Sentence examples for more efficient diesel from inspiring English sources
VW is working on an even cleaner and more efficient diesel, as well as a particle filter that, unlike current ones, does not have to be regularly changed.
Steam, the earliest form of propulsion, was in almost universal use until about the time of World War II; since then it has been superseded by the more efficient diesel and electric traction.
For example, we assume that gas condensing boilers substitute traditional gas boilers, or more efficient diesel cars substitute older diesel cars.
All trains were converted to use the more efficient diesel fuel, and the government increased allocations for maintenance and modernisation of the rail infrastructure.
Our wishful thinking made us think that the more efficient diesel cycle could be a solution for more climate-friendly cars, as these emitted 20 to 30percentt less CO2/km than gasoline cars.
Although more efficient, diesels operate at far lower engine speeds, or r.p.m., and produce much less horsepower than gasoline engines of equal size.
"The Volt needs a better engine," said Mr. Johnson, adding that 1,600 hours of testing had shown Achates's engine was 15 percent more efficient than conventional diesel counterparts.
The latest development is the New Routemaster bus, designed by English designer Thomas Heatherwick, which is 15% more fuel efficient than the existing hybrid buses and 40% more efficient than conventional diesel doubledeckers.
And even when the batteries start to lose capacity, he suggests, they will have a usable afterlife as, for instance, buffers to store electricity produced by wind farms.In many cases, using electric motors powered by batteries will be more efficient than running diesel engines in industrial equipment.
Even if fuel savings are all that important, there's the question of whether hybrids are better or more efficient than a diesel engine, common in European cars.
As for fuel economy – a primary purchasing motivation for buyers of these vehicles – the EPA rates the hybrid a good bit more efficient than the diesel, at 45mpg in combined city/highway driving.
