cold-start

If you cold-start a car and drive just 1.5 miles, the emissions are much higher than tacking 1.5 miles onto your trip home from the office.

Be Green: Drive - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

As he reached for the cold-start switch, he heard the pop-fizz of melted metal striking the outer hull.

New Race Joe Sullivan 2010

In fact, making several cold-start trips, say, to the store, the dry cleaners and the babysitter, will consume twice as much fuel than if you combine errands and make them all in one run, according to FuelEconomy. gov.

Nine Ways to Save on Gas 2008

Reports suggest the Volt can make it through the EPA test cycle — which from 2008 includes high-speed running, air-conditioning load, and cold-start tests in addition to the city and highway cycles — with the internal-combustion engine running about 15% of the time.

Maura Judkis: Everything You Need to Know About the New Chevy Volt 2008

The fuel cell in the Hygenius is about 40 percent more compact than in previous models and is notable for its good cold-start characteristics.

A Mercedes Capable of Supplying Power for Several Homes | Impact Lab 2005

“Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock figured out how to intermix our stocks of matter and antimatter, and cold-start the engines.”

The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

“Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock figured out how to intermix our stocks of matter and antimatter, and cold-start the engines.”

The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

“Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock figured out how to intermix our stocks of matter and antimatter, and cold-start the engines.”

The Janus Gate: Future Imperfect L. A. Graf 2002

That he came up with an intermix formula, and a cold-start procedure for the engines?

CROSSOVER MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 2000

Early tests of this thermal-management technology show fuel savings of up to 4 percent - achieved by reducing the cold-start phase of internal combustion engines;

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