Sentences with phrase «with more fuel efficient cars»

The problem is that with more fuel efficient cars and more expensive gasoline, the gas tax revenues fell.

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Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

The US government has been working with automakers for decades to make cars and trucks more fuel - efficient.

Despite the muscle car pedigree that goes with the Camaro name, we're confident that plenty of customers will be more than pleased that Chevy is offering a more affordable (and more fuel - efficient) alternative to the V - 6 and V - 8 engines.

So for $ 3,000 more, I get a car 2 years newer with half the mileage (and fuel efficient to boot); a no brainer.

After last year's complete redesign, which resulted in a slimmer, more fuel - efficient Honda Accord with a higher - end cabin ambience, you'd think the car line that sells about 1,000 units a day would stand pat.

With fuel prices staying between $ 3.50 and $ 4 per gallon on average, people are looking to move into smaller, more compact and fuel efficient cars.

Using our tools, you can become pre-approved for a car loan, receive an estimate on the value of a potential trade - in vehicle, or even estimate your potential fuel savings with the purchase of your more fuel efficient vehicle!

Their vision: a smaller, more fuel - efficient car that could maneuver easily in congested urban areas and compact parking spaces, yet still provide driver and passengers with levels of luxury and comfort usually reserved for larger sedans.

The Honda Civic Hybrid is a fuel efficient gas / electric version of the popular Japanese economy car with a unique color matching grill and a more aerodynamic shape.

If your needs do not require a large, truck - based SUV (e.g. for heavy hauling and towing), or your tastes and budget don't lead you toward the high - buck luxury - end of this segment or you prefer something smaller and more fuel - efficient, you'll be happier with a car - based» crossover,» or CUV.

[3] Hence, when Holden decided to replace the successful full - size HZ Kingswood with a new model line, they wanted the new car to be smaller and more fuel efficient.

[16][17] Automobile manufacturers were making the inexorable move to downsized, lighter, more fuel efficient cars with better aerodynamic performance.

Small cars are typically more fuelefficient, but with today's computerized fuel - injected engines, a full - size sedan may bemore efficient than you might expect.

The 1984 Chrysler New Yorker was designed to keep upper - end Chrysler owners, with luxury cues in a more efficient, technologically advancd car; it had the roominess of the B - bodies with much less bulk and fuel use.

While the GTI is in a league of its own with an efficient TSI engine that offers the performance of far more expensive sports cars, the Golf GTD is making its debut with phenomenal fuel economy and a range of approx. 1,000 kilometres (with a 55 litre fuel tank).

Based on a week with the car (MY2014), the claimed fuel economy superiority may be tough to realize in real - world driving (especially in the face of the new, more fuel - efficient diesel in the 2015 Jetta, earlier post) but overall, the Cruze Diesel is a worthy challenger, and a very good and thrifty drive, especially on the highway.

Volvo is just another example of a car you can get in Europe with a more fuel efficient engine.

Although AMTs may be less expensive and more fuel efficient than cars with torque converters, the gearboxes that IAB has tested have failed to mirror the smoothness and gearshift speeds of torque converters.

I was actually a little disappointed with the V - 8, only in that I would have rather experienced how well the more fuel - efficient V - 6 drove the car.

Its engine has again become more powerful yet fuel efficient; the 520 horsepower, 4.0 - litre, turbocharged and direct - injected TFSI V8 gasoline engine — paired with Audi's quattro all - wheel drive system — will shoot the S8 from 0 - 100 km / h in just 4.1 seconds, faster than some purpose - built sports cars.

«As more buyers look for new vehicles across the country, Ford is ready with our strongest lineup ever of fuel - efficient cars, utilities and full - size pickups,» said Ken Czubay, Ford vice president, U.S. Marketing, Sales and Service.

With figures like these, the new S 63 AMG is not only considerably better than all its competitors, but also more fuel - efficient than much less powerful cars in this segment.

[47] Engineering changes included thicker brake linings and larger brakes for V8 - powered cars, as well as fuel economy improvements with lower axle ratios and more efficient carburetor for the I6 engines.

The electric range is more than sufficient for the majority of trips, the charging is easy, and the gas generator (which is seamless and very quiet) is not only fuel efficient but gives it fantastic real - world driving range and none of the «range anxiety» than you'd get with a typical hybrid or gas - powered car.

BMW uses this designation for cars designed with fuel efficiency in mind, and it doesn't get much more efficient than a plug - in hybrid.

