Sentences with phrase «than the diesel engine»

Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.

3.0 - LITER TDI CLEAN DIESEL ENGINE What's better than a diesel engine that offers up 25 city / 38 highway mpg?

This will be for sure a lot more affordable than the diesel engine.

It's a shame that the 1.2 and 1.4 - litre petrol engines that used to be offered in the Altea have been withdrawn, because they were much quieter than the diesel engines that are the only option now.

Note: When running, petrol engines are quieter than diesel engines.

Thanks to the 80 kg weight advantage, the petrol Nexon feels distinctly better than the diesel engine car as far as handling is concerned.

In addition, the Auris HSD generates significantly lower NOx emissions than diesel engined cars of comparable performance, Toyota points out.

In addition, the Toyota Auris HSD generates significantly lower NOX and PM emissions than diesel engined cars of comparable performance.

Highly turbocharged alcohol - fueled direct - injection spark - ignition (DISI) engines operated at a high compression ratio could be as or more efficient than diesel engines while also providing advantages of lower vehicle cost, lower emissions and higher power, according to a recent modeling study by Leslie Bromberg and Daniel Cohn at MIT.

Not exact matches

The most powerful diesel engine in the world is designed by a Finnish company, Wärtsilä, and it can do more than you can imagine.

The General Fusion reactor would be comparable to no common industrial device other than perhaps a large spherical diesel engine.

DIESEL ENGINES - They are higher compression than gasoline engines and do not require spark plugs or distriENGINES - They are higher compression than gasoline engines and do not require spark plugs or distriengines and do not require spark plugs or distributors.

With far fewer moving parts than a diesel truck — no engine, transmission, after - treatment system or differentials to upkeep — the Tesla Semi requires significantly less maintenance.

Diesel technology in the United States today has also been transformed, and stringent emissions standards set by EPA in 1999 have made diesel engines more than 90 percent cleaner.

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.

The system enables large - bore, multi-cylinder engines used in trains, pipelines, backup diesel generators and other fields to run efficiently while producing lower levels of harmful emissions than they do currently.

Manufacturers of heavy - duty diesel engines have slashed emissions from new engines by more than 90 percent for most pollutants, according to a study released yesterday.

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.

More than 50,000 high - polluting diesel engines have been cleaned up or removed from U.S. roads in a federal program

Sensors and a computer can vary the mixture with split - second timing, creating an engine that runs much cooler than conventional gas or diesel engines.

«This process is 10 percent to 15 percent more efficient than the best commercial diesel engines, which are the most efficient internal combustion engines,» Reitz says.

If you usually use your car for long stretches on the highway, an efficient gas engine — or better yet, modern diesel engine — may be even more eco-friendly than the hybrid.

The software fooled EPA emissions testers into thinking that Volkswagen's diesel engines produced less emissions of nitrogen oxides than they released in the real world.

Engines that run on diesel fuel are inherently more fuel - efficient than their gasoline counterparts.

Dr. Peden has written or contributed to more than 160 peer - reviewed scientific publications on the kinetics and mechanisms of automobile exhaust catalysis; the development of zeolite catalysts for diesel engine emission control; hydrocarbon reforming over bimetallic catalysts; the structure of hydroprocessing catalysts; the development of novel, supported solid acid catalysts for petroleum refining; the growth and properties of oxide and semiconductor thin films; and model studies of adhesion at metal / metal - oxide interfaces.

Jacobson has also said that soot from diesel engines, coal - fired power plants and burning wood is a «bigger cause of global warming than previously thought, and is the major cause of the rapid melting of the Arctic's sea ice».

From diesel engines to electric drives, from alternative fuels to control software, from transmissions to batteries, we have been working in partnership with companies all over the world for more than 60 years.

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.

However, on average a diesel engine tends to be between 30 % to 40 % more eficient in fuel consumption than its equivelant engine size petrol counterpart, therefore, per km the diesel engine will emit less.

The new diesel engines are stiffer, more compact, and 45 - 65 lbs lighter than the outgoing diesels.

It had improved safety features and a significantly stiffer body, as well more diesel engine choices, but the B4 was essentially a refresh of the B3 Passat rather than an all - new model.

«It has a very strong engine, but it's coarse, with more idle noise than a good diesel.»

There's a little more diesel clatter coming through the cabin in the X5 than an Audi Q7 TDI, but the engine is still far quieter than most consumers would expect from a diesel.

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.

The X5's diesel is a bit louder than other similar engines I have driven this year.

This 2016 GMC Canyon SLT has the new - for - 2016, 2.8 - liter turbo - diesel engine, which costs an extra $ 3,730, gets 29 mpg on the highway — 5 mpg better than the base 2.5 - liter inline - four and the big 3.6 - liter V - 6 — and bumps the Canyon's max trailering rating to 7,700 pounds.

Despite utilising power from a turbocharged 2 - litre diesel engine producing significantly less power — it peaks at 187bhp — the arrival of 295 lb ft of torque from just 1750rpm gives the BMW enough punch to worry a supercar worth more than four times its list value.

For the # 16,430 SEAT it's a diesel's high thermal efficiency, allowing an official 61.4 «combined» mpg and 123g / km (diesel produces more CO2 per volume unit burnt than petrol does), while for the # 20,660 Volkswagen it's the use of forced induction on a downsized engine resulting in official figures of 42.8 mpg and 154g / km.

All engines are turbocharged, a range of diesel and petrol options are available, refinement levels are better than most of the competition.

For 2010, the front - wheel - drive A3 receives an optional diesel engine, which promises more than 40 mpg on the highway.

For truck buyers who need to tow more than 20,000 pounds, there are the 2500HD and 3500HD heavy - duty versions of the Silverado that are available with a 6.6 - liter Duramax diesel engine.

You may have more than one pump and / or filter, as some diesel cars have a low - pressure pump in the tank and a high - pressure one near the engine.

Other engines on offer include two petrols — a 99bhp 1.4 - litre and 118bhp 1.6 - litre — as well as a 108bhp tune of this 1.6 diesel and a very meagre sounding 89bhp 1.4 CRDi, which majors only on list price with worse fuel economy than the 1.6 and a yawning 13.5 sec 0 - 62 time; unlikely to be called upon in Top Trumps, but it will translate into overtaking frustration in the real world.

From then on there were the also the 0.9, 1.0, 1.2 lt turbo engines by most carmakers but since the emissions tests are now going to be based on real life conditions and not lab conditions, even those displacements apart from the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performance.

Next in line to further decrease CO2 form cars come downsized turbo GDI (gas direct injection) engines and they emit much more ultrafine particles and NOX than regular natural aspirated engines with PFI (port fuel injection) and even more than some Euro6 diesels with particle filter.

At low revs, there is more cabin noise from the diesel engine than you might expect, but once up and running, refinement levels are supreme and easily on par with a diesel - engined Mercedes S - class.

The ST is also available with a 183bhp diesel engine that, with 295 lb ft available from 2000 to 2750rpm, is even torquier than the petrol unit.

Nissan also says that this engine will be cleaner - burning than the current London taxi's diesel engines.

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.

Apart from a pronounced cold - start diesel clatter, the engine is reasonably quiet, the suspension strikes a decent balance between composure and cushiness, and the cabin impresses with much - better - than - expected fit and finish.