Sentences with phrase «electric battery»

This most commonly refers to gasoline - electric hybrid vehicles, which use gasoline (petrol) and electric batteries for the energy used to power internal - combustion engines and electric motors.

This would make the cars lighter — important because of the weight of electric batteries — but also allowing for more inventive designs.

The front diesel motor generates the major power source, while the two independent rear electric battery powered motors kick in at lower speeds while helping with the fuel economy.

The city will also get 128 plug - in hybrid vehicles which can run on electric batteries or gasoline.

The all - electric battery car caught fire and three people were killed, Chinese media reported, citing police.

For the first 47 miles of your trip, it's powered by a 17 - kWh electric battery spinning a motor / generator and a motor that spins the wheels directly.

They use gasoline or diesel to power an internal combustion engine as well as electric batteries to power electric motors.

The more money is put into electric batteries, the cheaper and more powerful they'll become.

Granted, electric batteries don't hold their charge as well in the cold.

It works off the grid with its fresh and grey water supply tanks that are embedded in the floor while power comes from a hybrid energy system combining electric batteries and generator.

Toyota anticipates learning from the electric vehicle start - up company's savviness in electric battery technology, while perhaps having the Tesla - touch boost sales.

From a report last year commissioned in part by the Swedish Energy Administration (Energimyndigheten) came the conclusion that using electric battery technology for long distance trucking will be difficult to make cost - effective due to the weight and cost of sufficient battery power - electrifying the roads to support hybrid electric trucks is considered a more reasonable option.

«We found that investing in all - electric battery vehicles is a more economical choice for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, primarily due to their lower cost and significantly higher energy efficiency.»

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

The 2012 Ford Focus Electric battery pack currently weighs 500 pounds, but Ford envisions the battery being reduced to the size of the traditional Focus gas tank, and about 1 / 5th the weight using new battery chemistry.

The prototypes that have garnered the most attention, from startups like Lilium, Volocopter, Ehang, and Vahana, have more in common with drones than cars, with autonomous features and multiple rotors powered by electric batteries.

Alessandro Volta (1745 — 1827) The namesake behind today's volts, which measure differences in electrical potential, Italian physicist and experimentalist Volta discovered methane, used his tongue to detect electricity and invented the first electric battery.

Hyundai even goes on step further to offer a Lifetime Hybrid / Electric Battery Warranty.

«The e-Genius is a full electric battery - powered airplane with a max take - off mass of 900 kilograms,» Andreas Strohmayer, from the university's Institute of Aircraft Design, told CNBC's Sustainable Energy.

Forced in part by stringent fuel economy requirements and other regulations, automakers around world — especially in China — are scrambling to develop electric battery cars across a wide range of price points.

Musk introduced the Tesla Powerwall, a wall - mounted lithium - ion electric battery for homes and small businesses, and the Tesla Powerpack, a heftier version of the same core product designed for utility - scale use.

From a man who made his name and charted his career with lofty goals and often unexpected financial decisions, the news came with little surprise: Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., unveiled a product line of electric batteries late last night in Los Angeles.

Although the Volt concept, which is being introduced today at Detroit's North American Auto Show, is a kind of hybrid vehicle, the design emphasizes electric battery rather than gasoline engine operation.

The 2017 Kia Optima Plug - in Hybrid Electric Vehicle is scheduled to arrive in U.S. dealerships about the middle of the third - quarter of 2016, with a 9.8 killowatt - hour electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 27 miles.

Engineers are planning to add electric batteries to this ute vehicle.

Electric battery disconnect for added security.

The vehicle runs in zero - emission mode at speed of up to 70 km / h using two rear electric in - wheel motors developed by consortium partners Elaphe and Brembo.The 48 - volt electric battery — designed by Samsung SDI — can be recharged using regenerative braking technology.

It will use identical electric battery, inverter and motor technology as that found in the Leaf.

The upgraded 770 cold cranking amp electric battery allows all the essential gadgets in the police vehicle to function without draining the systems main power source.

As more consumers rush to get affordable electric batteries, we will see an uptick in demand for the underlying components.

Halley's factory and electric battery shapes in particular, suggest a kind of abstracted, geometric new imagery.

While electric batteries and hydrogen fuel cells are the main alternatives for cars, it is difficult to judge at this stage which of these technologies — or which combination of them — will be the most competitive.

Any future optimized vehicle, whether it's powered by internal combustion or fuel cell, needs electric batteries for load - balancing, which makes plug - in hybrids the best transitional solution for vehicles for the next years.

Shai Agassi's electric vehicle infrastructure venture Project Better Place announced on Monday that it will build its first pilot electric battery rechargeable grid system in Israel, and has partnered with the Renault - Nissan Alliance on the project's electric vehicles.

Photo: Nissan A «4R» Business Nissan and Sumitomo (a huge business group from Japan) announced today plans to «Reuse, Resell, Refabricate and Recycle» lithium - ion batteries previously used in electric cars, «giving them a

«As for the new model electric battery, because it is possible, to do the charging and of rapidity at large capacity, it is possible to apply to also the regenerative use of electric power.

From the heftier electric battery to the features and revamped design, the Prime is a strong hybrid rival to Chevrolet Volt and Ford Fusion Energi.

On electric battery power only, the range on the Outlander PHEV is around 30 miles — then the gasoline engine takes over, driving the vehicle and recharging the batteries at the same time, and extending the range to somewhere around 600 miles.

The shift away from pure fossil - fuel engines has been so fast that 2017 sales of cars using some form of electric battery power topped out at 52 percent, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV).

Flying the German automaker's EQ Power banner, also known as the go - to branding for Merc's various green solutions, the GLC F - Cell is essentially an SUV that combines plug - in all - electric battery power with hydrogen fuel cell power.

There's also a 7.6 kWh electric battery.

Congo is Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt, a key ingredient in electric batteries, but Gecamines is heavily indebted.

Last year, the company announced ambitious plans to add 20 new electric battery and fuel cell vehicles to its global lineup by 2023.

Industry analyst Menahem Anderman, president of Advanced Automotive Batteries, which produces research on electric batteries for vehicles, says Tesla has yet to turn a profit solely from operations.