Sentences with phrase «many small electric cars»

Many small electric cars are best used for short distance trips within big, bustling cities — so perhaps Mercedes - Benz's decision to unveil the new 2014 B - Class Electric Drive hatchback at the 2013 New York auto show is more than fitting.

The company, based in Siracusa, already makes small electric cars, electric tourist trains, boats and mobility vehicles for the disabled, so it at least knows a thing or two about electricity.

While Toyota had originally planned to roll - out a small electric car on a large scale, the company has since changed course.

At the announcement in Japan, Toyota also revealed details on a new small electric car based on the Scion iQ.

The company is proceeding with plans to roll out its first electric model, shown in concept form at the Frankfurt motor show earlier this year, and is currently looking for partnerships with other automakers to bring down the costs as well as solve the engineering challenges of building small electric cars.

According to Schwarzenbauer, building relatively small electric cars is difficult not only from the standpoint of costs but also due to the engineering challenges of fitting small cars with batteries that give them a sufficient range.

The EQ A is expected to go on sale in 2020 and will compete with other small electric cars, like the BMW i3.

Critical Knowledge: Battery - powered, mini-sized sport coupeClosely related to i MiEV hatchback, which goes on sale in Japan in 2009Sale of Mitsubishi electric vehicles (EVs) in U.S. is distinct possibilityCould be quick - charged or charged overnightTri - motor system: In - wheel electric motors up front, plus a single motor for the rear wheelsIntroduction Mitsubishi doubtless surprised quite a few visitors to the New York Auto Show, in March 2008, by promoting a pair of small electric cars.

Fully charged driving range is approx. 120 miles city, at a 105 MPGe - the best rate for small electric cars currently available.

In my opinion, the Soul EV, for the reasons above, is by far the best small electric car I have driven.

The E20 EV is an even smaller electric car that also looks a bit like the older version of the Smart Fortwo.

Here are some photos of Mitsubishi's small electric car in New York, the i MiEV.

Granted I'm not up to Anthony Watt's level with his self funded solar house and driving a small electric car etc or Steve Goddard's extensive use of a bicycle to get around his community.

GM Defends the Volt, Attacks Smaller Electric Car Start - Ups (Tesla, Fisker, etc) i MiEV Electric Car to Have Second Battery Factory Because of High Demand

Via Technology Review, GM - Volt More on the GM Volt GM Defends the Volt, Attacks Smaller Electric Car Start - Ups (Tesla, Fisker, etc) Wall Street Journal Wants GM to Abandon the Volt Bob Lutz Defends the Chevy Volt on Letterman, Talks About EV1 (Video) Bob Lutz to Defend Chevy Volt on Letterman Next Week

But, Tesla will probably be selling its cheapest and smallest electric car by then, the Model 3, due to be marketed as early as 2017.

Not exact matches

«Our true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world's factories every day,» wrote Musk in a 2014 blog post.

In a fraught environment where small businesses owners are extremely guarded about their intellectual property — in particular their patents — wizard inventor Elon Musk caused quite a stir on Tuesday at the electric car company's shareholder meeting in Mountain View, California.

Perhaps for this reason, many people who invest in start - ups tend to favor companies that are based on small, executable ideas over grand strategies like Martian colonization or the resurrection of the electric car.

And Toyota has designed the i - ROAD, a small, electric concept car eventually meant to be deployed in urban fleets and shared, similar to the bike shares popping up in many cities.

The smallest company in attendance was electric car maker Tesla, with a market capitalization of $ 31.92 billion.

The unfortunate reality is the opposite: Electric car programs (or programs for any vehicle that doesn't burn hydrocarbons) at the major manufacturers are small to non-existent, constituting an average of far less than 1 % of their total vehicle sales.

Our true competition is not the small trickle of non-Tesla electric cars being produced, but rather the enormous flood of gasoline cars pouring out of the world's factories every day.

Tesla now has more than 400,000 pre-orders for its smaller, more affordable sedan, and more specs about the long - awaited electric car are beginning to come out.

A type of power inverter, the small, shiny box doesn't produce power itself, but instead changes direct current to alternating current, an essential process in electric car technology that lets battery power spin the car's motor.

