Sentences with phrase «tightening emissions regulations»

In a world of $ 3 a gallon gas, ever - tightening emissions regulations and an ozone layer starting to look like that map of AT&T's 3G coverage, the entry - level horsepower number for a top - line sports sedan now stands at a staggering 300.

[citation needed] Due to tightening emissions regulations in the US market, the VTC feature was dropped from the 1996 Infiniti Q45.

The lighter material would improve fuel efficiency and help keep the pickup relevant in the face of tightening emissions regulations, according to Automotive News.

Word has it the Cat Badge is ditching its current supercharged 3.0 - liter V - 6 in the U.K., citing tightening emissions regulations and poor sales as major contributing factors in its demise.

[4] Although it began its run with a number of high - performance configurations, as the 1970s progressed, the Camaro grew less powerful, succumbing, like many production cars of the era, to the pressures of tightening emissions regulations and a fuel crisis.

Production of the Peugeot 308 GTi by Peugeot Sport is to go on a four - month hiatus due to tightening emissions regulations.

Diesel engines have been unavailable on Rabbits, though they were offered through 2006 on the Jetta until tightening emissions regulations in the U.S. led to their temporary unavailability.

It's not just tightening emissions regulations, and it's not just voyaging into a new automotive frontier — it's that Tesla, that scrawny start - up from Silicon Valley, now has a surprising and exotic luxury sedan with a forward - thinking powertrain that scares Germany's best sport sedans.

The European Union has just announced that it wants to improve emissions by 20 % in 2015, and to achieve that goal, it is tightening emission regulations starting from...

To reach those buyers, the Aurora needed improvements that included switching to electronic fuel injection to meet tightening emission regulations; enlarging the doors to accommodate new power windows and to allow easier entry and exit; and adding air conditioning and several other refinements.

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But more of it will have to come from tightening regulations or expanding to more sources of emissions.

Changes in regulatory approaches to restrict carbon emissions or tighten regulations on fracking could dramatically alter the cost - benefit analysis for using natural gas to generate electricity.

Ever - tightening regulation of the automotive industry has become a common theme in recent times and nowhere has the squeeze been tighter than in the areas of emissions and fuel economy.

The main purpose of Porsche downsizing the previous Cayman's flat - six engines to turbo fours was to reduce emissions in the wake of tightening CO2 regulations.

With fuel economy and carbon - dioxide emission regulations tightening around the globe, automakers must pay increasing attention to the efficiency of their cars — even the fast ones.

While this engine is still a possibility, emissions and fuel economy regulations have since tightened, making us think a V - 6 is a more likely possibility.

Thanks to ever tightening fuel economy and air pollution regulations in Europe and the U.S., every automaker is seeking new ways to improve mileage and reduce emissions, including BMW.

Even high - end sportscar manufacturers have to keep their fleets within ever - tightening fuel and emissions regulations, and the V8 is the first step in an overall plan that also includes an all - electric Rapide for 2019.

«Automakers have the task of meeting increasing emissions regulations and tightening fuel economy standards while consumers want more power.

But this is a trend that's likely to continue as the domineering European and Californian emissions regulations tighten towards 2020.

In the decades since, legislation and regulation of vehicular emissions has tightened substantially.

Or will authorities finally beging to plan where homes and buildings are, tighten up on fuel and emissions regulations, and do all the things that make peoplpe more healthy AND, oh yes, also mean that factor of two or three lower carbon intensity?

After Paris, it's widely believed that the petroleum industry is entering an «ex growth» phase, meaning demand for oil will level off and eventually begin to decline as national emissions regulations tighten and clean energy alternatives become more affordable.

The CCC's report floats the idea of standards for the emissions performance of buildings that would tighten over time but stops short of recommending regulation.

BMW has recently said that it intends to have a plug - in hybrid in each and every model line, which seems ever more likely given the impressive performance and economy gains on offer and ever - tightening European Union emissions regulations.

They include those increasing coal taxes in India (and Korea, where the levy increased to US$ 21 / t in 2015 from US$ 15 / t in 2014); moves being made to a national emissions - trading scheme like those being undertaken in China and Korea» tightening emissions requirements on coal - fired power generation in the U.S. and India; greater regulation of mine waste disposal ponds in Brazil and the U.S; and greater scrutiny of coal mine rehabilitation subsidies and coal company leasing schemes in the U.S.

The company is studying what to do with other older coal - fired units in light of the soot regulations, tightening restrictions on the disposal of coal ash and new limits on emissions of mercury and other toxics that are pending.

Well, maybe the emissions regulations should be tightened if they allow for so much soot to be produced.