With more fuel - efficient cars, like the Fiesta, out of the picture, the automaker's SUVs and trucks will carry more weight.

We have new Dodge vehicles here like the Charger and Challenger, which provide a muscle car pedigree with high performing engines available, while also combining it with everyday driving, as each boasts fuel efficient models, and plenty of room and comforts for your commute, family, and more.

Instead of becoming larger, as originally planned and as all new Civics have done with each new generation, Honda will instead make the car smaller, lighter and more fuel - efficient, while increasing perceived space inside.

With scarcity of any good or service comes price increases, and Americans started to demand more fuel - efficient cars.

No, really the priority should be on developing $ 2,500 fuel efficient cars... And showing through our example, a new way of life, with less cars, more bikes, great public transportation, people walking for exercise, car sharing, etc..

Perhaps more importantly, it will be more fuel - efficient: published reports say it may even reach 94 mpg, though we're skeptical that those numbers are possible with the technology that current reports say the car will use.

There is much validity in this, so long as the car you replace the old one with is significantly more fuel - efficient than the old one.

Fortunately, a cleaner, more efficient freight system is possible with technologies available today — but it requires the same forward - thinking that made California a leader on car and truck fuel efficiency, EVs, and cleaner fuels.

More efficient cars and trucks and clean fuel alternatives can cut our oil use, with huge benefits for drivers, the economy, and the country.

General Motors and Chrysler will get access to up to $ 17.4 billion in federal loans to keep their businesses afloat and push on with plans to build more fuel - efficient and electric - powered cars.

First, we should provide a greater point - of - sale incentive to vehicle purchasers, with dealership rebates that would be larger for the more fuel - efficient cars.

Similarly, for drivers who replaces a car with a fuel - efficient model, only to take advantage of its cheaper running costs to drive further and more often.

So the whole process resembles modding a car; adding a better carby, replacing the exhaust system with something more efficient, lowering the ride height, installing better shocks, putting nitro in the fuel.

Solutions IBM (or the report writers recommend) are fuel efficient cars, more public transportation, more ridesharing, more telecommuting, combined with the use of technology - congestion charging, but an integrated «multi modal» management system that would be able to generate predictions for operators on what traffic was going to do in the very near future, as well as end user information sent via phones and smart phones, to help those in traffic make alternate solutions.

Two big questions remain: considering that China's love for fuel efficient cars has more to do with wallets than pollution, how will domestic and foreign car makers (along with the government) encourage more advanced (and slightly costlier) fuel efficient vehicles?

In the end you have more fuel efficient cars plus cheap gas which encourages suburban sprawl because people can afford to commute long distances, so then you end up with people buying bigger houses (which use more energy) further out into the ever expanding suburbs.

They note that it is pretty hard sell cars with greater fuel efficiency to people who don't want them, so just raising the standards won't work unless gas prices make fuel efficient cars more attractive.

It makes no sense to spend money on green infrastructure — or a bailout of Detroit aimed at stimulating production of more fuel - efficient cars — if it is not combined with a tax on carbon that would actually change consumer buying behavior.

In addition to pushing just for more fuel efficient and low emission cars the coming administration, and Congress, can also take the opportunity to push for mobile air conditioning technology that dispenses entirely with HFCs.

Indeed, Obama is combining the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standard with California's new emissions law — and the result is great news: cars will be 30 percent more efficient by 2016, as all cars sold then must get 42 miles per gallon.

«Eighty percent of American car buyers would find someone with the latest model fuel - efficient car more interesting to talk to at a party than someone with the latest model sports car.

What we would like to see from Toyota and other car makers: More affordable very fuel - efficient and low - emission hybrids, plug - in hybrids, all cars flex fuel so that they can run on cellulosic ethanol when it is available (the fuel sensors required for that are apparently only about $ 30 - no reason not to include them in all cars), diesel - hybrids with the latest emission technology (to run on biodiesel where available, of course) and, as soon as battery technology is ready, affordable electric - only vehicles.

With a pricey, fuel - efficient car with more coverage, the per - mile insurance rate could approach one's gas cWith a pricey, fuel - efficient car with more coverage, the per - mile insurance rate could approach one's gas cwith more coverage, the per - mile insurance rate could approach one's gas cost.

Vehicle manufacturers are coming out with more efficient cars every year, whether those cars are hybrid gasoline and electric vehicles, they run on bio-fuels or alternative fuels, or the fuel efficiency of standard gasoline - powered cars is being improved.