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  • ...nsit buses. The result is said to be a 25 percent improvement in composite fuel efficiency. ==Gas Mileage==
    2 KB (328 words) - 07:40, 6 November 2008
  • ...he 2007 calendar year. The [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] version will give better fuel economy and lower emissions. ==Gas Mileage==
    2 KB (327 words) - 09:50, 12 March 2008
  • ...controls with a precision electric motor/generator, providing an estimated fuel economy savings of 10-15 percent. This system is widely known as a [[Mild H ==Gas Mileage==
    3 KB (402 words) - 14:29, 21 July 2006
  • ...NO<sub>x</sub> emissions from diesel engines technologies such as exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and selective catalytic reduction (SCR) have been used, ...have mounted hydrogen reformers for on board hydrogen generation, however fuel reformers are not mature technology.
    3 KB (520 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
  • ...A vast majority of scientists believe that there is a link between fossil fuel consumption and global warming.]] '''1. Save Gas.''' Hybrids save gasoline and they let drivers feel good everytime they fil
    3 KB (488 words) - 12:26, 6 February 2007
  • ...nsit buses. The result is said to be a 25 percent improvement in composite fuel efficiency. ...s commitment to apply advanced technologies where we will realize the most fuel savings."
    4 KB (592 words) - 10:19, 10 July 2008
  • ...rbon dioxide emissions are possible if operated exclusively on E85 ethanol fuel instead of carbon-rich gasoline.
    2 KB (294 words) - 13:50, 1 March 2010
  • ...p" should not be confused with [[fuel dispenser]], a device that dispenses fuel into an automobile.'' ...are mounted inside the fuel tank (and some fuel injected engines have two fuel pumps: one low pressure/high volume supply pump in the tank and one high p
    8 KB (1,342 words) - 21:22, 22 August 2009
  • ...nd propelled (fuel pump) or released (pressurized gas) into an [[engine]]. Fuel tanks range in size and complexity from the small plastic tank of a butane Typically, a fuel tank must allow or provide the following:
    7 KB (1,216 words) - 21:32, 22 August 2009
  • ...n inventor of the first [[internal-combustion engine]] to efficiently burn fuel directly in a [[piston]] chamber. Although other internal combustion engine ...r relocating to Cologne he quit his office job in order to construct small gas engines, starting out by seeking to improve on the existing design of [[É
    3 KB (391 words) - 21:13, 19 August 2009
  • ...a]], [[Nissan]] and [[Ford]] all producing (or developing) [[hybrid]] or [[fuel cell]] [[automobiles]]. ...for the car world. On one hand, it proved a wake-up call that hydrocarbon fuel was not in infinite supply, but on the other, it was responsible for the va
    2 KB (390 words) - 22:09, 20 March 2007
  • ...res that have had alternate channels plugged - the plugs force the exhaust gas to flow through the wall and the particulate collects on the inlet face. In most forms the exhaust gas is forced to flow through a material with extremely tiny pores, achieveing
    4 KB (684 words) - 08:31, 22 December 2010
  • Aggressive driving (speeding and rapid acceleration/braking) can lower your gas mileage by as much as 20%. Each 5 miles per hour you drive over 60 mph can reduce your fuel economy by 10%.
    2 KB (419 words) - 03:54, 18 October 2006
  • ...may refer to both the part inside the engine which directly regulates the fuel flow, or the human controls (pedal, lever, electronic) that the operator us ...ection|fuel-injector]] or [[carburetor]] maintaining a relatively constant fuel/air ratio. In a motor vehicle the control used by the driver to regulate po
    4 KB (532 words) - 09:27, 2 June 2009
  • ...or introducing the continuous combustion process that is the basis for the gas turbine, and which is now referred to as the [[Brayton cycle]]. | title = IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-ENGINES (Patent no. 125166)
    3 KB (442 words) - 11:43, 26 May 2010
  • * Fuel miser ==Gas Mileage==
    2 KB (243 words) - 06:44, 11 July 2010
  • ...s before injecting any fuel. It also kicks in anytime there is load on the gas engine, such as a hill or under acceleration.
    909 bytes (145 words) - 03:54, 10 October 2008
  • ...dapter]], is a device which turns any passenger class vehicle into a multi-fuel / [[Directory:Hybrid Vehicles|hybrid vehicle]]. One example is a hybrid ada ==Fuel Types==
    5 KB (716 words) - 23:17, 17 May 2008
  • ...quality among a number of other measurements that determine overall diesel fuel quality. ...used for the relatively light distillate diesel oils. For heavy (residual) fuel oil two other scales are used [[Calculated Carbon Aromaticity Index|CCAI]]
    7 KB (1,000 words) - 15:53, 20 May 2010
  • ...as diesel engined cars which can run on [[BioDiesel|biodiesel]] or natural gas vehicles which can switch to regular gasoline. ...a vehicle with propane is comparable to that needed for gasoline or diesel fuel. The tanks are filled to no more than 80% capacity to allow for liquid expa
    12 KB (1,707 words) - 16:25, 25 September 2009

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