Sentences with phrase «at conventional car»

The study, entitled «State of Charge: Electric Vehicles» Global Warming Emissions and Fuel Cost Savings Across the United States,» points out that charging an electric vehicle with coal - based electricity yields the same carbon impact as at conventional car that gets 30 miles per gallon (mpg).

Not exact matches

In a press release, Volvo, the only car manufacturer in the group, says the material is better at storing and charging energy than conventional batteries.

Conventional wisdom quantifies that buffer of time at roughly a generation, for the simple reason we often grow up to buy — or at least aspire to buy — those very same cars we lusted after as children.

The basics: The car is powered by an advanced lithium - ion battery technology that can be charged at a conventional charging station or via a plate that can be stored in your garage.

This type of car seat (or stroller - whichever way you want to look at it) is more expensive than a conventional car seat that suits only one purpose.

The power lost by these systems in transferring energy could be enough to make electric vehicles and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles less environmentally friendly than conventional cars, says Michael Kintner - Meyer at the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.

«The results show that there is a massive potential for reducing both traffic noise and fuel consumption linked to conventional cars by combining low - noise tires and the right kind of road surfacing,» says Truls Berge, an acoustics researcher at SINTEF.

One kilometre in a conventional car with a fuel consumption of 9 litres per 100 kilometres (26 miles per US gallon), with gasoline at $ 3.60 per gallon, costs more than 8 cents.

To persuade society at large to put lives in the hands of autonomous cars, their makers will have to show that the cars are at least as safe as conventional vehicles.

There are barely conventional hatchback cars at all.

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It will not corner at the same speed as a conventional car.

Imagine densely packed cities and suburbs thick with Google - developed, fully automated cars zipping silently alongside more conventional vehicles that become driverless at the touch of a button.

Dodge's Viper ACR is almost twice as expensive as the more conventional muscle cars at $ 121,395.

Both versions are claimed to weight exactly the same at 2070 kg, due to the rear - drive car's more conventional (and lighter) suspension set - up.

Its door opens conventionally, though it's at least three times thicker than any conventional sports - car door.

For my taste, the grille is much too big, and the surfaces around it too diverse, with elements pointing up and down at various places, with only the top and bottom of the grille and the bar below the chin inlet emphasizing the horizontal.This is again a very good - looking car with some conventional contemporary elements and a few others out of the past, like the inverse - curved backlight that recalls the 1974 Citroën CX and some Pininfarina sports cars from about the same period.

When driven hard the pads wear at a similar rate to those used on conventional brakes; the discs still withstand wear better no matter how the car is driven.

Also standard on the new QX80 LIMITED is the Smart Rear View Mirror that allows the driver to use the rear - view mirror as a conventional mirror or turn it into a monitor at the flip of a switch, helping the driver to see behind the car even when the rear window is blocked by passengers or cargo.

The Turbo 2 — represented by the car you see here, for sale at Cheshire Classic Cars in Chester — was slightly more conventional in its details to reduce cost, but eventually more extreme, as Renault brought rallying examples up to Group B specification.

At the concept's debut, AMG boss Tobias Moers told us that the car would hit production next year, initially without the hybrid V8 drivetrain — just a conventional internal combustion engine.

Audi says its ultra-light concept car to be unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show in September doesn't fit into any conventional automotive categories.

One of the distinctly unusual features of this car was that unlike most other passenger cars, its hood was hinged in the front thus opening at the passenger compartment, opposite of the conventional setup.

The Atkinson cycle engine and e-CVT transmission are more efficient than conventional systems, while the car's aerodynamics are better than might be guessed at considering the edgy design.

Diesels offer plenty of torque, fuel economy and range, but typically they will be found on compact class and higher cars and usually at a premium over conventional gas engines.

The NSX's brake pedal has an entirely conventional sports car feel at both road and track speeds yet at lower G - loadings much of the braking is via the «regen» function.

This new super sedan, codenamed F90, gets an upgraded, stronger version of its predecessor's powerplant but also breaks new ground at M Gmbh by becoming the first M car to have its engine coupled with all - wheel drive and a conventional automatic gearbox.

I think all these hybrid technology is still in the crappy stage because these car should be designed to get at least 50 % more than the conventional gasoline vehicle.

