Sentences with phrase «conventional cars with»

The key now is to shift more road freight to electrified rail, increase the use of light rail and metro subways within cities, and accelerate the replacement of conventional cars with plug - in hybrids and all - electric vehicles — and to run them all largely on electricity generated from renewable sources.

It could cost the U.K. $ 263 billion to to meet its goal of replacing all its conventional cars with electric ones by 2040, according to The Telegraph newspaper.

After driving the CVT tech, driving my friends conventional cars with freq jerks of gear shift are no more a pleasure even with V6.

THERE are grave flaws in a study which claims that replacing conventional cars with electric vehicles will expose people to dangerous levels of lead, according to industry and environmental groups.

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.

Not Grandmother's Bicycle The 2014 BMW i3 looks the part of the future, since the BMW stylists self - consciously pursued a design strategy that made the car look like a science experiment, not just a conventional car with an battery - powered electric drivetrain like the 2009 Mini E and the 2012 BMW Active - E.

In an article on Gizmodo complaining about a lame GM design for an AV, Jason Torchinsky noted that there is no reason for an AV to look like a conventional car with people looking forward.

The spunky alternative to the LEAF, Fit and Chevy Volt offers the ecological and performance benefits one would expect from an EV with some of the enjoyable bells and whistles one would expect from a conventional car with an ICE engine.

The «B» setting on the drive selector offers an intermediate setting that increases regenerative braking over that in the standard mode, which mimics the behavior of a conventional car with an automatic transmission.

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.

The transmission does not form part of the engine as on conventional cars, but is unit - built with the rear axle and bolted to the chassis to reduce unsprung weight.

Unlike traditional infant car seats, the transporter can be used 24/7 - for overnight sleeping when used with a mattress, just like a conventional carrycot, or naps during the day.

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.

In the meantime, Tesla Motors in Silicon Valley is wowing the well - heeled with a conventional electric car powered by unconventional lithium batteries that can blast this $ 100,000 Lotus - based roadster from 0 to 60 miles per hour in four seconds.

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.

«The results, which demonstrate a reduction in both noise and energy consumption, raise the interesting issue of a technology «transfer» by which conventional cars could be fitted with tires developed for electric cars, combined with a re-assessment of what road surfacing textures should be used in heavy traffic areas.

What makes the data logger exceptional is that it is flexibly configurable; its use is not restricted to cars with a conventional combustion engine.

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.

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.

Just like the TT in which it debuted, this replaces conventional instruments with a high - tech TFT screen that displays both car data and useful info from the navigation system or infotainment setup.

In selecting the Dart GT model, we got a car with Dodge's conventional six - speed automatic transmission instead of the clumsy - shifting dual - clutch automatic.

When we consider that a wing's underside is the most important surface for producing downforce, we stumble across an issue with conventional wings: Most are connected to the car via two struts located underneath.

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.

Oil changes may be more expensive with the required 0W - 20 weight oil compared to conventional oil, but only having to service the car once or twice a year keeps annual costs to nearly a wash.

Weight was saved on the brakes too, replacing the concept's Brembo discs and pads with conventional MX - 5 ones - a step that seems somewhat retrogressive, but big brakes aren't as necessary on a lighter car - and the 11.3 kg standard battery was replaced with a 2 kg lithium alternative.

Now, the Leaf could be mistaken for one of Nissan's conventional hatchbacks: Gone are the headlights that stretched up the front fenders, replaced with less daring horizontal lights, and the front end has adopted Nissan's corporate V - Motion grille, seen on everything from the Murano SUV to the Sentra compact car.

This comprises few moving parts when compared with a conventional gas - or diesel - fueled car or hybrid, or with the Chevy Volt.

AUTOMOBILE had previous confirmation from a Google representative of Continental's deal with Google, and in 2013 published a «first drive» of a conventional modern car with autonomous capabilities.

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.

The problem with autonomous cars is that those behind them are scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs - but not competent drivers (so just like the designers of conventional cars)- they are so obsessed with technology and what is possible, they fail to consider what is appropriate and practical.

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.

How common is a battery failure on hybrids when compared e.g. to a transmission failure on a car with conventional automatic transmission, or to an engine failure on any internal combustion engine powered car?

Although one could easily fuse the hardcore engineering concept with a relatively conventional supercar body style, Audi's high - performance squad decided to model the road car after the racecar.

With hybrids and even conventional gas - powered cars continuing to up the gas - mileage ante, the HS 250h's fuel economy estimates — while good for the luxury segment — have been overshadowed by mainstream models like the Prius, Honda Insight and even the Ford Fusion Hybrid.

Tata is best known as the purveyor of the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, but the brand is now expanding into more conventional compact cars with the new Tata Zest sedan and Bolt hatchback models.

The 911 Turbo is the most upright car of three, but when you start to hurry it along a winding road it responds with the immediacy and control of a more conventional low - slung supercar.

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.

This new concept car will reportedly be Mercedes - Benz's answer to the Google autonomous pod car project, but with a slightly more conventional design and size.

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.

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.

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.

Finally, this was waxed with a conventional car wax.

Cars that scored Acceptable or Good in the test along with Good scores in IIHS» conventional front, side, rear and roof - strength tests earned a Top Safety Pick + («plus») designation, rating above the now - ubiquitous Top Safety Pick award.

As with conventional, full automatic transmission cars, the Easytronic will «creep» forwards when the driver's foot is released from the brake pedal when the car is stationary.

Yet this hasn't deterred a growing number of automakers from pouring vast amounts of money into the development of hydrogen fuel - cell technology, which can provide a car with range commensurate with conventional gasoline - engine models while emitting nothing but water in the form of steam.

As with the legendary racing sports car from the 1952 season, the vehicle featured consistent lightweight design throughout and a spaceframe that supported the engine, transmission and axles and left no room for conventional doors.

The 2005 CLS more or less created the oxymoronic phrase «four - door coupe» because it sort of amounted to a four - door coupe: a car with the elegance and dynamic proportions of a conventional two - door coupe and most of the functionality in a four - door sedan.

Though both are imbued with the latest high - tech lithium - ion batteries, the conventional hybrid has to make do with a teeny - weeny 1.6 kilowatt - hour affair while the plug - in version sucks electrons from a big, I'm - almost - an - electric - car 9.8 kW / h unit.

Equally, never charge and you turn the E 350e into a conventional hybrid in essence, one able to only use the electric motor when you've either recuperated some energy under braking, or told the car to charge its battery with the engine.