GQ's Jason Barlow profiles Porsche's Panamera SE
electric hybrid as the ultimate symbol of hybrid car technology coming of age and going mainstream.
Don Proudfoot reviews Ford's C - Max Energi
electric hybrid as he creeps long Toronto's Don Valley Parkway as rush hour.
You're the company that made people believe in the gas /
electric hybrid as a fuel - sipping solution, and now you've engineered the Prius with the kind of drivability (and style) that makes a statement about your pride in this accomplishment.
Not exact matches
The RX's extra row comes standard
as a power - folding seat on both the RX350L and the
hybrid -
electric RX450hL models.
GM Canada announced its initial rollout locations for the
electric hybrid Chevrolet Volt last month, naming Victoria, Vancouver, Toronto, Oshawa, Ottawa - Gatineau, Montreal and Quebec City
as the lucky cities.
The ideas revealed so far include a self - loading wheelchair for drivers with physical disabilities, a folding
electric tricycle that doubles
as a shopping cart, and intriguingly, a Segway - hoverboard
hybrid that looks somewhat like an oversized Roomba,
as TechCrunch keenly observes.
Honda established a division late last year to develop
electric vehicles (EVs)
as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline
hybrids, plug - in
hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.
It's the world's market leader in sales of
hybrid electric cars and the maker of the popular Prius car, one of the world's top - selling
hybrids with over 6 million cars sold worldwide
as of January 2017.
As far as a vehicle goes, I can get a reliable gas - electric hybrid (a plug - in hybrid, even) for far less than $ 35,00
As far
as a vehicle goes, I can get a reliable gas - electric hybrid (a plug - in hybrid, even) for far less than $ 35,00
as a vehicle goes, I can get a reliable gas -
electric hybrid (a plug - in
hybrid, even) for far less than $ 35,000.
Toyota saw sales of its gas -
electric hybrid cars, such
as the fuel - efficient Prius, rise 50 percent compared with February 2010.
GM could move higher
as the market appreciates its emerging
electric and
hybrid portfolio.
Incentives such
as cash subsidies and distribution of free car licencee have boosted sales of
electric and plug - in
hybrid cars since 2014.
This fact doesn't appear to matter,
as a survey of consumers who already own a
hybrid or
electric vehicle found that more than 75 percent of respondents would likely buy a car manufacturing by Apple...
As it turned out, GM was only one of many automobile manufacturers readying
electric or
hybrid vehicles to compete directly with Tesla.
Over the past several years, high - end
hybrids and futuristic
electric cars have slowly become more prominent on American roads
as consumers realize the impact of fossil fuel consumption on the...
PepsiCo operates the largest all -
electric delivery vehicle fleet in America, and The Coca - Cola Company operates the largest heavy - duty
hybrid electric commercial truck fleet in North America,
as Brune and Paglia point out.
On show for the first time in Mexico will be the fully -
electric Golden Electric entry - level series, while other exhibits will include a high - performance hybrid machine specially designed for the packaging industry, as well as a turnkey system built around a vertical Allrounder with a six - axi
electric Golden
Electric entry - level series, while other exhibits will include a high - performance hybrid machine specially designed for the packaging industry, as well as a turnkey system built around a vertical Allrounder with a six - axi
Electric entry - level series, while other exhibits will include a high - performance
hybrid machine specially designed for the packaging industry,
as well
as a turnkey system built around a vertical Allrounder with a six - axis robot.
10 November 2011, London: The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has announced the winners of its 2011 Innovation Awards, which include innovations such
as a solar -
electric unmanned aerial system, an intelligent decision support system for interpretation of foetal monitoring during childbirth and an automotive
hybrid drive system.
Policy makers encourage the use of advance internal combustion engine vehicles (particularly diesel),
as well
as hybrid technology and emerging plug - in
electric vehicles to meet the medium - term demands of the issue (to 2020).
Meanwhile, he added, the steady erosion of fuel duty yield is well known,
as vehicle fuel efficiency improves and
hybrid,
electric and other vehicle technologies achieve significant market penetration.
In this case the Mayor of London proposes to continue his current low emissions scheme, but, rather than widen it to penalise smaller vehicles belonging to small businesses, instead to boost the market for innovative alternatives such
as electric vehicles, low - emissions taxis and
hybrid buses.
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.
Tongji University has been instrumental in advancing the R&D field for new energy vehicles (NEVS), which include
electric cars
as well
as hybrid electric and fuel - cell vehicles.
