Responding to the NAO report, she urged the Department of Health to be careful that the efficiency drive did not lead to the NHS "shutting the door" on patients.
In addition to the higher battery capacity clear improvements have been made to the efficiency of the drive system, resulting in a greater range.
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The civil servant who has been leading the government's efficiency drive since the coalition came to power, Ian Watmore, left his post suddenly earlier this summer.
Compliance until fairly recently has been immune from the relentless drive toward efficiency that has engulfed the business world.
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Last September the EU adopted a new Energy Efficiency Directive, in a drive to reach the 20% savings goal.
Winners will be those who sell the features that drive storage efficiency.
Yes, we can control certain aspects, such as the cars we drive and the level of personal commitment to energy savings and efficiency.
The car is notable both for its four motors (a pair at each axle integrated with max-efficiency gears to drive all four wheels at the same time) and its prowress: 526 horsepower and 649 pound-feet of torque, with a 0-60 mph time of 4 seconds.
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However, senior Labour figures north of the Border counter that more people are being treated and the government is progressing with its NHS efficiency drive and will continue to do so if it earns a second term.
Although in the Institute's study only a small proportion of managers think that technologies such as holograms, robots and bio-chips will be used to drive business efficiency in the next 10 years, the overwhelming majority think that virtual business will be commonplace and this will lead to increased virtual contact.
It adopts the Atkinson cycle and D-4S direct injection technology to optimise both the power and fuel-efficiency benefits of Lexus Hybrid Drive.
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In the long-term, the opportunities lie with companies exhibiting a drive toward increasing efficiency, for example, through mergers and acquisitions.
It has gone further in a government efficiency drive begun in 2004, according to the Institute for Government, a research body.
Narrowing this 'efficiency gap' will drive future profits for the BUBs.
The fear of duplication harks back to a drive for greater efficiency.
The VERGE report suggests that the process of convergence is already underway, as the LEED system and ASHRAE standards continue to drive changes in efficiency, telecommuting increases, and a move back to cities occurs.
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Conventional hybrids use mainly the gasoline engine for propulsion, drawing on the electric drive and batteries only occasionally to (impressively) improve gasoline efficiency.
The efficiency of his design is further improved by using the moving piston to drive water through a special steam nozzle, which increases the effectiveness of the heat transfer between the inside and outside of the reactor.
"We recognized a few years back that the key to meeting these incredible fuel-efficiency targets--and keeping cars fun to drive and making them affordable--is great, lightweight, low-cost, structurally sound steel, which we weren't able to get from the handful of steel suppliers in the industry who supply other automakers, " said Krafcik.
Ford plans to launch 15 new vehicles in China by 2015, focusing on fuel-efficiency, safety and smart technology to help drive its sales and increase market share in the international markets.
They hope to drive the program into a political and technological dead-end by denying it the synergy and efficiency that can come from an integrated management structure and by diverting funds from space- to ground-based defensive systems.
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The government is carrying out a fares and ticketing review, which is due to conclude in May, as part of a drive to find billions of pounds in efficiency savings and reduce taxpayer-funded subsidies to the railways.
As you drive, the right side of the instrument panel display fills up with encouraging green leaves, like efficiency kudzu.
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Considering the seemingly settled logic which says small businesses create the vast majority of jobs, it's a fair bet that this statistic is highly skewed given the certainty that large businesses, by virtue of being that way, are constantly destroying jobs through efficiency gains meant to drive profits, and which in time allow them to expand their hiring mandates.
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