Sentences with phrase «conventional vehicles while»

Performance: These vehicles will offer all the performance of conventional vehicles while lessening the environmental impacts.

Not exact matches

While most automakers are adding software to conventional mass market cars to enable autonomous driving, Google has designed its self - driving vehicles from the ground up.

Mechanical properties also were improved while molding cycle time was reduced 15 % and clamp tonnage was cut 45 %, saving an estimated $ 3 per vehicle compared with conventional materials and processes.

Google's conventional Lexus RX crossovers and Toyota Prius sedans, the ones with the ungainly aftermarket rack - and - cone setup on their roofs, continue to roam Northern California — Google says its vehicles have traveled the equivalent of some 1.7 million miles, 1 million of them in driverless mode — while the company awaits a ruling from the California Department of Motor Vehicles that would allow it to test its new prototypes without driver controls on public roads.

While fuel cell vehicles have demonstrated comparable performance with conventional vehicles, their capital costs are still high due to low production volumes.

But while other I.D. concepts are more conventional electric vehicles, the Vizzion is meant to be autonomous.

Similar to what the sport differential does in conventional quattro vehicles, torque vectoring — the targeted acceleration of individual wheels — makes the e-tron Spyder even more dynamic while simultaneously enhancing driving safety.

Many hybrids, like the Ford Fusion Hybrid, are based on conventional vehicles, while some are unique designs like the Chevrolet Volt or Toyota Prius.

Today, most vehicles use a beam - style wiper blade, while vehicles manufactured prior to 2000 used a conventional - style wiper blade.

Conventional wisdom says body - on - frame is better for absorbing punishment, while unit bodies result in a lighter, better - handling vehicle.

Safety The 2009 RL retains Acura's extremely rigid Advanced Compatibility Engineering ™ (ACE ™) body structure that features extensive use of high - tensile steel and lightweight aluminum components to take vehicle construction beyond conventional safety protocols while keeping overall vehicle weight in check.

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 three - cylinder combustion engine in the BMW i8 develops 170 kW / 231 hp and drives the rear wheels, while the 96 kW / 131 hp electric motor draws its energy from a lithium - ion battery, which can be charged from a conventional 110 volt power outlet as well as a 220 volt electric vehicle charger, and sends its power to the front axle.

In recent years, a modified Volvo XC90 was created as a test bed for the single - speed eTwinster system, while a BMW M3 has been taken apart by GKN engineers to replace its conventional rear differential with a mechanical Twinster unit — the first setup that shows the benefits of twin - clutch torque vectoring and «true» sailing functionality in a purely rear - wheel drive vehicle.

Similar to what the sport differential does in conventional quattro vehicles, torque vectoring — the targeted acceleration of individual wheels — makes the e-tron even more dynamic while simultaneously enhancing driving safety.

While a money market account is a highly liquid type of vehicle — you can access your funds at virtually any time — you shouldn't assume that it can take the place of a conventional checking account.

Although some are more traditional in design, such as the Organic Transit ELF, and feature a rather conventional pedal and gear and chain system, others, such as the Hybrid Module Mobility concept, disconnect the pedals from the drivetrain altogether, and instead use the pedaling motion to «drive» the vehicle while generating a little bit of electricity.

Is the conventional wisdom that we need not worry about tailpipe emissions in biofuel - powered vehicles, because the plants had been absorbing carbon while growing, grossly misguided?

The rules will be relaxed as soon as late 2018 for makers of electric vehicles — while companies producing conventional vehicles would continue to face ownership restrictions for about five years.

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 %.

Because it has fewer moving parts the taxi is expected to have lower maintenance and running costs than a conventional one, while retailing at approximately the same price, which will incentivise taxi companies to buy the new vehicle.

The hybrid Tahoe is an improvement over a conventional SUV, but it is still a vehicle that gets 21 mpg in the city, while burning a polluting, non-renewable fuel.