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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. An engine in which motion is communicated to the piston by the alternate admission and condensation of gas in a closed cylinder. With a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, or of coal-gas and air, the condensation is effected by means of explosion with an electric spark or a gas-jet; with ammonia the gas is alternately expanded by heat and condensed by cold water. Many forms of gas-engines have been invented. Also called
gas-motor .
Examples
“The German government wants to be a leading market for electric cars, but we on a policy level don't seem to want to do anything about it," said Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche in an interview at the Detroit car show in January, a few weeks before sharing the stage with Ms. Merkel at the Stuttgart celebration of Mercedes-Benz founder Carl Benz's 1886 patent filing for the first "vehicle with gas-engine drive.”
The Wall Street Journal: Germany Frets About Its Car Industry
“Rolls-Royce has long coveted Tognum and plans to inject its small Bergen gas-engine business, with annual sales of £400 million $646.3 million, into Tognum.”
“Both diesels and hybrids cost more than their gas-engine counterparts.”
“Further reductions in tailpipe emissions are pointless, modern gas-engine emissions controls are so good that a warm engine emits essentially zero pollution and darn close to zero when cold.”
“You plug them into a standard European 220V socket for three hours to charge them, or run them on normal gas-engine mode.”
“Twelve years later, the German engineer Hugo Junkers constructed the first gas-engine airplane designed for war.”
“Edmunds 'calculations focused on the cars' sticker prices -- comparing the amount paid for a hybrid model over a gas-engine version of the same model, if available.”
“The Civic hybrid's price is some $4,000 higher than a gas-engine Civic, meaning it would take nearly 10 years to recoup the premium in gas savings, according to an Edmunds analysis.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Incentives to Buy Hybrids Are Dwindling
“Less Economical Higher sticker prices and lower fuel costs make hybrids less economical than their gas-engine counterparts because it takes far longer to earn back the hybrid's price premium through savings at the pump.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Incentives to Buy Hybrids Are Dwindling
“The Toyota Camry hybrid, for instance, costs $6,730 more than the gas-engine model, while Honda's Civic hybrid is about $4,000 more than the gas model.”
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