Sentences with phrase «electric cars started»

Nobody had a problem with electronic devices until electric cars started competing with gas ones and solar started competing with coal.

Electric cars started off as novelties, progressed through hybrids, became mainstream cars and now, finally and long overdue, are being used to make high performance cars exceptional performers.

Before electric cars started gaining traction five years ago, lithium - ion batteries were good primarily for powering laptops and cell phones for a few hours.

Electric car company Tesla paid back a controversial loan to the Department of Energy on Wednesday, a feat that sets it apart from other fledgling electric car start - ups and programs.

And this is where electric cars start to lose some of their environmental halo.

Smart is currently leasing its Electric Drive coupes in a test program, but plans on selling these green electric cars starting in early 2012.

The city of Salinas had invested more than half a million dollars in Green Vehicles, an electric car start - up company.

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Mumbai based Tata Motors has denied investing US$ 900 million (Rs. 5,800 crore) by buying 10 % stake in American electric car start - up Faraday Future, as claimed by certain sections of media.

One partnership Mr. Hu formed bought into a $ 1.08 billion offering of debt convertible into shares in LeEco's electric car start - ups, Faraday Future and LeSee.

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- A local media reported that the electric car start - up Faraday Future, backed by Chinese entrepreneur Jia Yueting, managed to raise 900 million dollars from Indian Tata Group and the money accounted for 10 percent of its shares.

In the United States, Mr. Jia made an undisclosed investment in Faraday Future, a Los Angeles - based electric car start - up that later announced a $ 1 billion car plant in North Las Vegas.

Faraday Future, a U.S. - based electric car start - up that counts LeEco as its primary investor, has had numerous problems paying its bills, retaining staffers, and generally proving that it isn't bullshit.

Not exact matches

Few people know that we started Tesla when GM forcibly recalled all electric cars from customers in 2003 & then crushed them in a junkyard

Perhaps for this reason, many people who invest in start - ups tend to favor companies that are based on small, executable ideas over grand strategies like Martian colonization or the resurrection of the electric car.

Yes, it started out making electric cars, but only because personal transportation is the lowest - hanging fruit in tackling the global energy and emissions problem.

The automaker has claimed that its new diesel engines will hit the European Union's beefed - up emissions targets by improving filters and building in electric generators to start cars.

Musk, the chief executive of electric car maker Tesla Inc (tsla) and rocket company SpaceX (spacex), recently started the Boring Company to build transport tunnels for the system, which he says would be far faster than current high - speed trains and use electromagnetic propulsion.

Tesla builds millions of all - electric cars that finally start the process of displacing the internal - combustion engine from its century of dominance (a big part of this is the validation of a mass electric - car market, to induce major automakers to commit to the change).

«The crash is probably going to highlight some of the uncertainties around the safety of electric cars, especially as Tesla starts to introduce more and more autonomous features,» Shah said.

Straubel, who was on the founding team that started the iconic electric car company, also talked about the biggest mistakes young professionals make when starting to spread their wings and network.

Programming when electric car chargers start charging and how home devices make use of energy from solar panels versus the grid are two examples he mentioned.

The company, started by Elon Musk (founder of electric - car company Tesla), designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.

Started by serial entrepreneur Shai Agassi, the electric - car company seeks to improve the world by weaning it off of oil.

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That's an eye - popping figure for an electric car that's only been available to reserve for about two weeks and won't start shipping until the end of 2017.

Manufacturers of fully electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles will be the first to benefit, starting this year, followed by makers of commercial vehicles in 2020 and the wider car market by 2022.

An autonomous driving electric vehicle may one day start to look a bit like The Jetsons» flying car — a glass bubble without the long hood that is a signature feature of today's gasoline - fueled cars.

More than a decade before he started Tesla, Musk was studying physics at the University of Pennsylvania and then battery technology at Stanford, both key fields for learning how to build an electric car.

The tech giant is accused by A123 Systems of poaching top engineers as part of a plan to start making lithium - ion batteries for electric cars.

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.

An electric auto pact could start with a trilateral commitment to invest in charging infrastructure for electric cars across the continent, so that drivers can have confidence they'll find the power they need wherever their route takes them.

«While we're not starting from scratch, Canada could be doing much more to get electric cars into dealers» lots and onto our roads.

Tesla's Model S is one of the most popular electric cars in the United States, despite a starting price of more than $ 70,000.

Two of the country's biggest carmakers, Volkswagen and Daimler, have already started their push into the electric car industry.

Tesla began producing electric cars at its plant in Fremont, Calif., six years ago, starting with small quantities and ramping up to about 100,000 vehicles last year.

Aiosa also isn't convinced that electric cars will appeal to the masses even when Tesla starts selling a car that starts at $ 35,000.

The piece tells of China's ``... $ 300 billion plan to become nearly self - sufficient by 2025 in a range of important industries, from planes to computer chips to electric cars, as it looks to kick - start its next stage of economic development.»

If the prices are a little too much, the electric car maker also started new two - year lease programs for the Model S and Model X recently, which are on - demand options.

You have a quasi-utility up against a start - up electric car company.

The billionaire also owns small stakes in electric - car maker Tesla and 23andMe, a genome - mapping company started by his ex-wife, Anne Wojcicki.

Cruise has developed driverless versions of the electric Chevrolet Bolt, plus an app to use the cars as robotaxis in a ride - hailing fleet starting next year.

Hurried home to give hubs my truck (now that he has an electric car) so he was safer in the snow and my week started.

«We still own the name Formula One, we still have contracts with promoters, let's make different types of cars, let's speak to the manufacturers and start a new all - electric F1, a Formula One for the future.

I couldn't find a charger there, and I didn't want to invest in another $ 250 electric pump, so I bought a Medela Harmony (a single, manual pump) and started cranking away with it about two seconds after getting back in the car.

Unfortunately, the Empire State has the third latest date in the nation for when taxpayers pay off all their tax obligations and start pocketing their hard - earned money to pay for things like mortgage, groceries, car payments, electric bills and college tuition.

Other states across the country have started initiatives to promote and support electric car use as well.

Graduate roles in small start - ups also tend to involve more responsibility, says Christoph Roessner, managing director and co-founder of Süssen - based company Eight, which develops solar - powered charging stations for electric cars.

Although ORNL's proposed system would allow PHEV - makers to leave out the onboard charger that they currently install in their cars, the first - generation PHEVs are not intended for high - speed charging, says Frank, who is also founder of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc., a U.C. Davis start - up that designs energy - management systems for electric vehicles and hybrids.