Sentence examples for off the gasoline from inspiring English sources

(Piggybacking on this system, however, is an "auto-stop" mode that turns off the gasoline engine when the car stops at a red light and turns it back on as soon as the driver touches the accelerator pedal).

The Toyota relies on the electric motor alone when it is moving slowly, and the Honda makes heavy use of the electric motor every time the driver shifts to a higher gear; both shut off the gasoline engine entirely when the car is waiting at a stop sign or red light.

The batteries are charged when the driver decelerates the car, and the wheels turn the motors, creating current that flows back into the batteries; when it is time to accelerate, the motors draw current from the batteries and help take the load off the gasoline engine.

It also saves fuel by shutting off the gasoline engine when the car comes to a short stop, such as while waiting for a light to change.

There is a solution, admittedly not an easy one: get off the gasoline kick.

Focusing on getting off the gasoline habit would have been a far wiser commitment.

In off-road mode, the gasoline engine operates the front wheels and powers the rear electric motor, which turns the back wheels.

In most cases, the confrontations are relatively contained and end at the gates of universities with the young people holding off the police with gasoline bombs, rocks and slingshots.

But while draft papers listing possible sanctions against Iran circulate at the U.N. Security Council — the French are reportedly recommending action to cut off Iranian gasoline imports, the Americans avoiding it — the Russians seem to see the juncture as one where the Obama administration is susceptible to maximum pressure.

But just as the mayor's new religion was taking off, Mr. Brooks reached for the gasoline.

The leaves gave off the unmistakable scent of gasoline that is characteristic of epazote.