Ahead of next year's challenge, the team are planning to upgrade the engine in their energy-efficient vehicle.
Kingdown School in Warminster took first place in the schools race to find the most energy-efficient vehicle at Mallory Park track, near Leicester.
It educates the consumer on how much they are paying for having a low-MPG car and encourages them to get into a more efficient vehicle.
The company recorded its best monthly results since May 2007, at the peak of the housing bubble, and noted continued demand for fuel efficient vehicle and acceleration in truck sales, which grew 6%.
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And this is a point I want to emphasize: If you buy a car, your investment in a more fuel-efficient vehicle as a result of this standard will pay off in just three years.
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Even in the face of a Great Depression, a World War, a Cold War, recessions, oil shocks, inflation and unemployment, Congress never sought to require the purchase of wheat or war bonds, force a higher savings rate or greater consumption of American goods, or require every American to purchase a more fuel efficient vehicle.
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Time was running out for Carver, and he recognised that poetry not onlycould say everything that needed to be said in fewer words, but was able to capture the emotional peaks and troughs of his life, to provide the most powerful and efficient vehicle for that final reckoning of everything that he had ever been.
The car's powersplit technology - which allows for more efficient operation of the vehicle - consists of more than 200 patents alone.
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Credit cards specifically designed to pay for medical services have become a promotional vehicle for providers who want efficient payment.
Incentive backed challenges attract "maverick thinkers who challenge normal assumptions" and make heroes of the teams who compete in these paradigm-changing efforts to solve significant social problems like building the ultimate fuel-efficient car or developing a lunar landing vehicle.
For example, customers can choose to download applications that assist them in driving more safely or in a more fuel efficient manner, possibly decreasing the costs of vehicle ownership.
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The dilemma faced by Toyota and all automakers is: How can you be as efficient as Ford yet give customers exactly the vehicle they want--how can you, that is, build to order and still build cheaply?
Because, the company told us "a central location offers the most efficient business solution in terms of proximity to our vehicle assembly and engineering facilities, a highly skilled workforce and our supply chain".
"SunPower is offering Ford plug-in vehicle owners the world's most efficient solar power systems to ensure they maximize emission-free power generation for use at home and for their vehicles, " says Ken Fong, SunPower general manager, Americas.
How, exactly, should more stringent vehicle greenhouse emission standards contribute to producing more efficient truck engines?
The most reliable and efficient system for this would be the installation of a GPS in each vehicle which would measure the actual miles driven.
From its inception in 1948, Porsche has been a leader in advancing vehicle performance, improving automotive safety and developing ever more fuel efficient technologies in its high-performance models.
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This makes the vehicle lighter and potentially easier to handle, and possibly more fuel-efficient as well.
This means that armies can deploy with one basic vehicle in the fleet, making maintenance and repair much easier and more efficient.
The Karma Sedan is a series Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered by a lithium-ion battery and an efficient 2.0-liter range-extending gasoline engine.
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Google also supports plug-in hybrid vehicle technology and is part of a consortium of tech companies that advocates energy-efficient computers and servers.
"We are introducing autonomous vehicle technology to improve people's lives by making driving safer, more enjoyable, and more efficient, " the company said.
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