According to the Insurance Institute, the head of the crash test dummy in the Model S slammed into the steering wheel, which is why IIHS only gave the popular electric car an «acceptable» rating in the small overlap test.

Tesla began producing electric cars at its plant in Fremont, Calif., six years ago, starting with small quantities and ramping up to about 100,000 vehicles last year.

Tata's investment in Faraday Future might seem like a hefty sum to pay on a company that is seemingly out of runway, but gaining access to Faraday's intellectual property could be a small investment for Tata's subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover, which looks to launch its own series of fully electric cars.

Model 3 is a smaller, simpler and a more affordable electric car.

The billionaire also owns small stakes in electric - car maker Tesla and 23andMe, a genome - mapping company started by his ex-wife, Anne Wojcicki.

On the small cap side, Sympowerco's subsidiaries, HOSS Motor Sports and Highline Hydrogen Hybrids Systems, should offer operating holding corps for joint ventures and development of electric motor car solutions.»

For example, the Model S electric car designed by Tesla Motors, a company owned by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, is powered by thousands of small lithium - ion batteries arrayed between the car's axles.

In many ways, motorcycles are a lot more practical for electric propulsion than cars: They are small and light and lack energy - hogging features like air - conditioning and entertainment systems.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

The hybrid GE is developing with the marine engineering firm C - MAR works something like the upcoming Chevy Volt car, which uses an electric motor as its primary drive and carries a small combustion engine to charge batteries that run low.

Graduate roles in small start - ups also tend to involve more responsibility, says Christoph Roessner, managing director and co-founder of Süssen - based company Eight, which develops solar - powered charging stations for electric cars.

In 2011, Science's editors will be watching a smaller detector at the Large Hadron Collider called LHCb, which will study B mesons in great detail; new techniques that should lead to the discovery of many more genes contributing to adaptation; an ignited fusion burn at the National Ignition Facility; broadly neutralizing antibodies, which are capable of disabling a wide range of viral variants; the first plug - in hybrid electric cars whose batteries are charged from a wall socket go on the market; and the results of the first phase III trial of a malaria vaccine.

OLEV has a small battery (one - third of the size of the battery equipped with a regular electric car).

For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

A small technical pilot scheme has been planned in Trondheim, as well as a larger demonstration project next year involving 200 electric cars on the road between Oslo and Kongsberg.

And the Vehicle Research Institute at Western Washington University is employing a modest $ 250,000 grant to implement its pro-vocative design for a solar - powered electric car incorporating a small gasoline or natural - gas burning engine to extend its range.

Kornbluh reports that automakers are interested in these mechanisms as replacements for the many small electric motors found in cars, such as in motorized seat - position controls and in the valve controls of high - efficiency camless engines.

These magnets do a good job in cars, too: They enable the numerous electric actuators, which drive the windscreen wipers, for instance, to be of a smaller and lighter design.

Hybrid and electric cars, which have very high mileage and very low emissions, can also pull up an automaker's overall average for its fleet, although the effect can be small because the vehicles are still a small part of the market.

Today, these batteries are used to power both small and large devices, from cell phones to hybrid - electric cars.

We could also see a stunning two - plus - two proportioned like a famous art deco car, a super-long-wheelbase two - seat convertible with an electrically assisted V - 12, or a shorter, smaller all - electric high - performance drop - top.

Since the small electric motor can only power the car when creeping forward very slowly, the gasoline engine is constantly starting and stopping at low speeds with a noticeable shudder.

I hate crawling under the car and removing the belly pan (pain) and getting oil dripped on me (also a pain) so I rigged up an extractor using a small electric vacuum pump and a 2 gallon drop - out can.

Chevrolet's Bolt, specifically designed and engineered as a battery - electric, all - purpose, all - weather vehicle with enough range to make running - out - of - juice anxiety a thing of the past, is not only a perfectly adequate small commuting and grocery - getting family car, it's actually very agreeable to drive.

Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn presented two Leaf electric cars to the government of Bhutan, as a gesture of support for the small nation's efforts to become more energy - independent.