About 11,000
hybrid buses, pure
electric cabs and other types of clean cars are running on China's roads
as a result of the program.
And that means the material challenge posed by rare earths won't be solved anytime soon, particularly
as more wind farms cover the land, compact fluorescent lightbulbs and light - emitting diodes proliferate, and greater numbers of
hybrid or
electric vehicles hit the road.
The
hybrid GE is developing with the marine engineering firm C - MAR works something like the upcoming Chevy Volt car, which uses an
electric motor
as its primary drive and carries a small combustion engine to charge batteries that run low.
«New technologies such
as plug - in
hybrid electric vehicles and next - generation biofuels could also have a greater impact in the future,» the report states.
Officials attributed the strong showing by auto manufacturers to general improvements in fuel economy
as well
as growing manufacturer investment in
hybrid and
electric - powered vehicles.
Analysts say the 95 g / km 2020 goal
as an average across the EU fleet is achievable using conventional combustion engines, but industry opinions are divided over whether pushing below that level could be done with existing engines or require a major increase in
electric and
hybrid vehicles.
Jayachandran said the cost effectiveness of the program compared to other approaches to reduce carbon emissions, such
as subsidies for
hybrid or
electric vehicles in the U.S., was eye opening.
«Whether it's an advanced drive vehicle of any sort — a
hybrid, a plug - in
hybrid or an
electric vehicle (EV)-- the manufacturers are taking it seriously, and they understand it
as a growing market,» said Jeremy Acevedo, analyst at the automotive research website Edmunds.com.
The diesel plug - in
hybrid can run in all -
electric mode for 14 miles with an estimated fuel economy of 89 mpg equivalent and can achieve 35 mpg
as a
hybrid, which a comparable gasoline - powered SUV would be hard - pressed to beat.
However, plug - in
hybrids with a real
electric range of about 60 km drive the same number of kilometers electrically
as battery
electric vehicles.
This gap in research has now been closed by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): They compared the performances of 49,000 battery
electric cars and 73,000 plug - in
hybrid vehicles in Germany and the US using data from fleet trials and automotive manufacturers
as well
as from websites for drivers to manage and monitor their vehicles.
«Moreover,
hybrids can foster public confidence and prevalence of
electric mobility,
as they have the same range than cars with internal combustion engines, contrary to battery
electric vehicles.»
Data evaluation revealed that plug - in
hybrid vehicles with a real
electric range of about 60 km drive the same number of kilometers electrically
as battery
electric vehicles, namely, up to 15,000 km per year.
A host of factors determine the role of
electric and
hybrid cars in reducing greenhouse gas pollution, such
as whether coal is their ultimate fuel source.
The company's 2012 plug - in Prius
hybrid was also on display at the auto show
as was an all -
electric version of the 2012 Rav4 SUV.
As a result, car companies now offer
hybrids,
electrics and alternative - fuel cars.
«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion engine cars,
hybrid cars,
as well
as electric cars powered either by batteries or fuel cells.
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).
The company's Prius V, due out this summer and the first model to feature Entune, is a larger version of its gas —
electric hybrid (positioned more
as a mini station wagon) that gets about 64 kilometers per gallon.
As car buyers turn to fuel - sipping gasoline -
electric hybrid vehicles, a new generation of greener
hybrids is just coming over the horizon
They are also likely to push automakers, both foreign and Chinese, to embrace more cutting - edge technology such
as gasoline -
electric hybrids and all -
electric cars.
As it stands, a conventional Toyota Prius
hybrid vehicle, which burns gasoline when its batteries are not engaged, and the all -
electric Nissan Leaf produce roughly the same amount of greenhouse gas pollution: 200 grams per mile, according to data from the U.S. Department of Energy.
In the «business
as usual» scenario, the auto industry followed its current rate of vehicle diversification — utilizing efficient internal combustion,
electric and
hybrid models, and the power sector utilized mostly natural gas and renewable plants.
It now operates 360
hybrid -
electric trucks and 200
electric vehicles and is replacing many of its delivery trucks with «right - sized» Sprinter - type vans that are
as much
as 100 percent more fuel efficient than their predecessors.
Hybrid -
electric vehicles, such
as the Toyota Prius and 472 of SEPTA's buses, have for years used regenerative braking to charge on - board batteries and reduce fuel consumption by reusing the stored energy upon acceleration.
Lopfit is designed
as a bicycle - treadmill
hybrid, with an incorporated small
electric motor, which is used for propelling the bike forward, allowing you to walk up to four times faster than usually.
Think of your body
as a
hybrid gas -
electric car.