not a question of how to do it but that it requires personal, political and economic incentives.

So when the state set out to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, regulators did all the right things - stringent tailpipe standards for cars, tighter codes for buildings, higher renewable energy standards for utilities.

To achieve that end, as other countries express an interest in joining the race as part of their efforts to reduce hazardous tailpipe emissions in the transport sector, the lead organizations, DOT and MOT, can jointly elect to include others.

The electric e-NV200 is undergoing limited tested in Europe, including as a FedEx delivery van in London.One of the main advantages to an electric delivery van, apart from reduced fuel use and a reduction in tailpipe emissions, is that it will be far quieter than current cargo vans.

The addition of an electric thermostat helps the 1750 turbo engine reduce warm - up times and tailpipe emissions.

The addition of an electric thermostat helps the 1750 cc turbo engine reduce warm - up times and tailpipe emissions.

As the need to reduce emissions increased, more manufacturers sought to design their own hybrid systems and significant gains have been found in cutting harmful tailpipe gases like CO2 and NOx.

More power, greater torque, reduced fuel consumption, lower tailpipe emissions and less weight — but better?

Reduced oil consumption, cleaner tailpipe emissions, and a longer cruising range — up to 40 percent longer — are also factors for a growing number of car buyers.

The Honda Clarity series was awarded the 2018 California Air Quality Award for Corporate Environmental Stewardship by the Coalition for Clean Air for proving drivers can reduce or even eliminate tailpipe emissions without sacrificing style, comfort or performance.

Scientists holding this view say the world should move assertively to curtail emissions of heat - trapping smokestack and tailpipe gases, but mainly to limit the worst outcomes decades down the road — not so much because such actions could reduce today's climate - related risks.

Fuel cell vehicles have zero tailpipe emissions and reduce greenhouse gases by 40 to 50 percent compared to conventional gasoline vehicles, depending on the percentage of renewable hydrogen dispensed.

Technology has enormously reduced traditional tailpipe emissions («criteria pollutants,» including particulates, nitrogen oxides, ozone, sulfur dioxides, carbon monoxide and lead).

2011 (August) National Program Standards Phase I (Heavy Duty) Sets Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles fuel efficiency and tailpipe emissions standards estimated to reduce CO2 emissions by about 270 million metric tons and save about 530 million barrels of oil over the life of the vehicles built in model years 2014 - 2018.

To reduce these emissions, cities and businesses are considering deploying electric vehicles, which produce no tailpipe emissions that would...

Since electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions, they reduce local air pollution and create a cleaner environment for children and families that live close to streets and highways.

This project is part of UPS's commitment to helping cities and states around the world reduce carbon and other tailpipe emissions as urban areas and e-commerce grow.

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 %.

PHEVs can reduce direct emissions at the vehicle tailpipe and indirect emissions at the fuel source when they recharge by electricity produced by a portfolio of efficient combustion, non-emitting or renewable generation.

Reduces greenhouse gas emissions and other particulate matter associated with burning fossil fuels, as plug - in EVs are more than three times as fuel - efficient and produce no tailpipe emissions.

As EPA's Tailpipe Rule acknowledges (p. 25327), there is a «single pool of technologies... that reduce fuel consumption and thereby reduce CO2 emissions as well.»

Of course now the mantle of innovation in the automotive sector lies with plug - in vehicles, but regular hybrids without the ability to charge from a power outlet are still much superior to non-hybrids when it comes to reducing fuel consumption and cleaning up tailpipe emissions.

Volkswagen introduced a turbo - diesel hybrid - electric Golf concept car at the Geneva Motor Show, and the specs were impressive: 70 miles per gallon (3.3 liters per 100 kilometers), a 7 - speed direct shift gearbox (DSG) with a twin - clutch, minor modifications to reduce aerodynamic drag, CO2 emissions of 89 g / km (lower than a Toyota Prius hybrid), and Tier 2 Bin 5 tailpipe emissions.

San Francisco has already launched some great projects to reduce carbon footprints, from banning plastic bags and stryrofoam take - out containers, to leading in tailpipe emissions reductions.

Addressing another alternative — regulating only tailpipe GHG emissions in California — Defendants speculate that it «may result in greater emissions overall,» though CARB stated that GHG emissions could be reduced by «increasing vehicle efficiency» or «reducing the number of vehicle miles traveled.»