Sentences with phrase «acts as a generator»

In hybrids with regenerative braking the electric motors act as generators producing electricity.

EV Drive mode uses only the two electric motors to power the crossover, while Series Hybrid mode allows the gas engine and battery pack to act as a generator and provide additional power to the electric motors and Parallel Hybrid mode where the car primarily uses the 2.0 - liter gas engine with the electric motors only coming into the picture when extra power is needed.

Finally, Charge mode enables the car to use the hydrogen fuel cell system to act as a generator that charges the battery.

In addition to providing supplemental motive power, the IMA motor acts as a generator during deceleration and braking to recapture kinetic energy and recharge the IMA's battery pack during regenerative braking.

Kick the i8 into Sport mode, and the engine also acts as a generator while you drive.

The rolling locomotive or multiple unit wheels turn the motor armatures, and the motors act as generators, either sending the generated current through onboard resistors (dynamic braking) or back into the supply (regenerative braking).

A smaller rear electric motor (13 hp and 81 lb - ft) provides additional drive to the rear wheels but mostly acts as a generator to top off the battery and as an alternator to collect kinetic energy during braking and trailing throttle.

In many situations, the electric motor in front acts as a generator — driven by the engine, it charges the battery, and this extends the car's effective electric driving range.

Under most operating conditions, the Accord works in the Hybrid mode where the engine acts as a generator and supplies electric power to the battery with power being channelled to the wheels via the electric propulsion motor.

What's happening is an odd disconnect between the acceleration that I felt from the electric motor supplying torque for passing and the loud scream of the gasoline motor that was only acting as a generator and really had no impact on the physical performance of the car at the moment.

The role of this motor is to act as a generator during deceleration to charge the super capacitors, and during acceleration to directly power the rear wheel motors.

The twin electric motors act as generators during deceleration and assist the petrol motor during acceleration.

The battery is charged by plugging it in, but also from regenerative braking and from the gasoline engine in the back of the car acting as a generator.

The other acts as a generator and starter motor, providing extra juice when the lithium ion battery requires it.

The powertrain is quite interesting with Nissan using the same electric engine found in the Leaf along with an unspecified gasoline engine that acts as a generator.

As you may recall, the 2ZR - FXE engine gets help from an 80 - hp front - drive electric motor drawing juice from the NiMH batteries, while a second electric motor acts as a generator.

The electric motor, which also acts as a generator when the car is recuperating energy when it's stopping or slowing down, has 65kW of its own to contribute, plus its 250Nm of torque, which is available instantly.

In this case the integrated electric motor acts as a generator when coasting or applying the brakes, in order to feed electric power into the battery.

The powertrain will be able to operate on electric power alone in most conditions as it draws energy from the engine that acts as a generator or the battery pack.

Manufacturers have developed fully electric cars that are backed up with a small conventional gasoline engine that acts as a generator.

Instead, the engine acts as a generator (or range extender), jiggling enough electrons to keep the electric motor turning and to trickle - charge the lithium - ion battery pack.

It can send additional torque to the wheels for a sportier start, or it can act as a generator under braking, capturing energy to refill the 86 - volt lithium ion battery.

The company explained the iBooster and ESP - hev technology balance the use of the CT6 electric motors to act as generators to slow the vehicle and capture as much kinetic energy as possible during low - demand scenarios, while blending the traditional hydraulic brakes with the motors in high - demand scenarios.

It's a 101 - horsepower, 1.5 - liter EcoTec four - cylinder engine that fires up automatically when it senses the motors are drawing the battery's last electrons and acts as a generator to top up the battery pack.

Featuring Cadillac's edgy and sculptured «Art and Science» design theme, the luxury two - door coupe uses a 16.5 - kWh battery, along with a 1.4 - liter I4 acting as a generator, for a total output of 207 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque.

In overrun and when applying the brakes, the electric drive systems acts as a generator developing electric power fed into the high - voltage battery.

Race - hybrid adds more aggression with torque vectoring introduced to the front wheels and, when required, the rear motor acting as a generator to supply energy to the front electric motor.

The rear axle on the trailer also acts as a generator, able to charge to the EV's batteries from the movement of the wheels.

Dynamic braking takes advantage of the fact that the traction motor armatures are always rotating when the locomotive is in motion and that a motor can be made to act as a generator by separately exciting the field winding.

It acts as a generator, and can actually charge the super-capacitor under acceleration when the power available exceeds the grip of the front wheels.

The BMW i3 is the only electric vehicle that offers the option of a range extender — a small gasoline engine that can act as a generator when the battery runs low.

Battery regeneration: Whenever the driver releases the accelerator pedal or applies the brakes, and the battery is insufficiently charged, the two electric motors act as generators and feed energy recovered from the brakes into the lithium - ion battery.

Under the hood of the Toyota Prius is a 1.8 - liter four - cylinder gasoline engine, plus two electric motors that can act as generators.

When he backs off the throttle, the electric motor acts as a generator, providing enough stopping power; brakes are rarely required.

Additionally, the rear electric motor also acts as a generator to provide supplemental power to the vehicles lithium ion battery pack, which also powers the front - mounted TMU.

While the V - 6 chugs along, one electric motor acts as a generator and starter.

With IMA, a 10 - kw electric motor fed by a nickel - metal hydride battery pack assists in acceleration and also acts as a generator when braking or coasting.

As before, the car's Voltec powertrain consists of a gasoline engine that acts as a generator, two electric motors, and a lithium - ion battery, but a lot has changed.

On deceleration or braking, the electric motor acts as a generator, which slows the vehicle.

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Among other things, the i3 is distinguished by being offered with a small, motorcycle engine that acts as a generator to extend the range.

In reverse operation, the motor acts as a generator to provide «regenerative braking».

When they need to drive a longer distance, a gasoline engine kicks in to recharge the battery (acting as a generator).

These would have all the elements mentioned above, but also a small gasoline engine to act as generator when the batteries run out of power.

Not exact matches

Again, because these materials act as soft capacitors, variable - capacitance power generators and energy harvesters can be built from them.

When he challenged the Obama rule in court as Oklahoma's attorney general, Pruitt was one of the leading voices for the legal argument that EPA can't regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants because it already has a standard for mercury and air toxics emission from generators — known as the 112 exclusion, referring to a section of the Clean Air Act.

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Indeed, once you become accustomed to the regenerative braking effect (where the electric motor acts as an electricity generator to charge up the battery), it's possible to look ahead and judge when to leave off the throttle - hardly necessitating pressing the brake pedal at all.

At higher speeds, the generator acts as an auxiliary motor while there is still battery charge, connecting itself via a clutch to the final drive and augmenting the main motor's efforts.

Since the electric motor, which also acts as an electric generator, is attached directly to the crankshaft of the engine, the engine needs to provide as little resistance as possible during deceleration to allow the generator to produce high levels of electricity and charge the batteries.