Unlike conventional cars, many hybrids get better city mileage than highway mileage, because at low speeds, they can operate on electric power alone.

Heavily inspired by the E-Motion concept that was unveiled at the Shanghai auto show back in April 2017, it's rumoured that instead of that car's advanced pure - electric powertrain the X-Motion will be equipped with a conventional internal combustion engine.

«It has two to three times larger crumple zones at front [than a conventional car],» he said, showing the front trunk (frunk) that's big enough to fit a golf bag.

As a hybrid, it's unlike a conventional car as the digital needle can drop to 0 rpm at low - load points in the drive, or you might see the revs artificially low in the teens with speeds close to highway velocity.

And while the 2012 Ford Focus Electric marks the Blue Oval's first crack at a mainstream electric car, they succeeded in producing a relatively affordable gas - free vehicle that drives, feels and looks like a conventional car.

The test car also included keyless entry for $ 137, rear air suspension for $ 285, electronic group (instrumentation, tripminder computer, automatic temperature control) for $ 516, power passenger seat at $ 489, upgraded radio for $ 335 and a conventional spare tire for $ 85.

Electric power generated in overrun and when applying the brakes on BMW ActiveHybrid 7 in a neutral process without any additional consumption of fuel is fed into the car's two on - board networks: BMW ActiveHybrid 7 features both a conventional 12 - volt on - board network fed by an AGM (absorbent glass mat) battery and a high - voltage battery featuring lithium - ion technology and operating at 120 V.

The differences between driving the Prius and a conventional gasoline - engine car are very subtle — silent acceleration from rest and gasoline - engine shutdown at stops.

Almost no one noticed, as the car looks almost identical to the all - electric Ioniq, which made a big splash at the New York International Auto Show in March alongside its sibling conventional hybrid and plug - in hybrid versions.

In their November / December residual - value analysis, automotive - industry analyst ALG said that the resale value of the all - electric 2012 Nissan Leaf is 34 percent of its new - car list price after four years of ownership, and the Leaf's conventional counterpart, the 2012 Nissan Sentra, is at 40 percent.

Driven in the same manner as the twin - turbo car, the hybrid returned a fuel consumption of 9.0 L / 100 km — just over a litre less than the conventional LS, which finished up at 10.1 L / 100 km.

Braking is accomplished and energy is recaptured through the electric motors» regenerative function, unless the car detects more aggressive deceleration is required, at that point a conventional electromechanical system featuring carbon - ceramic discs starts functioning to assist.

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At first glance, the e-tron looks much more toned down than the original design, however, the company has tried to keep the design as fresh as possible, going away from the conventional method of converting existing cars in to electric or hybrid.

There was an internal struggle at Nissan to decide which way to go — with a conventional design that was easier to engineer and manufacture, or with a bolder design that looked more like a concept car.

Proof of this is the innovative use of the PTU, another ingenious Ferrari patent that delivers four - wheel drive but still, uniquely, maintains 53 % of the car's weight at the rear and reduces the system's weight by 50 % compared to conventional 4WD systems.

The high interest payments means you will ultimately pay more for the vehicle than you would have paid through a conventional lender, but if you need a vehicle it is one way to get a car loan at 18 years old.

But more than three years after the recession threw car sales into a tailspin, many dealers have started offering loans at interest rates so low they don't make much of a profit — and that's turning conventional car - buying wisdom on its head.

The miniaturizing nostalgia shrink ray is sprayed at everything now: Cars; entertainment systems both super and conventional Nintendo; iPads; arcade cabinets... There's also now a The C64 Mini, not a Commodore 64 Mini or Classic Edition, but strictly The C64 Mini.

[Andy Revkin — A better car battery, and new cheap ways to store electricity at large scale, are keys to moving away from conventional energy sources, many experts say.

The study, conducted among 1,240 buyers and those intending to buy new light duty cars and trucks, found that while awareness of hybrids is now very high among US consumers, consideration of a conventional hybrid vehicle has flattened at just under 50 %.

With additional battery packs added to a conventional gas / electric hybrid, a car can run on electric power alone for somewhere between 20 and 60 miles, at which point it switches over to the hybrid system.