Sentences with phrase «electric propulsion for»

Various studies indicate an average of 80 % electric propulsion for such vehicles.

When not trying to win races, the e-tron is capable of traveling solely off electric propulsion for 34 miles.

It features a combustion engine and an electric motor enabling purely electric propulsion for the first time in a MINI.

If fuel economy is your game, the GLE550e offers all - electric propulsion for up to 18 miles.

Blume also ruled out the possibility of any kind of electric propulsion for its halo model, claiming that current plug - in hybrid technology recently announced in the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid will not be suitable for a car such as the 911 due to packaging constraints.

Its designers credit the freedom created by electric propulsion for the concept's «unique side profile» and its «sharply slanted front windshield,» which give the e-Evolution a distinctly agile look.

2018 is Going to be Electrifying for TriMet Aug 10, 2017 Mass Transit (Fort Atkinson, WI) TriMet is in the early stages of plan development for a possible transition to all - electric propulsion for their bus fleet, but first TriMet needed to kick the tires, so to speak, of the newest generation of electric buses.

Not exact matches

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.

The most established electric propulsion concepts, for example gridded - ion thrusters, accelerate and emit a larger number of positively charged particles than those with negative charge.

NASA is currently developing concepts for the redirect mission that will employ a robotic spacecraft, driven by an advanced solar electric propulsion system, to capture a small near - Earth asteroid or remove a boulder from the surface of a larger asteroid.

In many ways, motorcycles are a lot more practical for electric propulsion than cars: They are small and light and lack energy - hogging features like air - conditioning and entertainment systems.

Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company in Denver -: The «Adapting Commercial Spacecraft for the Asteroid Redirect Vehicle» study will define system concepts for a Solar Electric Propulsion Module based on an existing commercial spacecraft bus and NASA Hall thrusters.

The engineering solution may be for NeMO to use solar - electric propulsion to turn around and fly back to Earth hauling an entire separate spacecraft that carries the goods from Mars, he says, or it could tote a special - purpose entry vehicle that's topped off with Mars regolith and rock for drop - off here at home.

Those contract winners — The Boeing Co.; Lockheed Martin Space Systems; Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems; Orbital ATK; and Space Systems / Loral — took four months to appraise the need for Mars telecommunications and global high - resolution imaging as well as assess possible added scientific instruments, optical communications and the use of solar - electric propulsion.

Rockets today are not reusable, and that makes them so expensive — currently around $ 4,600 for each kilogram of payload lofted into low orbits — that the economics of putting solar modules in space just don't pencil out, even if the modules use solar - electric propulsion to lift themselves into their final orbit.

«You actually can get to the moon with electric propulsion by spiraling slowly away from Earth for a year and building up speed,» says Belbruno.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

When SMART - 1, the European Space Agency's first mission to the moon, launched in September 2003, astronomers hailed it as the testing ground for a revolutionary and efficient solar - electric - propulsion technology.

The asteroid initiative will incorporate advanced solar electric propulsion technology as a power source for spacecraft, offering greater flexibility to the spacecraft and mission planners.

Two types of electric rockets are currently in use: the ion thruster, which generates thrust using a beam of positive xenon ions, and the Hall thruster, which uses xenon ions and electrons for propulsion.

Its stated purpose is to test and develop new technologies for spaceflight, such as NASA's Space Launch System heavy - lift rocket, its Orion deep - space crew capsule and an advanced solar - electric propulsion engine suitable for long - haul cargo trips.

In January, Toyota — spooked by rising prices and supply concerns — announced that it is developing a new type of propulsion, called an induction motor, for future electric and hybrid vehicles.

When we crunched the numbers, we found that electric propulsion — via an ion drive or related technologies — could dramatically reduce the launch mass required for human missions to asteroids and Mars.

A common misperception is that electric propulsion is too slow for crewed spaceflight, but there are ways around that.

«We will continue the solar electric propulsion efforts benefitting from those developments for future in space transportation initiatives.»

A power management and distribution system converts the power from the solar arrays into direct current (DC) voltage, which the electric motor can use for propulsion, or recharge a «smart battery.»

