Sentences with phrase «downhill stretch»

I can also report that going downhill made a significant difference to consumption — gaining an easy 4 or 5 miles of battery charge during a six - mile downhill stretch out of Asheville.

One option, through the world heritage listed, pristine rainforest of Nightcap National Park (via Lismore), is an easier ride with a long downhill stretch, taking in the magnificent Minyon Falls and the tranquil Rocky Creek Dam

a.s.l.), we'll go on mountain biking on the downhill stretch to the subtropical jungle, to finally travel a short stretch by train, to Machu Picchu Pueblo (Aguas Calientes).

Downhill SOC control uses gradient information from map data to calculate when a long downhill stretch of road lies ahead; when this is the car, it actively relies on EV electric driving to reduce the level of battery charge.

On a long, downhill stretch of road, when there is a large amount of charge in the hybrid battery, a full charge would be reached part - way down the hill.

It can tell the driver when to release the accelerator and why it's making that suggestion, whether it's approaching a roundabout or a downhill stretch of road.

The goal is, for example, to use the energy content of the battery for propulsion ahead of a downhill stretch in order to recharge it while going downhill using recuperation.

For example, if the system knows that a downhill stretch is coming up soon, the BMW ActiveHybrid 3 can wait to recharge its battery and invest all the high - voltage battery's electrical energy in providing supplementary driving power, since the battery will be recharged during the forthcoming descent at no cost in terms of fuel consumption.

For instance, a longer downhill stretch can be used to recharge the hybrid battery so that the ActiveHybrid 7 can be driven on purely electric power through a residential area on the «home stretch».

I get to a long, smooth downhill stretch with a sudden hump toward the end.

Braking hard on a pocked downhill stretch at Algarve before a tight left - hander said to shred most other cars» tires, we find that the McLaren's otherworldly body control means braking is easier, speeds are higher, and rubber is spared.

Fifth gear is just about all you need to reel in the short downhill stretch and the track's hunchback start / finish straight.

When driving in a mountainous area, braking continuously during a long downhill stretch really heats up your brake components.

It was a frightening spectacle — bodies flying, wheelchairs careening out of control at 30 mph on a rain - slick downhill stretch of pavement.

The light power steering firms up at speed, and the Brembos don't fade on fast downhill stretches.

In normal use, you wouldn't notice this deficiency, but at the foot of longer downhill stretches and through the grid of 90 - degree bends that are common in rural England, increasing fade paired with mounting pedal pressure makes one wish for carbon - ceramic rotors (not available as an option).

Manual operation allows compression braking from the engine on downhill stretches — a good thing for a vehicle with the Outback's aspirations.

On downhill stretches, we sometimes saw 30mph before the gasoline engine switched on.

DSR is activated by a control button in the centre console, and assists the driver on demanding downhill stretches by maintaining a slow, manually selected vehicle speed within the physical limits when negotiating downhill gradients.

Although it is accessible to most levels of hikers with good fitness levels, the altitude, length of trekking each day, and tough uphill / downhill stretches definitely increase the difficulty of this hike.

Not exact matches

Werner started sixth, ramming downhill like Manuel Ycaza driving through the stretch, knocking over gates as though in mysterious anger.

It's all downhill from here... there's light at the end of the tunnel... we're in the home stretch... it's so close you can smell the sunscreen!

Uphill stretches require minimal gear hunting, and downhill coasting can induce a proactive downshift or two.

(source) Of course, actual fuel savings probably won't be as large for everybody as it is for me - it seems to help to live in a hilly area or drive a lot of stretches where it's downhill enough to maintain speed coasting but not with the transmission engaged, and it applies mostly to city driving - but it seems like there is still enough savings that it would more than pay for engineering time to developing an improved transmission program.

After every session, we got out of the car thinking that we had just piloted a much smaller car around a track that's littered with a variety of corners and bends that range from downhill, off - camber portions to quick chicanes that GM placed on the track's long back stretch to prevent us from killing ourselves.

What Hyundai apparently means is that under some circumstances when you're already doing around 60 mph, and you're on level road or a slight downhill (where there's still more wind resistance than drag from the tires and road), you could for a stretch run on just the battery.

Then, we'll go downhill on mountain bikes, on the stretch to the subtropical jungle, to finally hike to Machu Picchu Pueblo.