Sentences with phrase «by a combustion engine»

«We have 100 students this year, designing and building full - sized track cars that are zero emission,» he explains, «and we're building a car that will be racing at Silverstone this year against vehicles powered by combustion engines.»

When the vehicle is driven in E-Charge mode, the high - voltage battery is charged by the combustion engine.

A pressure point on the accelerator pedal signals the switch between all - electric mode and driving powered by the combustion engine.

This means that it can be driven by the combustion engine.

The Boosted Range Extender offers two gears for the e-motor as well as for direct drive by the combustion engine for a cost - optimized, scalable concept with high ranges and dynamic driving comfort in each operating mode.

Because of its parallel hybrid configuration, the 918 Spyder can be powered at the rear axle either individually by the combustion engine or electric motor or via both drives jointly.

This increased output is balanced by the combustion engine charging the battery more intensively.

The peak torque of 500 Nm produced by the combustion engine is overlaid by the 250 Nm of peak torque produced by the electric motor.The S 300 BlueTEC HYBRID returns 64.2 mpg on combined cycle (CO2: 115 g / km) and complies with the criteria for energy efficiency class A +.

While the batteries of the S 400 HYBRID and S 300 BlueTEC HYBRID as autonomous hybrids are charged during braking or coasting or by the combustion engine, the new high - voltage lithium - ion battery of the S 500 PLUG - IN HYBRID has ten times the energy content and offers the option of being recharged from an external source with a charging socket located on the right side of the rear bumper.

It offers plenty of space inside, not least because it's an SUV, but also because no space is being taken up by a combustion engine.

Not exact matches

Elio's motivations are similar to Tesla's — while it's driven by an old - fashioned internal combustion engine, the small, light vehicle will get something like 84 miles per gallon, and the company's DOE application will hinge on its advantages in environmental impact and energy independence.

Even if the ambitious targets of the world's biggest economies are met, and internal combustion engines give way to electric or other zero - emission vehicles by 2040, the total impact on global carbon dioxide emissions will be minimal, according to a new study released Tuesday.

For a long time, electric car buyers were spared the 180 percent import tax that Denmark applies to vehicles fueled by an internal combustion engine.

Norway plans to ban the vehicles by 2025, while Germany hopes to end the sale of combustion - engine vehicles by 2030.

The new cars may generate only about half the profits earned by equivalent combustion - engine autos, the company said last year.

Instead of the tiny explosions that drive the pistons of a standard internal - combustion engine, the Stirling drives its piston by forcing gas from one chamber to another in a perfectly closed system.

The swept volume of one combustion chamber is calculated («swept volume» being the space available for the fuel mixture before combustion; generally speaking, the more space, the more fuel and the more power produced), then multiplied by the number of cylinders in the engine.

«We start by developing a single - cylinder engine to test combustion systems for our future [road] sportscars.

It's powered by an updated 2.0 - litre V4 petrol engine, with big claims of it being the «most efficient combustion engine» in Porsche's history.

One way that automakers aim to improve fuel economy on internal combustion engines is by altering the transmission, which can boost performance by an estimated 5 to 10 percent.

The message, first reported by Bloomberg, came after China made an announcement to restrict internal combustion engines.

A malfunctioning engine imparts less energy but also creates toxic by - products as a result of incomplete combustion.

Had they not been run by crooks, chances are that the internal combustion engine would not have dominated the 20th century (see «How crooks stalled the rise of electric cars for 100 years»).

Battery - powered buses could have killed off the internal combustion engine long ago, if only the company making them hadn't been run by swindlers

Another study, published last year in Reviews of Geophysics, lists the man - made aerosols as coming from sulfates, nitrate and black carbon emitted by internal combustion engines, coal - fired power plants, slash - and - burn agricultural practices, and smoke from cooking.

Banned in Delhi for a decade, smog - spewing combustion engine — powered rickshaws are fading away in India and in many other countries, thanks not only to inroads by minivans, but also to improved rickshaw motor designs coupled with laws to mothball dirtier models.

