Consumers Union — the advocacy division of Consumer Reports — was among those that asked the safety agency to impose a motor vehicle standard, which would require automakers to comply or face civil penalties.
So for $39,975, Volvo offers the T6, which has a more potent in-line, six-cylinder engine that makes 268hp and 280 foot-pounds of torque (again, see the Highway/Byway sections for more on the T6 motor), comes standard with AWD, leather, power moonroof, in-dash six-disc CD changer, auto-dimming mirrors, a power-adjustable passenger seat and larger 17-inch wheels.
Finally, to test the relation between behavioral performance, dispositional empathy and motor excitability, standard regression and correlational analyses were performed.
This paper proposes a measure for efficiency improvement in improperly rewound motors of "standard" and energy-efficient designs as well as on "standard" motors that have not been rewound.
German motor vehicle standards require many modifications to the US car despite the fact that German safety standards (No side impact struts in doors, safety glass that isn't as good.....etc).....etc
The motor vehicle standards (cheaper transport) bill was created by the Greens last year.
There has also been talk in the Senate of eliminating California's special authority under the Clean Air Act to set more aggressive motor vehicle standards than the federal limits.
"New Jersey will benefit from adopting the California motor vehicle standards not just in the near term but over the long term as well," Coralie Cooper, transportation program manager for a consortium of northeastern environmental regulators, testified at a Senate committee hearing this year.
In some cases, it is possible to convert an oversized standard motor into a well-sized high-efficiency motor, particularly if best practice is applied during motor repair/rewinding.
In a subsidiary analysis we compared the evoked potentials in the standard motor task with those in the control motor task performed On and Off dopaminergic medication.
Gains of 2 5 % may be realized if high efficiency motors are used in preference to standard motors.
