Sentences with phrase «electric hybrid engine»

If you rack up most of your kilometres on the highway, where a gas engine operates most efficiently, then a gas - electric hybrid engine won't save you much money.

However, the Q50 is more notable for its all new gasoline - electric hybrid engine option, which actually produces more power than the traditional gasoline engine.

The 2016 Honda CR - Z mpg ratings are stellar when you compare them to most other cars on the road thanks to the vehicle's gas / electric hybrid engine.

The gas / electric hybrid engine is paired with an efficient continuously variable transmission (CVT).

The RAV4 Hybrid uses its gas / electric hybrid engine up front to drive the front wheels and a separate electric motor to drive just the rear wheels when the vehicle detects slippage.

Tata Motors (the new owners of Jaguar - Land Rover) also want a diesel - electric hybrid engine for the new SUV to deliver 14 kmpl (that is astonishing for such a huge car)

That is, if it doesn't follow the concept closely enough to borrow its 592 hp petrol - electric hybrid engine.

It is also expected that a new diesel - electric hybrid engine, developed by Land Rover, will find its way into the new Sport.

Not exact matches

Today, around 2 million of a total 1 billion vehicles on the planet run on electric or hybrid engines.

Engine tested: T8 E-AWD: 2.0 - liter, turbocharged and supercharged inline four - cylinder with two electric motors and a plug - in - hybrid configuration, bringing total system output to 400 horsepower

It is a hybrid system with a gas engine and electric motor.

But the game now will be to continue to enhance the traditional internal - combustion engine and to expand hybrid and all - electric offerings to comply with government regulations.

Traditional hybrids like the Toyota Prius have both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor; most of them charge their batteries through braking.

In terms of engineering, it would be simpler to design than existing gasoline - electric hybrids, since both fuels could be burned in the same engine.

Far more importantly, the shift from the internal combustion engine to electric, hybrid or hydrogen - powered vehicles may be the most important technological and social development since, well, the automobile first appeared.

Banking on a three - pronged strategy of optimizing combustion engines, plug - in hybrids and purely electric cars, Porsche is already seeing customers respond.

With global leadership in both internal combustion engines and hybrid and electric powertrains, the firm is expected to profit from shifting secular trends and increasingly stringent environmental regulations.

Trucks are embracing green technologies — hybrid electric and engine - powered systems — that reduce idling time and air pollution.

But he must be trolling us all with his recent comments to the Guardian about making Formula 1 an all - electric series after years of attacks on the current hybrid engines.

The current engines are much more road relevant with their hybrid systems and electric cars are becoming much more common, but Verstappen hopes F1 doesn't go fully - electric for some time:

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).

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.

The image shows a plug - in hybrid electric vehicle, which also has a fuel tank and a combustion engine, but the technology system works equally well with a purely electric vehicle.

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.

«Engines of change: Scientists recover rare earths from electric and hybrid vehicle motors.»

Boeing's engineers drew up (pdf) an electric hybrid airplane engine that uses fuel for takeoff and landing but cruises on batteries (included in the image below).

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation hybrid car technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car of the future.

«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.»

Hybrid vehicles, which do not plug in but also use both gas and electric engines, are bringing the technology mainstream.

A new data logger developed by Fraunhofer researchers simultaneously collects data from vehicles with combustion engines, electric drives, external sensors, and location data, and permits the development of new hybrid and electric vehicles.

The initial thought was to develop a 20 - foot wingspan (6.1 meters) aircraft powered by hybrid diesel / electric engines, but the team started with smaller versions for testing, built by rapid prototyping.

The Chevrolet Volt, which GM plans to introduce in two years (reportedly at a mid - $ 30,000 base price), is a new breed of gasoline - electric hybrid, cars powered by a battery - powered electric motor that can be recharged on the road with an internal combustion engine.

The Toyota Prius and other hybrids now on the road are propelled primarily by their electric motors; the gasoline engines cut in only at higher speeds.

«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.

Another technology that gets better mileage than standard engines, and hence produces less carbon dioxide for each mile driven, is the gasoline - electric hybrid, which marries a gasoline engine with electric motors.

In western Beijing, 62 - year - old retired truck and taxi driver Zhang Zhijun bought a BYD Tang hybrid last month and plans to trade in his gas - engine Toyota Corolla for an electric car for short rides like taking his grandson to school.

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.

Those electric cars — combined with improvements in the fuel efficiency of existing internal combustion engines, new hybrid power trains and even fuel - cell vehicles — could begin to reduce the roughly $ 1 billion a day the U.S. spends on imported oil.

Hybrid cars that have both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine already have regenerative brakes that generate electricity when they are applied.

Plug - in hybrids are cars that would be built to run primarily on an electric battery, but if extra power were needed for a long drive, a gasoline engine would kick in.

Another automotive engine technology that gets better mileage than standard internal - combustion power plants and hence, produces less carbon dioxide for each mile driven, is the gasoline - electric hybrid, which marries a gasoline engine with electric motors.

Like any full hybrid, the 300h can run on electric power at low speeds for short distances; an EV mode, activated via Drive Mode Select, raises the threshold where the car transitions to engine power.

The plug - in hybrid system employs a 3.0 - liter turbocharged diesel engine making 353 hp, combined with an electric motor adding 102 hp for a total of 455 hp.

After all, Toyota has sold nearly two million Prius hybrids in the last thirteen years packing two electric motor / generators and a small gas engine under the hood, just like the Volt does.

Kia says this concept vehicle uses an electric all - wheel - drive system, which likely means that it will be a hybrid with a gasoline engine powering the front wheels and an electric motor powering the rear wheels.

On sale Now Price $ 38,000 / $ 40,000 (ES350 / ES300h, est.) Engines 3.5 L V - 6, 268 hp, 248 lb - ft; 2.5 L I - 4 / electric hybrid, 200 hp Boomer appeal After a lifetime of Camrys, isn't it time for a nicer Camry?

The Hybrid model combines its V - 6 engine with a 50 - kW electric motor and returns up to 28/34 mpg with rear - wheel drive.

The 5.2 - liter, naturally aspirated gas engine would drive the Asterion's rear wheels via a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission while a pair of electric motors hooked up to a computer - operated torque vectoring system on the front axle would power the hybrid car's front wheels.

The concept is powered by a new version of the Lexus hybrid drive system, which is related to the 2.5 - litre petrol engine and electric system in the IS300h, which produces about 200bhp.

On sale Late 2012 / early 2013 (gasoline / hybrid) Price $ 22,600 - $ 33,800 (est.) Engines 2.5 L I - 4, 170 hp, 170 lb - ft; 1.6 L turbo I - 4, 179 hp, 172 lb - ft; 2.0 L turbo I - 4, 237 hp, 250 lb - ft; 2.0 L I - 4 / electric hybrid, 129 hp, 188 lb - ft; 2.0 L I - 4 / plug - in hybrid, 129 hp, 188 lb - ft Brings to battle High style, high tech, numerous powertrain choices.