Sentence examples for small petrol from inspiring English sources

Hybrids hook a small petrol or diesel engine to an electric motor and a storage battery.

The Volt also has a small petrol engine that acts as a generator to extend the car's range.

Why on earth therefore is the Mayor incentivising people to drive diesel vehicles in inner London?" Birkett said the greener vehicle discount should only apply to electric, hybrid and small petrol cars.

Meanwhile the cost of a small petrol car might go up by around £500 while a heavy four-wheel drive would end up rising in price by £2,500.

The Volt's additional small petrol engine is seen as a safeguard against the "range anxiety" - the distance it is possible to travel on a charged battery - that is associated with 100% electric vehicles.

With its powerful and compact lithium-ion batteries the Volt will have a range in all-electric mode of up to 40 miles (64km), at which point a small petrol engine will kick in to recharge its batteries.

The Volt will have a small petrol-engine generator to recharge its batteries on trips of more than 65km.

Kobane has been cut off for months; residents survive using small petrol-fuelled generators and the basic supplies they can smuggle in from Turkey.

And producing hydrogen from natural gas creates a lot of carbon dioxide about double what a small, petrol-based car emits.

Meanwhile the tinkerers are already at work: some are planning to build small, petrol-powered generators which can be towed behind battery-only cars on long trips.More standards would help.

She sabotaged Mr Singh's trip to Bangladesh in September over a river-sharing deal; in November she threatened to topple the government over a small petrol-price rise.But in opposing retail reform she was emboldened by others.