Sentences with phrase «electric cars came»

We've been obsessing over that measurement for 20 years and now an electric car came and smashed it.

The first signal from Porsche that it was to build a fully electric car came in 2015, when it showed off the Mission E concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Ford said it's fully committed to hybrid - electric powertrains for its future lineup, and they will complement an onslaught of new battery - electric cars coming next decade.

More than a third of the lifetime carbon - dioxide emissions from an electric car comes from the energy used make the car itself, especially the battery.

With plug - in hybrids and all - electric cars coming to market that can run on local wind - generated electricity at a gasoline - equivalent cost of 80 cents per gallon, why keep burning costly fuel at four times the price?

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Not exact matches

The auto alliance between Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi is probably the most advanced and profitable carmaker when it comes to producing electric cars, the company's CEO told CNBC Friday.

The legendary electric car — list price: a cool $ 130,000, with all the options — comes with a giant touch screen mounted on the dash, which runs a web browser hooked up to the car's own Internet connection.

Another, broader, problem is that only a part of the electricity needed to power EVs will come from clean sources, and an even bigger one is that 280 million electric cars account for only a fraction of the total rise in electricity demand that the IEA expects through 2040.

GM never came right out and said it, but the company's goal was to prove that it could out - Tesla Tesla and beat the upstart electric - car maker's Model 3 to market by months.

«I think Tesla, a very good brand in the electric vehicle market, coming into China actually helps the whole electric vehicle market become bigger and become stronger versus the traditional cars,» says Freeman Shen, founder of WM Motor.

George Friedman has no doubt that electric cars and new kinds of cellphones will abound in the years to come.

When Elon Musk shares his vision for space flight or an electric car; or Steve Jobs shuns a CD - happy world for an iPod / iTunes business plan, or Jeff Bezos creates an online book store that will be «the world's most consumer - centric company, where customers can come to find anything they want to buy online,» they are honoring their epiphanies.

Tesla now has more than 400,000 pre-orders for its smaller, more affordable sedan, and more specs about the long - awaited electric car are beginning to come out.

People doubted that when we first came out with the Roadster eight years ago, but given the success of Model S and Model X, the overwhelming interest in Model 3, and the fact that other car companies are finally starting electric vehicle programs of their own, no one should doubt that anymore.

Of course, the electric car maker has already come across these clips, and as a countermeasure of sorts, it toned down the functions of the technology in their vehicles to keep the most adventurous testers safe from harm.

The song was a foreshadowing clue to the electric car makers new «Ludicrous Mode» acceleration upgrade, which came in addition to announcements for a new Model S and plans for a roadster as key highlights from Friday's conference call.

Musk's announcement comes amid what seems to be a PR assault in Texas as the Tesla CEO tries to convince the state legislature to allow the electric car manufacturer to sell its vehicles directly to consumers.

Musk continues to come off as a person more obsessed with space travel than building electric cars, which should be a major worry for Tesla investors.

They came before electric cars.

According to Qwest, a businessman came up with the concept after going on long - distance trips with his dogs using the electric car.

But the company that comes closest to mirroring GM's integration is rival electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla — despite that Tesla CEO Elon Musk does not subscribe to the larger industry belief that lidar is a necessary technology for autonomous cars.

In the coming years, an electric car battery array might serve as a reserve for home power needs, but the technology is not trivial and does not yet exist commercially.

Porsche's decision comes as the company sets out targets of launching its first range of electric road cars, following on from the Mission E concept, in the near future.

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Electric cars were popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and came back in vogue during the late 1990s, finding a spot in the marketplace as gasoline / electric Electric cars were popular during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and came back in vogue during the late 1990s, finding a spot in the marketplace as gasoline / electric electric hybrids.

Growing the electrical sector — and potentially merging it with the transportation sector through the adoption of electric cars — will be a climate win if that growth comes from low - carbon sources like nuclear and renewables.

Plug - in cars come in two forms: electric vehicles fully reliant on a battery and the electricity grid,...

The lithium needed for the batteries that power everything from our laptops to future electric cars may come more than ever from South America's vast salt flats

Electric cars get lots of attention these days, but your next vehicle's higher gas mileage may well come from more familiar technology: turbocharging.

Some analysts expect that existing grid capacity may be enough to power U.S. electric cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility of new coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed

«The moment that you move to electric cars, then the electricity demand is such that you are creating a huge opportunity for new electricity sources to come online, and this will be the day that solar will prevail.»

Scientists have created the tiniest electric car ever — although it won't be coming to your local dealership anytime soon.

All the marvelous techniques people have come up with for making electric cars work don't do any good because they can't be made cheaply in large quantities, he says.

Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).

As car buyers turn to fuel - sipping gasoline - electric hybrid vehicles, a new generation of greener hybrids is just coming over the horizon

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have come one step closer to replacing the lithium - ion batteries that power phones, laptops and electric cars with a device that stores far more energy for the same weight.

Teslas coming out with these little electric cars that I want to get as soon as they re out.»

Ready or not, electric cars are coming.

Samra's been in the battery game for thirty years, watching promising cars like the GM EV1 and Toyota's electric RAV4 come and go.

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

Everything electric works there is still a buzzing / long beep coming from the dash, but I think that's a low fluid warning if some type, whenever I go to start the car it still doesn't turn over, just a click from the roof near the visor

You ask us to bet on your vision of doom coming true against the worldwide car industry packed with thousands of specialist engineers that are pushing on full speed with full commitment to hybrid / electric power, and already making some great cars.

The days of truly lightweight, minimalist, only - has - what - it - barely - needs sports cars came and went in the age of touchscreen multimedia systems, airbags for your kneecaps and hybrid - electric drivetrains.

EV Drive mode uses only the two electric motors to power the crossover, while Series Hybrid mode allows the gas engine and battery pack to act as a generator and provide additional power to the electric motors and Parallel Hybrid mode where the car primarily uses the 2.0 - liter gas engine with the electric motors only coming into the picture when extra power is needed.

TOYOTA CITY, Japan — Global OEMs are racing into vehicle electrification and particularly electric cars, but Toyota made a name for itself with groundbreaking hybrid - electric vehicles and will continue to prioritize them in the coming 10 - plus years.

I've got an electrician coming to look at it, but I've been warned by many car owners who've been in this country (Sierra Leone) longer than I have that car electrics is the biggest skills gap the largely self - taught local mechanics have, something I've seen evidence of already, e.g. none have been able to make any progress at all with this dashboard problem, and I've found many worrying things like blown fuses «fixed» by wrapping copper wire around the connections (I replaced all these immediately!).

Other rumors suggest Tesla will launch an all - wheel - drive version of the Model S, with the «D» signifying a dual - motor drivetrain borrowed from the upcoming Model X. Either way, the new car appears to have the same basic front fascia design as the existing Model S. Tesla will soon have even more production capacity to build a greater range of all - electric models, once its Gigafactory battery manufacturing facility comes online, so it's not surprising that the company will reveal a new vehicle.