Sentences with phrase «as battery technology»

What we would like to see from Toyota and other car makers: More affordable very fuel - efficient and low - emission hybrids, plug - in hybrids, all cars flex fuel so that they can run on cellulosic ethanol when it is available (the fuel sensors required for that are apparently only about $ 30 - no reason not to include them in all cars), diesel - hybrids with the latest emission technology (to run on biodiesel where available, of course) and, as soon as battery technology is ready, affordable electric - only vehicles.

It surely helps that Tesla makes the Mercedes B - class motor, as well as its battery technology.

As battery technology improves, we're starting to see more electric motorcycles: Some are commercially available, many are DIY custom jobs.

Aircraft, locomotives, ships, trucks and construction vehicles would then be the primary end users of atmospherically derived synthetic fuels as battery technology is not, and is never likely to be an effective source of power for these end users.

Titles covering new and emerging topics such as battery technology and electric and hybrid vehicles are included as well, making the series an essential addition to any institution's automotive resources.

In May, 2013, after developing 10 prototypes for research and development purposes, Audi decided to put the production of the electric car on hold due to its limited all - electric range as battery technology did not advance as fast as Audi had expected, making the R8 e-tron unviable for series production.

As battery technology continues advancing with increased use of electric vehicles, overall costs of BEVs and their batteries are projected to decrease over time.

The Subsonic Ultra Green Aircraft Research (SUGAR) project identified hybrid technology as a clear winning concept for subsonic aircraft, as long as battery technology can be improved to make the planes commercially viable

Second, research continues into different battery technologies and, as battery technologies improve and become less expensive to manufacture (much like solar modules did), prices will fall until they are accessible by homeowners everywhere.

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This is precisely why his Grantham Foundation has aggressively invested in alternative transportation technologies, such as the lithium - ion battery systems expected to drive mass - market adoption of electric vehicles.

As this year's ultimate disruptor, Elon Musk, SpaceX & Tesla Motors CEO, discusses space travel, battery technology, solar power and the future of Tesla in a wide - ranging interview with CNBC's Julia Boorstin and Kelly Evans.

The Los Angeles - based company has developed technology that transmits ultrasonic waves (at a register well beyond what's audible) that are translated by devices as a microscopic quiver; this vibration is converted back into an electrical charge to power anything with a battery, no wires or wall plugs required.

What has brought big batteries to the fore is not new technology so much as the demand created by the growth in renewable energy.

The U.S. Department of Energy describes lithium - ion battery technology as growing in popularity because of «its lightweight, high - energy density, and ability to recharge.»

The Energy Department's ARPA - E program has conducted early - stage research into technologies such as advanced batteries, fusion and nanotechnology.

What makes the Stick - N - Find practical is a new radio technology known as Bluetooth Low Energy, which drastically reduces the battery power needed to send out a signal.

The competition is intensifying to use blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, to try to eliminate battery minerals produced by child labor.

LIT is the closer of two existing ETFs to DRIV, but since it is focused on battery technology and lithium as a raw material it has much more exposure to mining companies and, as a result, is more like a commodities market play.

The Gigafactory 1, which is located in Nevada, is crucial to Tesla's future because it is expected to help the company produce batteries en masse so that it can drive down the cost of the technology by as much as 30 %.

«Many of the technologies needed, such as batteries, motors and avionics are most of the way there,» explained Airbus project executive Rodin Lyasoff in the company's online magazine.

The crossover would add to Mercedes's growing line of lucrative top - end vehicles, such as this year's gas - guzzling AMG GT four - door coupe, as the world's biggest luxury - car maker seeks revenue to finance its expensive shift to battery technology.

As part of the cluster, Intelligent Generation was able to set up its solar panel and battery prototype on academic buildings at the Illinois Institute of Technology and demonstrate it to potential clients.

As tech companies push their businesses into making wearable devices like fitness bands, eyeglasses and smart watches, the limitations of battery technology have become the biggest obstacle to sales and greater profits.

ViZn has laid off all of its employees and ceased operations, as the latest in a series of closures and bankruptcies for makers of alternative battery technologies.

The iPhone was an enormous gamble, as its pushed the limits of then - available technology — the microprocessor, screen, battery, and wireless capability... Keep Reading

In the coming years, an electric car battery array might serve as a reserve for home power needs, but the technology is not trivial and does not yet exist commercially.

It is difficult to find fault with this phone though, just as with all modern smartphones running so many apps, battery life is an issue and will remain so until significant advances are made in battery technology.

The brainchild of Danny Crossman, a British bomb disposal officer responsible for such lifesaving technologies as the bomb suit featured in the OscarTM - winning movie, The Hurt Locker, ShockboxTM consists of a miniature sensor with rechargeable battery, BluetoothTM wireless module and a sensor, which transmits data on hits to a player's helmet in real time to a smartphone, laptop or PDA on which the Shockbox app has been downloaded.

