Sentences with phrase «car as a generator»

Obviously you couldn't do that in the usual way, but in principle you could use another car as a generator to charge the battery.

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Maria, which hit the island as a Category 4, completely knocked out the island's power grid — so the only power is coming from generators and car batteries.

For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

It only needs to change the perspective: as an oncoming car approaches, the effects generator zooms into a library picture to make the vehicle appear to get closer.

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.

The black COG is connected to the crankshaft of the engine with a belt just like the compressor of the air conditioner, and runs off of the engine power, think of it as a electric generator for the car.

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

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

As an aside: this thing has better reasoning behind it that those «vortex generators» that supposedly improve your car's performance.

Unlike more conventional hybrid systems, Nissan's e-Power system only uses the gas engine as a generator and will not power the car directly.

Slowing the speed of the cars or keeping it in control on descending gradients, the motors worked as generators and braked the vehicles.

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.

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.

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.

As the car's speed increases, the Hybrid Starter motor / Generator (HSG) starts the petrol engine and the clutch is closed, allowing the engine to drive the car.

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.

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).

Rather than reuse that electricity as drive energy, though, the Mazda3 uses it to power all of the car's auxiliary systems, taking some of the generator load off the engine.

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.

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.

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.

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

Moreover, a sound generator ensures that the sonorous engine acoustics are perfectly «mixed» in the car's interior as well.

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 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.

I was wondering why nobody made a hybrid car that places more of an emphasis on using the gas motor as a generator.

If the battery fills up due to regenerative braking in B the car will dissipate the energy by using the generator to spin the gas engine (known as «engine braking») rather than using the friction brakes on the wheels.

As long as the engine is pulling the car, on the other hand, the generator is generally disconnecteAs long as the engine is pulling the car, on the other hand, the generator is generally disconnecteas the engine is pulling the car, on the other hand, the generator is generally disconnected.

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

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 changeAs 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 changeas a generator, two electric motors, and a lithium - ion battery, but a lot has changed.

Although it made its name as a car buying service, CarsDirect offers a full menu of car - related services, including a loan lead generator that connects buyers with lenders that can process their loan.

The train has 23 coaches as accommodation, dining venues, souvenir shop, bar, generator, lounge, store cars etc..

As a by - product of this integrated system, it places virtually no wear on the brakes themselves since gears in the generators capture much of energy normally wasted when the typical car brakes.

But because backup generators must repeatedly surge to full power and back to standby, as wind speed rises and falls, they operate inefficiently, use more fuel and emit more — much like cars forced to stop repeatedly on freeways.

Hence, adds that the biodiesel production to be used to 100 % in a farm, the use of vegetable oil as direct fuel with little adaptations in the gas engines, hybrid cars, domestic Aeolian generators, etc, don't have enough media or institutional support.

Thus, there were no real diesel options in the low horsepower range for use in cars, but there were such engines available for use in «stationary» installations such as for auxilliary generators in Recreational Vehicles.

Promotion of electric cars and pluggable hybrids will allow the power companies to end the wasteful practice of keeping generators running on idle as spinning reserve.