Sentences with phrase «hybrid vehicles use»

Hybrid vehicles use a gasoline engine that works in concert with a small electric motor.

Hybrid vehicles use a combination of electrical power and conventional gasoline - powered engines to operate the vehicle.

A «through the road» hybrid vehicle uses a conventional piston engine to power two wheels, with electric motor / generators on the other two wheels, giving a form of part - time 4WD.

Hybrid vehicles used to be premium by default — developing new technology is an expensive investment that needs to be recouped, after all — but we're getting to the point that, while hybrid drivetrains are still improving, they aren't exactly new.

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Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

Musk was so infatuated with the hybrid vehicle - submarine 007 used in The Spy Who Loved Me, he bought the real one at an auction in 2013 for $ 866,000.

Although lead - acid batteries will continue to account for more than 62 percent of secondary battery demand in 2015, sales of lithiumbased rechargeable batteries, which are widely used in both portable devices and hybrid vehicles, will record the strongest increases.

Rare earth minerals, the 17 elements used in high - tech products such as cell phones and hybrid vehicles, represent another potential source of growth for Canadians over time.

The Company's transmissions are used in a range of applications, including on - highway trucks (distribution, refuse, construction, fire and emergency), buses (primarily school, transit and hybrid - transit), motorhomes, off - highway vehicles and equipment (energy, mining and construction) and defense vehicles (wheeled and tracked).

Meanwhile, a lot of the «clean energy» options (like hybrid / electric vehicles) still require the power grid, which — you guessed it — largely uses traditional energy sources (like natural gas).

The plan also would end the practice of offering free «green» parking permits to the owners of hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles that began in 2007 under a town board resolution to encourage their use.

Policy makers encourage the use of advance internal combustion engine vehicles (particularly diesel), as well as hybrid technology and emerging plug - in electric vehicles to meet the medium - term demands of the issue (to 2020).

DeMarchi said she used CuseCar vehicles that were under - used at night, especially one of two plug - in hybrids on loan from Toyota.

Harvested energy can be used for any auxiliary purpose in a vehicle, said Professor Ball, and in hybrids it could recharge the electric motor.

The move is designed to increase the use of zero - emissions vehicles, or ZEVs: plug - in electrics, hybrid plug - ins and hydrogen fuel cell cars.

Spanning 17 elements — from lanthanum to lutetium, plus scandium and yttrium — they find use in computers, screens, superconductors, oil refineries, hybrid or electric vehicles, catalytic converters, compact fluorescent lightbulbs, light - emitting diodes, lasers, audio speakers and microphones, cell phones, MRI machines, telecommunications, battery electrodes, advanced weapons systems, polished glass, and even the electric motors that run automobile windows.

Analysts say the 95 g / km 2020 goal as an average across the EU fleet is achievable using conventional combustion engines, but industry opinions are divided over whether pushing below that level could be done with existing engines or require a major increase in electric and hybrid vehicles.

Very efficient vehicles can get most of the same benefits without hydrogen by using today's gasoline / hybrid propulsion.

Over the years, Easley produced code that went on to be used in renewable energy research, including batteries for early hybrid vehicles, as well as for the high - thrust liquid oxygen / liquid hydrogen Centaur rocket used to get space capsules into orbit.

Current research and development is largely centered on «hybrid» vehicles that use both electric power and internal combustion.

Although this is more fuel efficient than a pure internal combustion vehicle, all the energy these hybrids use to move the vehicle ultimately comes from gasoline.

This gap in research has now been closed by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): They compared the performances of 49,000 battery electric cars and 73,000 plug - in hybrid vehicles in Germany and the US using data from fleet trials and automotive manufacturers as well as from websites for drivers to manage and monitor their vehicles.

Some of this technology is already in use in hybrids: Regenerative braking converts the car's motion into electricity as the vehicle comes to a stop, and BMW and Honda are designing devices that recover heat from engine exhaust.

Hybrid vehicles, which do not plug in but also use both gas and electric engines, are bringing the technology mainstream.