He most recently worked as the chief technology officer at BessTech, an Albany battery company.

Next steps include expanding the use of the technology to different applications, such as solar and fuel cells; and using the battery to power different kinds of electronic devices.

They're similar to batteries, in that they electrostatically hold and release energy, but in our technology — mobile devices, laptops, electric cars — they tend to serve as a power backup because they can disburse their stored energy in a quick spurt, unlike batteries that do so over long period of use.

New battery technologies are going to be more and more important as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels and adopt greener energy sources.

«As far as we can tell, our technologies with both the silicon anode and sulfur cathode are among the most cost - effective solutions and therefore show promise for commercialization to make the next - generation of lithium - ion batteries to power portable electronics and electric vehicles,» said USC Viterbi graduate student RonAs far as we can tell, our technologies with both the silicon anode and sulfur cathode are among the most cost - effective solutions and therefore show promise for commercialization to make the next - generation of lithium - ion batteries to power portable electronics and electric vehicles,» said USC Viterbi graduate student Ronas we can tell, our technologies with both the silicon anode and sulfur cathode are among the most cost - effective solutions and therefore show promise for commercialization to make the next - generation of lithium - ion batteries to power portable electronics and electric vehicles,» said USC Viterbi graduate student Rong.

Such new technology will enable advances in battery materials science, flexible battery charging rates, thermal and electrical engineering of new battery materials / technology and it has the potential to help the design of energy storage systems for high performance applications such as motor racing and grid balancing.

It turns out they are indispensable for a range of urgently needed green energy technologies such as wind turbine generators, low - energy lighting, fuel cells, rechargeable batteries, magnetic refrigeration and hydrogen storage.

ORNL's technology could have a much greater impact on purely electric vehicles such as the upcoming Nissan Leaf or Ford Focus RV, which do not have a combustion engine to rely on, meaning depleted batteries need to be charged quickly for the car to be practical.

A key assumption is that technology breakthroughs can be made in solar, nuclear, wind and geothermal power, as well as in carbon capture and sequestration and electric vehicle batteries.

And because photonic chips shuttle photons instead of electrons, mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets built with this technology would consume less power, have longer battery life and generate less heat than existing mobile devices.

The company plans to produce more chiller - battery pairs as demand rises, and Grama and White hope to apply their technology to cool vegetables and other perishable food items.

The higher energy capacity of this miniature thin - film fuel cell battery «will lead to further new classes of personal electronics, such as autonomous sensors and communication devices that are not currently possible with existing battery technologies,» Morse asserts.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists David Bradwell and Donald Sadoway were funded to build a «pizza box» — size version of their liquid - metal battery — based loosely on the electricity - intensive process of making aluminum — that could enable the cheap storage of megawatts of electricity from intermittent resources such as the sun and wind.

AFS Trinity Power in Bellevue, Washington, recently displayed a modified hybrid SUV that uses ultracapacitors alongside batteries and an internal combustion engine, and major manufacturers such as Honda and Toyota have also been experimenting with the technology.

The innovation is especially significant for small devices, Hunter says, because other energy - storage technologies — such as fuel cells, batteries, and flywheels — tend to be less efficient, or simply too complex to be practical when reduced to very small sizes.

«Our process also has an important advantage over battery or gaseous - hydrogen powered vehicle technologies as many of the hydrocarbon products from our reaction are exactly what we use in cars, trucks and planes, so there would be no need to change the current fuel distribution system,» said Frederick MacDonnell, UTA interim chair of chemistry and biochemistry and co-principal investigator of the project.

The President's initiative will empower young men and women to invent and commercialize advanced energy technologies such as efficient and cost effective methods for converting sunlight to electricity and fuel, carbon capture and sequestration, stationary and portable advanced batteries for plug - in electric cars, advanced energy storage concepts that will enable sustained energy supply from solar, wind, and other renewable energy sources, high - efficiency deployment of power across «smart grids,» and carbon neutral commercial and residential buildings.

Technology such as regenerative braking, which recovers energy to recharge the battery, means the EVs can race from 0 to 150 mph for about 35 minutes, which is a comparable racing time to internal combustion engine racing.

Many other battery - free technologies that rely on ambient energy sources, such as temperature sensors or an accelerometer, conserve power with intermittent operations.

The new technology is designed for conventional lithium - ion batteries now used in billions of cellphones, laptops and other electronic devices, as well as a growing number of cars and airplanes.

Mark Hersam, a materials scientist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, is developing nanomaterials for a range of uses, such as solar cells and batteries, information technology and biotechnology.

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.