Sentences with phrase «powerphase electric propulsion system»

This interior design could be implemented in Virgin Hyperloop One's functional pod with an electric propulsion system which could achieve speeds up to 700 mph inside a near - vacuum.

«Right now we fly solar electric propulsion systems that are just a few kilowatts,» Sheehy says.

NASA is currently developing concepts for the redirect mission that will employ a robotic spacecraft, driven by an advanced solar electric propulsion system, to capture a small near - Earth asteroid or remove a boulder from the surface of a larger asteroid.

The robotic component of ARM will demonstrate the world's most advanced and most efficient solar electric propulsion system as it travels to a near - Earth asteroid (NEA).

Several scientifically interesting asteroids could be visited by astronauts with flight times ranging from six months to a year and a half using a 200 - kilowatt (kW) electric propulsion system, which is a reasonable advance over our present capability; the ISS currently has 260 kW of solar arrays installed.

Electric propulsion systems in the 50 - to 100 - kilowatt level may be needed to get crews to Mars faster than is possible with conventional chemical propulsion.

Electric propulsion systems are far lighter to launch.

He began his career in 1962 at Lewis Research Center, where he worked on electric propulsion systems.

India could build or buy commercial electric propulsion systems built in France or Russia to significantly improve the cargo payload mass that could be put into a stable Low Lunar Polar Orbit by its possible future Reusable Launch Vehicle or a «HLV» based on the Unified Launch Vehicle.

In cooperation with a number of companies, General Motors engineers worked on the 1971 Lunar Rover and was responsible for designing the electric propulsion system, suspension, mesh wire wheels, and drive controller made to accommodate lunar gloves.

«The user can «top up» the battery pack with electricity one or more times during the day,» Volvo vice president of electric propulsion systems Lennart Stegland said in a statement.

1960s: GM develops electric propulsion system for Apollo lunar module and lunar rover, both of which are powered by silver - zinc batteries.

WardsAuto editors chose the winners after spending October and November evaluating 32 engines and electric propulsion systems during routine commutes in metro Detroit.

Since the advanced matrix must also eventually be capable enough to accommodate autonomous driving and electric propulsion systems on all five continents, flexibility will be key.

Lennart Stegland, vice president of electric propulsion systems at Volvo, has confidence in the technology's potential.

It will have a modified version of the electric propulsion system found in the Chevrolet Volt.

Initially, the companies are working together to integrate UQM Technologies» PowerPhase electric propulsion system with BorgWarner's 31 - 03 eGearDrive transmission (earlier post) for the all - electric CODA front - wheel drive five - passenger sedan, scheduled for introduction in the... Read more →

As a concept, the Nissan Townpod comes with an impressive design, innovative features but also with an electric propulsion system borrowed from Nissan Leaf.

And Honda's powertrain engineers have done a masterful job of integrating the gas engine and electric propulsion systems.

But even at the high end, where the electric propulsion systems are paired with high output V - 8s, the results are not exactly «sporty».

There also is an unusual hybrid from DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes - Benz, the F500 research vehicle, that features futuristic engineering and uses a powerful diesel - electric propulsion system.

At the heart of the EV is the electric propulsion system.

Dana Incorporated introduced the Spicer Electrified family of fully integrated motor, control, and e-drive technologies that advance electric propulsion systems for light - duty, commercial, and off - highway vehicles.

The front wheels are powered by the same electric propulsion system currently used in the Nissan LEAF.

The electric propulsion system for the cars was designed and built by the Eureka Williams Company of Bloomington, Illinois, manufacturer of Eureka Vacuum Cleaners.

After having decided on using a hybrid gasoline - electric propulsion system for the Insight, the first step in its development was to identify a set of performance goals for the car.

That's because the Volt also can rely on an electric propulsion system capable of providing up to 38 miles of all - electric travel, matched by a combined efficiency rating of 98 MPGe.

Winter is referring to the 150 - kW Electric Propulsion System in the Chevrolet Bolt EV) and the 130 - kW Fuel Cell / Electric Propulsion System in the Honda Clarity, and the electric motor assisted 2.5 - litre Atkinson - cycle 4 - Cylinder in the Toyota Camry Hybrid and the 3.6 - litre Pentastar V - 6 in the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid — the other returning winner.

The ELR will advance the design theme of the Converj while featuring an electric propulsion system made up of a T - shaped lithium - ion battery, an electric drive unit, and a four - cylinder engine - generator.

Introduction of 2.5 L four - cylinder SIDI engine with 20kW continuous Hybrid Electric Propulsion system mated to a 6 - speed automatic transmission and 2.64 final drive ratio axle

The electric propulsion system is claimed to be good for 1,050 horsepower.

The vehicles are designed with the latest technology and the most advanced energy management and electric propulsion systems.

Not exact matches

Musk, the chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc (tsla) and rocket company SpaceX (spacex), recently started the Boring Company to build transport tunnels for the system, which he says would be far faster than current high - speed trains and use electromagnetic propulsion.

Plasma propulsion systems use electric power to ionize propellant gas and transform it into the fourth state of matter, known as plasma.

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.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Denver -: The «Adapting Commercial Spacecraft for the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle» study will define system concepts for a Solar Electric Propulsion Module based on an existing commercial spacecraft bus and NASA Hall thrusters.

AC Propulsion, a San Dimas, Calif., maker of electric vehicle drive systems, discovered this when working with Tesla Motors.

The electric vehicle — maker initially licensed a drive system design and reductive charging patent from AC Propulsion but later developed its own versions of these technologies.

Those contract winners — The Boeing Co.; Lockheed Martin Space Systems; Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; Orbital ATK; and Space Systems / Loral — took four months to appraise the need for Mars telecommunications and global high - resolution imaging as well as assess possible added scientific instruments, optical communications and the use of solar - electric propulsion.

ARM will use capabilities in development, including the new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and high - power Solar Electric Propulsion.

Its stated purpose is to test and develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.

His Field Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) system produces the smallest thrust of any space engine ever: It is designed to counter the force of sunlight on a spacecraft — about the same as that of a single falling human hair.

The new Volt is part of GM's so - called E-Flex strategy to develop a family of electric vehicle propulsion systems.

A power management and distribution system converts the power from the solar arrays into direct current (DC) voltage, which the electric motor can use for propulsion, or recharge a «smart battery.»

«With advanced electric propulsion, we will have the ability to move habitat systems to various orbits around the moon,» he said.

NASA added that it is also committed to designing «a new and powerful transportation» system involving solar electric propulsion, which will use the sun's energy to take spacecraft deeper into space.

Progress made under the NTP project could also help enable high performance fission power systems and Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP).»

To build the International Moon Village and mine the Moon's resources, we need super efficient small, medium, large, and super large 4,100 (and higher) Isp electric rocket propulsion system powered reusable upper stages and space tugs for efficiently hauling cargo from LEO to a stable Low Lunar Polar Orbit.

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Back in 2010 the Department of Energy set a cost goal of $ 125 per kilowatt hour for an EV battery pack by 2022, because that would make electric - propulsion systems equal to the cost of an internal - combustion engine.