In July a report from MIT, On the Road in 2035, found that if a market for lightweight hybrid and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles were developed, the United States could cut its gas consumption by 68 billion gallons — about half our current fuel use — within 27 years.

In the first collaboration, an international original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is using it at the design stage for hybrid vehicles.

For example, europium allows your television to display vibrant reds; neodymium is a key ingredient in the magnets used in hybrid - vehicle motors; and yttrium is in fluorescent lightbulbs.

A recent Carnegie Mellon University study suggests that hybrid plug - in vehicles would be more expensive over a lifetime of use than comparable gas - powered cars due to the battery's hefty cost.

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For example, WHOI scientists plan to use the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER's cameras and lighting systems on the Hybrid Remotely Operated Vehicle Nereus, which dove to the Mariana Trench in 2009 and will return to trenches in the Atlantic and the Pacific during the next two years.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

Hybrid - electric vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius and 472 of SEPTA's buses, have for years used regenerative braking to charge on - board batteries and reduce fuel consumption by reusing the stored energy upon acceleration.

In a new report, Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts, Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and battery - electrics) will grow from 2.6 million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... ReadVehicle Market Forecasts, Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and battery - electrics) will grow from 2.6 million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... Readvehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... Read more →

Used hybrid values are down 23.5 % since their peak last summer, says Juan Flores, director of vehicle valuation for Kelley Blue Book.

They use computer diagnostic equipment to fix cars, and learn the green technologies of hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells.

One specific program that Ito wants to see fast - tracked is the development of a new hybrid system for midsize and larger vehicles, which uses two electric motors instead of the single motor presently used.

Kia says this concept vehicle uses an electric all - wheel - drive system, which likely means that it will be a hybrid with a gasoline engine powering the front wheels and an electric motor powering the rear wheels.

JLR's development ideas include three hybrid - electric concept vehicles, revolutionary thinking about reducing the energy consumption of heating and air - conditioning, measures to slash vehicle weight using a combination of carbon fiber and plant - based materials, and lightweight electrical circuitry.

Toyota's new hybrid system for rear - wheel - drive vehicles promises improved fuel economy at high speeds, allowing for intermittent use of the engine at such speeds.

Maxwell Technologies» recent contract win to supply Zhejiang Geely with a complete ultracapacitor module for use in mild - hybrid vehicles marks a turning point both for the company and the advanced energy - storage technology.

Braking: Like all hybrids and electric vehicles, the Volt uses regenerative braking to convert unwanted momentum to electrical energy.

With a history of gasoline, diesel, hybrid and now even full electric vehicles, the German technological powerhouse is making an effort to use a different kind of Kinetic Energy Recovery System to harness all the countless hours of energy people expend on the internet.

Toyota Motor Corp. says its more - powerful, second - generation hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) will continue to use internal combustion engines that operate with the high - efficiency Atkinson cycle, says David Hermance, director of the Toyota Technical Center.

Volkswagen will likely use the concept car's debut at CES to reveal its future plans for electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles as it seeks to distance itself from the specter of its diesel emissions scandal.

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There are two primary categories of HEVs: parallel hybrids use both the electric motor and the engine to move the vehicle, while series hybrids» engines can generate electricity for the motor as well to move the vehicle.

But as a European - style plug - in hybrid, this is probably enough because you're meant to motor through your neighborhood in electric - only mode, use the gas engine to drive to the city, and then engage electric - only power to navigate the inner city where gas - powered vehicles might be prohibited.

Hydro - Quebec says it motor / wheel is likely best suited to a 4 - wheel - drive hybrid electric vehicle that uses a small internal - combustion engine to recharge its batteries.

If you own a hybrid or electric vehicle, your brakes should last longer because the regenerative brake systems they use provide much of the stopping power, reducing wear on the pads and rotors.

«There are various possibilities, not only using the rotary to power the vehicle directly, but using it as a range extender for some type of hybrid vehicle.