Sentences with phrase «cars than a conventional one»

Their analysis showed that, for a given number of cars, a well - designed AV parking lot could accommodate 62 per cent more cars than a conventional one.

Not exact matches

Earlier this summer, Ford Motor Company showed off how it was testing 3D printing technology to improve its manufacturing and create new prototypes of car parts more quickly than with conventional methods.

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.

Electric cars are an apt metaphor, because whenever clean meat does hit supermarkets, it will almost certainly be pricier than conventional meat.

In the eyes of insurers, today's self - driving vehicles are treated no differently than conventional cars when they're involved in a collision, according to Maureen Brown of Munich Reinsurance America, a firm that insures a number of companies testing autonomous vehicles.

Electric cars are significantly quieter than conventional internal combustion engine automobiles.

Zinc can be found in most car parts, from tires to door handles, and because it can store six times more energy per pound than more conventional battery systems, the metal is also used in electric vehicles.

A rear wing was later added too, making the car look much more conventional than originally planned - apart from the sidepods, which extended all the way to the rear wing.

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.

Although it's still a long shot, the idea that FCEVs could one day replace conventional gasoline cars seems more likely today than ever before.

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.

Currently more than 40 per cent of the US corn crop goes into producing ethanol, which is mostly mixed with gasoline to fuel conventional cars.

Electric cars generate next to no heat as opposed to conventional passenger vehicles, which produce more than enough engine heat to heat the interior.

The electric car may find itself only a niche product, rather than a replacement for conventional cars moved by internal combustion — even if EVs are safer overall.

Firstly, an electric motor makes less noise than a conventional engine and secondly, most electric cars are fitted with specially - developed low rolling resistance (EV) tires that make less noise than traditional car tires.

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.

This makes it more than twice as efficient as conventional hybrid cars, which can only recover about 30 per cent of the braking energy, he says.

Car exhaust, secondhand smoke, flame retardants, plastic packaging, heavy metals, pesticides, exogenous hormones in conventional meat and dairy, BPA - coated receipts... Unless you're living in a virgin forest, you're going to come into contact with some less - than - optimal chemicals pretty much every day.

Though the iQ doesn't get the vaunted 40 - mpg highway estimate that so many subcompacts are pushing these days, its mileage — 36/37 mpg city / highway — reads more like that of a hybrid than a conventional car.

Driving two 5 - series - one equipped with Active Steering and one without - back - to - back on an autocross course, we found the car equipped with Active Steering allowed us to hustle through much more quickly and with far less understeer than the car with BMW's conventional, but still excellent, rack - and - pinion setup.

The five - door hatch i1 will be prettier, cheaper, and more practical than the current i3, swapping that car's expensive high - tech underpinnings for a much more conventional layout based on the FAAR WE front - drive architecture that will be shared with the next generation 1 Series, X1 SUV, and all future Minis.

I have regularly driven a BX and several Xantias and have never thought that they handled any better or worse than a «conventional» car in normal road situations.

-- U.S. - market cars don't get the polycarbonate rear and side windows like the European 911 R. Conventional glass adds just more than 7 pounds to R models coming to our shores, but Porsche lists the weight the same as the Euro car.

With new prototype regulations arriving next year, there wasn't much buzz in the prototype classes other than Mazda's decision to jettison the uncompetitive diesel that hamstrung its cars for the past two seasons in favor of a conventional gasoline - powered engine.

Simply refining conventional technology (and reducing weight) has delivered benefits - on popular economy - tracking site Fuelly, owners of the latest generation MX - 5 are getting 6 - 8mpg more than their counterparts in the previous - generation car, while also benefitting from better performance.

It has a series of pushbuttons in place of the front - wheel - drive car's conventional gearshift and will be a standalone option rather than a separate trim level.

Likewise, recent VED changes mean that while some first - year rates are still low for low - CO2 cars, the annual rate is # 140 for most conventional cars - or # 450 a year if your car has a list price of more than # 40,000.

Top speed is the same, and when the little two - cylinder range - extending engine is running there's a little more noise, but it's still quieter than most conventional cars.

Structurally, the Clarity is fairly conventional: You get a high - tensile steel monocoque structure, with a higher proportion of high - strength steel than most cars of its size, resulting (according to Honda) in a 15 per cent weight saving.

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

It may not be outright beautiful by conventional standards, but it does look breathtakingly different: the radically aggressive, big - mouth front end vacates fast lanes more promptly than a cop car with siren wailing and lights blazing.

Together with CST, it distributes the torque between the rear wheels in a way that allows the car to accelerate out of bends some 20 percent faster than a model fitted with a conventional limited - slip diff.

However, the limited - slip differential is a more conventional unit than the Active M Differential found in BMW's M - cars.

Compared with other conventional vehicles, the ELR's brakes feel disconnected, artificial and not as strong as they could be, but to me they're no worse than nearly any other electric car's system.

Beginning with the Mercedes - Benz CLS - Class, German automakers began using the term «four - door coupe» to describe a car with four doors, but with a lower, sleeker roofline than a conventional sedan.

Switching the transmission into manual mode allows more control but seems to contradict the car's mission, although it was nice to discover that the buttons on the front and back of each side of the steering wheel shifted up and down, rather than the more conventional left - is - up, right - is - down setup.

Also, with a DCT, shifts can be made more smoothly than with a single - clutch AMT, making a DCT more suitable for conventional road cars.

The CCM brakes are some 12.5 kg lighter than conventional brakes reducing not only the overall weight of the car but also the unsprung mass specifically.

You can even find cars where the dual - clutch transmission has better fuel economy than a conventional mechanical transmission.

With less distance between the front and back wheels than you'd find on a compact hatchback or sedan, and a usually firmer suspension setup to prevent body lean in the bends, there's always the chance that compact crossovers tend to be noticeably worse to drive than more conventional cars.

The body styling is quite vanlike, but the Odyssey sits lower than the other guys» offerings and uses four conventional car doors instead of the two front doors and single sliding side door found on regular minivans.

This race - proven powerplant will have an easy time of it with the OPC EXTREME, because the super sporty car is 100 kilograms lighter than a conventional Astra OPC thanks to its high - quality, carbon fiber components.

The butterfly - opening doors are hinged on the sloping A-pillars to maximize the opening area and ease of cabin entry to even the rear seat passengers, whilst requiring no more opening room within a car parking space than conventional doors.

The Nissan Leaf battery pack is expected to last around a decade, and servicing is significantly less than a conventional car.

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.

USED PLUG - IN PRICES PLUNGE Earlier in the week we reported that hybrids and EVs are depreciating faster than conventional cars.

To reduce their drag factor to slice through the air as they travel and reduce fuel consumption further, they are considerably more aerodynamic than conventional cars.

These first - of - its - kind mirrors are narrower than conventional ones and they reduce the width of the car by 15 cm.

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.