Saab's combustion - control engine has leapfrogged the manufacturers still studying fuel cells, methanol fuels, and electrics by reinventing an ordinary internal - combustion gasoline power plant that recycles unburned components of its exhaust.

They are mostly by - products of combustion engines and burning wood.

Some scientists think that aging is caused by a nasty byproduct of metabolism that beats up the components of cells, much like combustion wears down engines.

Because Raptor is a staged combustion engine — like the main engines of NASA's now - retired space shuttle fleet — it is expected to be far more efficient than the open - cycle Merlin engines used by the Falcon 9.

A new data logger developed by Fraunhofer researchers simultaneously collects data from vehicles with combustion engines, electric drives, external sensors, and location data, and permits the development of new hybrid and electric vehicles.

The Chevrolet Volt, which GM plans to introduce in two years (reportedly at a mid - $ 30,000 base price), is a new breed of gasoline - electric hybrid, cars powered by a battery - powered electric motor that can be recharged on the road with an internal combustion engine.

«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion engine cars, hybrid cars, as well as electric cars powered either by batteries or fuel cells.

Now an international team of researchers led by the lung researcher Marianne Geiser from the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Bern and the aerosol researcher Josef Dommen from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI has shown that secondary particles from gasoline combustion in Euro 5 engines directly damage lung tissue as well as weaken its defense functions.

Overshadowed by its steam and internal combustion brethren, the Stirling engine is a quiet, efficient alternative that compresses a fixed amount of gas inside a cylinder.

However, its future potential uses are significantly limited by scarcity and cost, as well as the fact that platinum readily binds with carbon monoxide, which «poisons» the desired reactions, for example in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which are the leading contenders for small - scale and mobile power generation not based on batteries or combustion engines.

Human - generated aerosols can enter the atmosphere directly, as is the case with soot emitted by internal combustion engines in cars and trucks, he explains.

Like other major automakers, Audi (and its parent Volkswagen Group) is working on meeting its medium - term regulatory requirements (e.g., in the 2020 timeframe) by reducing the average fuel consumption of its new vehicles using a combination of three primary measures: optimizing its combustion engines for greater efficiency; developing alternative drive... Read more →

The capabilities of Test Cell 1 include a fuel / air combustion skid for energy input; cooling systems for heat removal; 130 kW eddy - current dynamometer for precision power measurements; and instrumentation, system protection, and power control channels.For measuring the thermal output of fuel - fired thermal energy systems, such as a gas - fired liquid - metal evaporator for Stirling engines, Test Cell 1 offers a gas - gap calorimeter, which simulates the engine by allowing the liquid metal to condense at operating temperatures.

In supersonic engines, RM enhances combustion efficiency by blending the fuel and the oxidizer.

According to Jaguar Land Rover director of research and technology Dr. Wolfgang Epple, the HVAC system can suck up to 40 percent of an electric car's battery range, while air conditioning can cut range on a traditional combustion engine by up to 20 percent.

You can also test for combustion gas in the coolant by over filling the reservoir, get the engine hot and check for bubbling in the reservoir.

Also, because the internal combustion engine is started by motor - generators driven by the high - voltage traction battery, the 12V cabling from under the trunk to under the hood doesn't need to be so thick.

There's no such thing as a free lunch, however, and racing rules say that by improving its hybrid system, Audi's internal combustion engine must use 2.5 percent less fuel than before.

It's not just automakers — major European countries will ban diesel engines (or in extreme cases, all internal - combustion engines) in the coming decades, with Korea itself restricting the sale of diesel vehicles by 2030.

It's a Diesel, which means that you usually have a high detergent oil in an engine that dumps combustion by - products like soot into the oil as part of its normal operation.

Fact is, large quantities of water are produced by the normal combustion process and, depending on engine wear, some of it gets into the crank case.

Piston rings, even in a fresh engine, always have at least a minimal amount of blow - by from combustion.

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.

When this occurs, engine damage is created by the sharp pressure rise and rough combustion taking place.