Sentences with phrase «electric assistance»

Starting with the latter, it's not a bad set - up at all, going with electric assistance.
All manner of electric assistance allows it to navigate around trouble, including lane departure warnings, blind spot sensors and an active high beam system.
The ML now uses electric assistance for its power steering — as opposed to a hydraulic pump that leeches power from the engine.
All Smarts have non-assisted steering as standard, although you can specify electric assistance for # 200.
The engine — of unspecified type and capacity — develops between 148 - 197bhp, while 80kW of electric assistance lifts maximum output to 296bhp
The second and third Vision GT cars created by Peugeot, the L500R and L750R are both based around a highly - tuned version of Peugeot's 1.6 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder - both boosted by electric assistance to overall outputs of 493bhp and 750bhp respectively.
Like the C200 it uses a 2 - litre, four - cylinder powerplant, but electric assistance brings total output to 289bhp with 258 lb ft of torque - the latter developed at only 1200rpm, courtesy of that electric motor.
The N steering wheel is far from what we see in the ordinary i30 as it comprises robust, rack - mounted electric assistance.
The recuperation potential in the NEDC test cycle allows use of electric assistance in accelerations up to 30 km / h [18.6 mph] and potentially to provide torque assist at other road speeds including during engine - off coasting.
Sports mode also reduces electric assistance to the power steering, giving better feedback for the driver and also shortens gearshift times, offering an engaging drive experience.
The next generation Nissan GT - R will be launched in 2017 and is expected with a new engine with electric assistance and a total power output of about 592 BHP.
A handlebar - mounted control unit offers four different levels of electric assistance.
This means you will be powering it 100 % without any electric assistance.
With electric assistance to the rear wheels, the Active Tourer achieves 62mph in only 6.5 seconds - illustrating the benefits of hybrid technology beyond silent running and lower emissions.
The steering is hydraulically assisted — electric assistance would have been more efficient but it didn't give the steering feel the engineers wanted — and the tyres are Pirelli P Zeros.
It steers accurately, the electric assistance feels credible and the ride is very smooth for an Audi — at least with the optional Drive Select, whose three damper modes feel only subtly different from each other.
Combine the electric assistance with the V - 8's 400 - hp output, and this will be a very quick vehicle.
With electric power to the front wheels and electric assistance to the mid-engined, turbocharged 1.5 sitting admidships, the i8 is technically an all - wheel drive car.
But when equipping its current RS performance cars with electric assistance, the German marque has suggested the weight penalty of current batteries is too much.
Although no technical data is available for the engine in the concept yet, it is understood it will be a pure rotary, with no electric assistance, as had been speculated.
If you like your supersaloon served without forced induction, diesel power or electric assistance, you have very few choices these days.
The front and back are probably the biggest parts of the clarkia Soul 2018 have a rack and pinion steering with an electric assistance.
Refinement is strong and it handles tidily enough, while that electric assistance makes initial, off - the - line acceleration quite perky.
It beats the highway fuel economy of special models of the new Fusion and Malibu, and it does it without turbocharging or electric assistance for the engine.
The system's capability of providing some electric assistance at cruising speeds allows the driver to accelerate lightly or ascend mild grades without the transmission downshifting.
If you're not using the electric assistance to surprise / irritate your passengers and / or the driver of that older Porsche Boxster you just smoked at the traffic lights, the E-Hybrid is good for up to 88mpg.
We don't recommend the latter, though, because it has an automated manual gearbox, which isn't as good as a traditional automatic, and despite the electric assistance, running costs aren't significantly better than the normal diesel's.
AMG engineers increase the output by means of electric assistance: Out comes 435 hp plus the well - known 22 additional horsepower from the electric generator on the crankshaft — making up to 457 hp.
Target buyers will probably adjust quickly to the lightness and contrived feel from the electric assistance, however.
BMW i8 Rank: 1 The hybrid sportscar, a rival to the Porsche 911, returns a mileage of 47.45 km / l, courtesy of its 1.5 - liter three - cylinder TwinPower Turbo engine with electric assistance.
The entry - level, gasoline - only Saturn Vue comes with a 143 - horsepower, 2.2 - liter engine, which doesn't have the luxury of electric assistance, and we can see why Saturn chose to upgrade its powerplant (albeit marginally) to the 170 - horsepower Ecotec.
Some may argue that the technology involved in the CR - Z's hybrid powertrain justifies its premium price tag, but there's nothing terribly sophisticated about the car's single - overhead cam 1.5 - litre four - cylinder engine, nor the electric assistance motor that it's mated to.
Pure is all - electric, Hybrid uses the electric assistance to boost economy and Power uses the electric assistance to boost performance.
Grip levels are respectable but the low - geared steering saps enthusiasm, and only the most rudimentary feedback gets past its electric assistance.
Brembo front brakes are standard across all trims, and even the power steering is nicely weighted — the perfect mix of electric assistance and driver control.
The bikes vary in motor location, wheel size, electric assistance, etc..
The electric assistance is increased for speeds between 0 and 15 kilometers per hour, Sanyo said, and decreased during speeds of 15 and 24 kilometers per hour.
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