Some in the industry think geared turbofans could eventually reduce fuel consumption by 20-25%.
Reduce wind resistance and you can reduce fuel consumption by several percentage points.
This allows the vehicle to run at maximum torque all the time, and could thus reduce fuel consumption by up to 30%, according to Peter Augustsson, the company's president.
The on-board technology assesses a variety of vehicle data during a journey, allowing tips to be passed on to drivers while they are at the wheel to help them reduce fuel consumption.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is funding a program that gives businesses subsidies to pay for TomTom devices that the company says will improve productivity and reduce fuel consumption.
Among them: enactment of a national speed limit of 65 miles per hour, freight industry participation in an Environmental Protection Agency program to reduce fuel consumption, and a reduction of highway congestion by raising the fuel tax if necessary.
This is a remarkable saving, and although she is a small, specialist vessel, many of her features, particularly the new bow and the more efficient system of propellers, could help reduce fuel consumption and emission levels in larger ships as well.
Controlling steering using electric motors also helps to reduce fuel consumption and hence carbon-dioxide emissions. (Electric motors require power only when the steering wheel is turned, whereas a hydraulic pump drains power from the engine all the time.) Ford reckons 90% of its cars will have electronic steering within three years.
The goal is to overcome the hurdles generally posed by limited money and training in such remote areas -- and reduce fuel wood consumption by 75 percent.
It uses the same composite-material technology to reduce weight and hence fuel consumption.
Earlier this year, Whole Foods ( WFMI) became the first Fortune 500 company to announce it would attempt to reduce its consumption of fuel derived from the oil sands.
In July, FIA chief Max Mosley said F1 was becoming increasingly "unsustainable" while urging teams to find ways to reduce both their costs and fuel consumption.
Both islands host American bases, and even in these straitened times the Pentagon's budget can stretch to an experimental technology that might reduce a base's fuel consumption.
The new standards will save American businesses who operate and own these commercial vehicles tens of billions of dollars in fuel costs and will dramatically reduce oil consumption and cut pollution.
Mr Bloomberg says the president has taken "major steps" to reduce the US carbon consumption, including new fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles.
With four-dollar-a-gallon fuel prices here at home, it's simple to just look at fuel consumption as a way to save a few dollars and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
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The country's oil refineries may begin producing petrol for domestic consumption within the next few days, which would reduce the long queues for fuel.
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