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Not exact matches

In terms of engineering, it would be simpler to design than existing gasoline - electric hybrids, since both fuels could be burned in the same engine.

Instead of the original carbureted pushrod V - 8 of 350 horsepower, it uses a four - overhead - camshaft, fuel - injected engine — again in lightweight aluminum and again burning gasoline rather than racing alcohol.

Diesel engines have a higher compression ratio than gasoline ones do, and more compression means more power out of the same amount of fuel, she said.

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

Skeen explains that although new diesel vehicles are cleaner than ever before, some of the latest generation gasoline engines emit as much particulate matter as older diesel engines.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation hybrid car technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car of the future.

Although the Volt concept, which is being introduced today at Detroit's North American Auto Show, is a kind of hybrid vehicle, the design emphasizes electric battery rather than gasoline engine operation.

The caveat here are the new hybrid gasoline engines which dramatically improve petrol fuel consumption, which coupled with the lower carbon density of the fuel make them lower emitters than an equivelant engine size diesel.

The question of why there aren't viable alternative energy options (particularly when the electric car was not only more popular than the gasoline engine once upon a time but was also shown as recently as ten years ago to be a working technology) is raised subtly by An Inconvenient Truth.

Customers» major demand was for a bigger engine than the company's old 2.3 - liter gasoline and diesel four - cylinders, especially in the face of competition from Toyota and Nissan.

It's said that ethanol is capable of more power than gasoline in an engine exclusively designed for it.

With new prototype regulations arriving next year, there wasn't much buzz in the prototype classes other than Mazda's decision to jettison the uncompetitive diesel that hamstrung its cars for the past two seasons in favor of a conventional gasoline - powered engine.

The BlueTec engine adds an element of economy for just $ 1500 more than the gasoline - powered R350.

It may not have a big engine or a lot of cargo space (3 cubic feet less trunk space than the gasoline model), but it does have something that no other four - door sedan has: a 50 mpg city EPA rating.

Even if it doesn't damage anything (diesel engines are much sturdier than a similar gasoline engine), the early ignition means your flame front is working against the piston for the last few degrees and wastes a significant amount of energy.

Automakers favor the implementation of the stricter fuel standards since gasoline sold in Europe and Japan already meets the lower - sulfur standard, and could design engines for a global standard, rather than calibrating them for regional variations in fuel.

We probably all know that using premium grade gasoline in a low compression engine (less than 9.5:1) is nothing but a waste of money, but what about medium compression engines with a compression ratio between 10:1 and 11:1?

The whole process is significantly more efficient than the conventional spark induced explosion of a gasoline engine.

The 90 - kilowatt electric motor provides 210 lb - ft of thrust, enough to make this electric Soul feel peppier than the standard car's 1.6 - and 2.0 - liter four - cylinder gasoline engines.

The authors argue that vehicle fuel economy may be improved through three primary methods: reducing vehicle weight and size; increased market share of alternative powertrains that show more efficiency than conventional gasoline engines; and, rather than continuing the historical trend of emphasis on vehicles that are heavier, larger, and more powerful, ensuring that improvements in vehicle technology's efficiency gains are directed toward increasing fuel economy.

Ethanol proponents claim that ethanol will deliver equal or better gas mileage than gasoline, when ethanol is used to fuel an engine optimized to take advantage of ethanol's superior combustion characteristics.

Heavier - weight components are used in some areas to handle the higher compression ratio — generally more than twice that of gasoline engines

Take the base engine in the Nissan Sentra as a prime example: with just 130 - hp and 128 lb - ft of torque on offer, the 1.8 - liter four - cylinder gasoline engine that's available on almost every Nissan Sentra trim has outputs you'd associate more with a supermini than a compact sedan (the entry - level Ford Fiesta supermini, for example, has 120 - hp and 112 lb - ft of torque on tap).

It features improved batteries with higher energy density; smaller electric motors, with higher power density than the previous Prius motors; and the gasoline engine features a thermal efficiency greater than 40 % (that of the third - generation Prius is 38.5 %).

The Audi Q5 hybrid offers a smooth transition between its electric motor and gasoline engine, but with mileage estimates of 24 mpg city / 30 highway, it's not that much more miserly than the torque - happy TDI or the 2.0 T, the latter with a starting price about $ 15,000 less than the admittedly loaded hybrid.

Unlike the outgoing model that featured a naturally aspirated engine, the new Swift Sport packs a turbocharged 1.4 - liter BoosterJet gasoline unit that offers 140 hp and 230 Nm (177 lb - ft) of torque — 15 hp and 70 Nm more than the previous model.

