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The car can run for up to 31 miles on electric power alone, which is powered by a 13 kWh lithium - ion battery.

And it could mean a future viable source of energy that emits no pollution or radioactivity, burns no fossil fuels, and could be no more expensive to run than conventional coal or electric power plants.

Expectations are especially high for electric vehicle (EV) production and sales, as the Chinese government sweetened the incentive for families to trade in their gas - powered automobile for one that runs on a battery - powered electric motor.

The Middle Eastern firm is going the extra mile, however, utilizing other electric vehicles, machines that run on compressed natural gas and biodiesel, as well as solar - powered boats that are capable of cleaning lakes and other bodies of water for its operations.

Prophecy Resource (TSX.V: PCY) has begun production of its first 10,000 tonnes of coal as a trial run of supply to be taken by rail to electric power stations in Darkhan and Erdenet, Mongolia's second and third largest cities after the capital, Ulaanbaatar.

To leave roads and railroads, electric and power utilities in private hands ran the risk of private owners «rack - renting» the population, adding to the cost of living and doing business.

A seeming loss of drive left Lotterer trying to get back to the pits on electric power alone but just as happened to the Toyotas, it ran out of juice before being able to make it back to the pits.

Humidifiers are running using electric power and although most humidifiers are now energy efficient, it is still not wise to keep it running for 24 hours.

Mr Theophile, a Labour voter who runs a «social business» selling electric - powered eco-bikes with the help of troubled teenagers to keep them from a life of crime, said he was glad to have helped.

It will be run by SolarCity, a power provider chaired by Elon Musk, a co-founder of PayPal and CEO of the Tesla Motors electric car company.

Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles in this plantain farming town high in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, leaving tens of thousands of people without power or running water.

Fully electric tools run on a power cord — consistent, but only as long as the cord is.

It is an electric model, which means your power will never run out.

The employees of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which ran Fukushima Daiichi, appear to have required or at least sought government authorization to do so.

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This new type of power source is modeled after rows of cells called electrocytes in the electric organ that runs along an electric eel's body.

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Another big drawback of solar power is cost: The silicon wafers that absorb sunlight and turn it into electric current can run upwards of $ 130 a pound because of a complex fabrication process that involves melting silicon, letting it crystallize into large ingots, and cutting it into thin wafers.

Then there are the big electric bills that come from running all those pumps and compressors — the single largest expense, which doesn't include the $ 1 million or more a mile it costs to lay an electric line through these woods to power the equipment.

He believes it could also play a role in a future large - scale hydrogen generator, which would collect the energy from sunlight in huge fields and then run that electric current through water to produce vast amounts of hydrogen to meet, for example, the demand from a future fleet of hydrogen - powered vehicles.

Finally, Yoichi Ando and colleagues at the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry in Tokyo, Japan, report that in nonsuperconducting LSCO and YBCO, the electrical resistance is smaller for current flowing in the direction in which the stripes are thought to run.

The diesel plug - in hybrid can run in all - electric mode for 14 miles with an estimated fuel economy of 89 mpg equivalent and can achieve 35 mpg as a hybrid, which a comparable gasoline - powered SUV would be hard - pressed to beat.

Each of SunCatcher's 38 - foot - wide dishes collects enough heat energy to run a Stirling engine that can then generate 25 kilowatts of electric power.

But there's a problem: finding the spare kilowatts to run these alloy - based de-icers for long enough to safely eradicate ice is becoming a problem as modern planes like the Boeing 787 replace hydraulic controls with power - hungry electric servos.

At present, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which runs the plant, redirects the water over the reactor cores to keep them cool.

The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which owns the plant, recorded high levels of radioactivity in a drainage ditch that runs to the sea from the tank, but could not detect anything in the seawater itself.

Pros: Fully charged, can run 40 miles on battery power alone; can travel more than 300 miles on a tank of gas; combined electric and extended - range use will provide an average of 230 mpg, Chevy claims; connected to a 240V outlet, the battery will charge in less than 3 hours; battery guaranteed for 10 years or 150,000 miles.

Idaho Power, an electric company, had been running a cloud - seeding program for years.

None of the numbers regarding openings and closings are likely to matter in the long run because electric power companies are using less and less coal to generate electricity — the primary use of coal in the U.S.

The mine is a factory with electric and diesel - run power plants, cutting machinery, and conveyor belts to transport the newly freed chunks of fuel.

Plug - in hybrids are cars that would be built to run primarily on an electric battery, but if extra power were needed for a long drive, a gasoline engine would kick in.

When electric power was out due to Hurricane Isabel [in September 2003], Ocracoke had its generators running, providing its own power to the residents during part of every day.

Like any full hybrid, the 300h can run on electric power at low speeds for short distances; an EV mode, activated via Drive Mode Select, raises the threshold where the car transitions to engine power.

The electric powertrain ran out around 25 miles into the journey, not unexpected at highway speeds, but the car will still run in electric mode with the engine providing battery power instead of actual propulsive force if need be.

If required, the Flextreme can travel up to 35 miles on electric power alone, or 440 miles when running in full - hybrid mode.

Honda claimed the Insight could run on electric - power - only in certain circumstances but few reviewers, including yours truly, ever witnessed that.

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When the GLC350e is driven under engine power alone, the electric motor is switched into a free - running mode, eliminating drag.

I expected it to be like the Chevy Volt, which runs on electric power solely for about 40 miles, then switches to the gasoline engine until you recharge the battery pack.

Despite the flat - out sprints, the drag racing, the donuts, the top - speed runs, and dicing through traffic like there's a jet pack strapped to the trunk, Pacific Gas and Electric — which generated power for the Tesla — released into the atmosphere the same amount of carbon dioxide as would a gasoline - powered car getting 99 mpg.

MPG and running costs - The all - electric e-Golf, plug - in hybrid GTE (166mpg) and diesel - sipping 1.6 TDI (68.9 mpg) are most efficient, but most Golf power units are frugal.

In the plug - in hybrid, the 9.8 - kWh battery pack is around five times larger than in the standard Sonata Hybrid, making for an EV driving mode that can provide an estimated range of 22 miles running only on electric power.

The i8 is significant not just for its ability to run on electric power for limited distances, but also for the way it looks and drives - the latter of which appealed enough to secure it a spot in evo Car of the year 2014.

The black COG is connected to the crankshaft of the engine with a belt just like the compressor of the air conditioner, and runs off of the engine power, think of it as a electric generator for the car.

As well as the 1.8 - litre, 97bhp engine there are two electric motors, one used mainly as a generator for the hybrid battery but also as the starter motor, the other providing electric power for brief low - speed running, acceleration boost and reversing.

The Karma's primary power source, as an electric vehicle, is a 360 - volt, 20 - kWh lithium - ion battery pack that runs down the center of the car.

The Lagonda electric car shape was generated by the technology, unlike the Tesla Model S, which is an internal combustion - powered car shape with a fake grille (early in the production run), rather like air - cooled Franklins with big fake radiator grilles.

On electric power alone the 9.9 kWh capacity is enough for 31 miles of engine - off running (charging in 2h30m from a 3.6 kW wall box) and thanks to its contribution in NEDC fuel economy testing, results in the eyebrow - raising 166mpg and 39g / km CO2 ratings.

The ML450 BlueHybrid is a two - mode that can run at low speeds using only electric propulsion, whereas the S400 BlueHybrid uses its electric motor as an auxiliary power source but still promises fuel economy of nearly 30 mpg.