Sentences with phrase «as generator when»

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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When CVS wanted to make clear to Wall Street and Main Street it was pivoting its business much more toward to the health industry in 2014, it went as far as changing its name to CVS Health from CVS Caremark, and to drop tobacco products, a $ 2 billion a year revenue generator, from its stores.

It is also a second - chance stage, when partially unfinished developmental tasks may be completed as a foundation for the life tasks of the three adult stages — intimacy (emotional and sexual) in young adulthood, generativity (being a generator or creator) in the middle years, and ego integrity (making peace with life) in the older adult years.

«Just as in regular electric generators, when moving magnetic fields cross long electrical conductors, electric currents will be generated.

Some were interested in «islanding,» using it as the backbone for an alternate power grid that could sustain itself with emergency generators and large amounts of solar and wind energy if and when the central power grid went down.

When generators fail, as they did last winter in Texas, controllers lean on «demand - response customers» — large electricity users, like factories, that are paid to be on call, ready to use a little less or even shut everything off at a moment's notice.

GE's H - class heavy - duty gas turbines are currently the world's largest and most efficient gas turbines, capable of converting fuel and air into electricity at more than 62 percent power - plant efficiency when matched with a steam turbine generator, a setup known as combined cycle.

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.

When combining a frequency generator with any other protocol, ionized water or alkaline water is definitely recommended but purified water will do as well and is what most researchers use.

A lot in this movie is stupid or makes no sense when you think about it - like the truth about the Bleeder's face and how that asylum doesn't have any emergency generator -, but it has its moments and Palance, Pleasence and Landau seem to be having crazy fun as sick f *** s.

When he returns home, the writer — whose first name is Alan but is mostly referred to as Blue — tries to readjust to his previous posh life as a successful generator of witty plays and humorous magazine essays.

When accelerator - pedal pressure is reduced or the brake pedal is applied, the main drive motor temporarily operates as a generator and the electrical current produced restores a portion of the battery's charge.

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.

There's a dynamic sound generator, known as the «AMG Drive Unit» installed inside the car, which generates a range of noises when driving, as well as a process Mercedes calls «Sound Cleaning» which reduces the apparent road and wind noise.

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.

It uses a 1.4 - liter four - cylinder engine as a generator for the battery and range extender when the battery is depleted.

Of course the motor can do more than propel the car as well, turning into a generator when decelerating to charge the battery.

Alternatively, the plug - in hybrid system that's been an option for the Prius uses all electric power, drawing energy primarily from a plug - in charger that's used while the car is parked, with the gas engine only acting as an onboard generator when battery power gets too low.

The hybrid's IMA system utilizes an electric motor fitted between the gas engine and the five - speed automatic transmission that boosts power only when necessary (such as when you're climbing a hill or passing in traffic) and also functions as a generator, charging the batteries during deceleration and braking.

Honda really should do something about quieting the engine noise when in generator mode or perhaps boost the battery size so the combustion engine doesn't need to work as hard.

As the vehicle comes to a stop, the engine's start - stop function is active when the motor - generator unit brings the engine to a smooth stop to position it properly for a smooth restart when the brake is released.

The TSI engine uses the front electric motor as a generator to power the rear motor when the battery is low, to make up this all - wheel - drive system, hence the «electric propshaft» name.

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

But in addition to keeping the 12 - volt battery charged, the motor / generator quickly restarts the motor when the automatic stop / start system is used, and it adds assist as a mild - hybrid system.

It uses only an electric motor to move the car, while a petrol engine is used as a generator producing electricity that goes directly into propelling the electric motor or, when electricity is in excess, to charge the batteries (similar to BMW's REX).

When the RX 400h is coasting or the brakes are applied, the electric motors function as generators, capturing kinetic energy that would normally be lost as heat through the brakes and transforming it into useable electricity to recharge the batteries.

But also, when the accelerator is let up to slow the car, the electric motor becomes a generator, using the car's momentum to help recharge the batteries in a process known as regenerative braking.

Making it happen is a starter generator that's mounted between the crankshaft and transmission, creating a slow draw to help soak up errant energy when needed, such as under braking.

When the Insight is coasting or its brakes are applied, and the vehicle is in gear, its electric - assist motor becomes a generator, converting forward momentum into electrical energy, instead of wasting it as heat during conventional braking (vented front disc / rear drum brakes are still the main means of braking).

But «when the battery is not sufficiently charged» «both electric motors work as generators» - which implies the car is not going to coast, but to brake.

When operating as a generator in Brake Energy Regeneration, the electric motor produces approximately 27 hp of brake force.

If the driver removes his or her foot from the accelerator or brakes when the battery is not sufficiently charged, both electric motors work as generators and feed the energy generated during braking to the lithium - ion battery.

When the car is coasting or brakes are applied, the motor performs as a generator and charges the 20 - kilowtt lithium - ion battery pack located in the trunk.

When decelerating, the regenerating mechanism uses the motor as a generator, supplementing the lithium - ion battery's supply.

When the car is in motion, power from the gasoline engine is split between the drivetrain — to move the car — and the generator, which uses the resultant electricity either to drive the electric motor to help turn the wheels or to power electronics, as well as to charge the battery, which can then be used to drive the car on its own.

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.

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.

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.

It runs on an electric charge and generates additional energy through a gas - powered generator when the battery runs out — giving you the confidence to go as far as you want.

When the driver takes his or her foot off the accelerator pedal or brake and the battery is insufficiently charged, both electric motors work as generators and feed the energy generated during braking into the battery.

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

When you lift off the accelerator the car automatically slows down as the generator creates drag.

The planetary gearset simultaneously fulfills three roles: as a power split device between the generator and the front wheels, as a reduction gear for the electric motor and, when both work together, as an electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (CVT).

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