The five - door station wagon will offer one engine from the automaker's new Drive - E family of powerplants, gasoline engines that will use turbocharging and direction injection, in a package slightly smaller than the existing XC70 station wagon.

Mileage, the major attraction of a diesel, is better than for a comparable gasoline engine, says Chrysler Corp..

Slightly larger and sportier than its predecessor, the Mk7 also gained a revamped interior, new convenience and safety features, and a wide range of gasoline and diesel four - cylinder engines.

Impressive torque output suggests the TDI is quicker than the 2.5 - liter gasoline engine in some instances, and VW reports drivers may see better real - world mileage than the EPA - reported figures of 30 mpg city and 42 mpg highway.

The new A4 is about 4.6 inches longer and 2.4 inches wider than the 2008 model, and will be powered — initially, anyway, in the U.S. — by a choice of two direct - injection gasoline engines, a 2.0 - liter, 211 horsepower four - cylinder, or a 3.2 - liter, 265 - horsepower V - 6.

Despite being larger than the current generation, the next Passat will be about 140 to 220 pounds lighter and will get a family of four - cylinder, turbocharged diesel and gasoline engines to help increase fuel efficiency.

The hybrid system's combined peak output of 176 horsepower is 6 ponies more than the larger standard gasoline engine, but it feels less torquey.

[3] So equipped, Mitsubishi claimed the prototype was capable of fulfilling the «three litre initiative» for gasoline engines, meaning fuel consumption of no more than 3.0 litres per 100 kilometres (94.2 mpg, 78.4 U.S. mpg).

Many people in the truck world know that diesel engines produce more torque than gasoline engines and that is the reason consumers that need a truck for heavy duty towing buy diesel trucks, but a lot of people don't know why diesel engines produce more torque.

The 2007 model year saw the return of the diesel - powered Touareg, with a 10 - cylinder twin - turbo engine that delivered better acceleration and fuel economy than its gasoline - powered counterparts.

The company's new e-Power hybrid system, consists of a small 1.2 - liter, three - cylinder gasoline engine (HR12DE) and an electric traction motor (EM57), which is shared with the Nissan Leaf, pairs with a much smaller battery (1.5 kWh) than the Leaf's.

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!

Vehicles equipped with a diesel engine generally return better fuel economy than vehicles equipped with a gasoline engine, but the exhaust is typically more harmful in terms of emissions and particulate pollutants, even when it meets official minimum standards.

When driving at high speeds, the Mitsubishi Plug - in Hybrid EV System switches to Parallel Hybrid Mode which also uses the power of the gasoline engine to drive the vehicle as its engine operates more efficiently than its electric motors at high RPM.

That means the Ford Focus Electric could charge in about 3 hours — but this is still a lot slower than the 3 minutes to add a gallon of gas to your 100MPG gasoline engine vehicle.

The 2.4 - liter Tigershark engine offers up to an estimated 31 mpg highway fuel economy rating, a more than 45 % improvement versus the outgoing model, and a driving range on a tank of gasoline of nearly 500 miles.

You need look no farther than your local car dealership to find proof; every new carmaker offers a plug - in electric, fuel / electric hybrid, or clean diesel solution to the resource robbing effects of the gasoline powered combustion engine.

With claims of 22mpg in the city and 30mpg on the highway in the more efficient rear - wheel drive guise (adding all - wheel drive drops both figures by a couple of miles - per - gallon), it's comfortably the most efficient engine in the range, and better in many cases than what smaller, turbocharged four - cylinder gasoline engines in rival cars can muster.

«The efficient combustion that occurs within a clean diesel engine makes it more durable than a comparable gasoline engine,» says the group of engines that must be robustly built to handle high combustion pressures.

The engine should yield fuel efficiency gains of more than 50 % compared to a downsized, turbo - charged gasoline direct injection engine, while reducing the... Read more →

The Cobra's internal combustion V - 8 engine burns hydrogen, making it cleaner and more fuel efficient than any of its gasoline - gulping Shelby siblings.

Generally delivers better fuel economy and more pulling power than a comparable gas engine, but requires the use of diesel fuel, which is harder to find than gasoline and often costs more.

Sources say the Enzo replacement will deliver more than 900 hp, combining a new V12 normally aspirated direct - injection gasoline engine with an electric motor, part of a high - performance hybrid system Ferrari calls HY - KERS.

As far as higher mileage, high - compression engines develop more power than low CR ones, which will help with mileage, but part of the reason diesels get higher mileage is b / c diesel fuel contains more energy per gallon than gasoline — so there won't be any mileage boost from this aspect.