«This spacecraft would be a reusable vehicle that uses electric and chemical propulsion and would be specifically designed for crewed missions to destinations such as Mars,» agency officials said.

Dozens of commercial and military satellites, as well as NASA's Dawn science probe to the asteroid belt, use electric propulsion today, but the power generated for their maneuvering thrusters is low, according to the panel of experts who spoke at the hearing.

«Electric propulsion can offer the ability to move large masses through space with minimum fuel usage,» said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations.

He cited as one example the development of solar electric propulsion, something he said isn't needed for a human return to the Moon but is useful for Mars and other deep space missions.

In addition to Fomalont and Romney, they are: Hisashi Hirabayashi, of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS / JAXA), Haruto Hirosawa (ISAS / JAXA), Peter Dewdney of Canada's Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory, Leonid Gurvits of the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE, The Netherlands), Makoto Inoue of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), David Jauncey of the Australia Telescope National Facility, Noriyuki Kawaguchi (NAOJ), Hideyuki Kobayashi (NAOJ), Kazuo Miyoshi (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan), Yasuhiro Murata (ISAS / JAXA), Takeshi Orii (NEC, Japan) Robert Preston of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), and Joel Smith (JPL).

Crusan answered that ARM is needed for developing, testing and operating high power Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP), which will be needed for Mars missions.

To build the International Moon Village and mine the Moon's resources, we need super efficient small, medium, large, and super large 4,100 (and higher) Isp electric rocket propulsion system powered reusable upper stages and space tugs for efficiently hauling cargo from LEO to a stable Low Lunar Polar Orbit.

In cooperation with a number of companies, General Motors engineers worked on the 1971 Lunar Rover and was responsible for designing the electric propulsion system, suspension, mesh wire wheels, and drive controller made to accommodate lunar gloves.

1960s: GM develops electric propulsion system for Apollo lunar module and lunar rover, both of which are powered by silver - zinc batteries.

The TC is an ideal candidate for conversion to electric propulsion because it has ample room under its hood and beneath its load floor for the necessary gear.

Back in 2010 the Department of Energy set a cost goal of $ 125 per kilowatt hour for an EV battery pack by 2022, because that would make electric - propulsion systems equal to the cost of an internal - combustion engine.

Bob Lee, group vice president and head of engine and electrified propulsion engineering, accepts trophies for 3.0 L turbodiesel V - 6 in Ram and for 83 - kW electric motor in 500e.

Credit Ford for filling a gaping hole in the vehicular fleet with this excellent Turkish - built import, and for realizing that converting a few of them to electric propulsion is a sensible means of spreading the Transit Connect's reach.

Propulsion for the For - Us is also all - electric, though with more battery power: its powered by an electric motor good for 74 hp and 98 lb - ft of torque and the juice is stored in a set of 17.6 kWh lithium - ion batterifor the For - Us is also all - electric, though with more battery power: its powered by an electric motor good for 74 hp and 98 lb - ft of torque and the juice is stored in a set of 17.6 kWh lithium - ion batteriFor - Us is also all - electric, though with more battery power: its powered by an electric motor good for 74 hp and 98 lb - ft of torque and the juice is stored in a set of 17.6 kWh lithium - ion batterifor 74 hp and 98 lb - ft of torque and the juice is stored in a set of 17.6 kWh lithium - ion batteries.

A dashboard EV button allows drivers to maximize the threshold for electric - only propulsion, given a sufficient battery charge.

While that role has now been fulfilled instead by the LEVC TX - a black cab developed under Chinese giant Geely - Frazer - Nash is still one of the UK's experts on electric propulsion and a logical partner for Morgan to allow it to enter the brave new world of electric vehicles.

Orders are being taken now for delivery in six months, and plans are already underway for a hybrid variant with a 150 - horse electric motor driving the front wheels, providing a total horsepower of 889 and short - range electric - only propulsion for city centers.

According to Frank Weber, global chief engineer for the Volt's E-Flex propulsion system, good aerodynamics are the most important aspect of a hybrid electric vehicle's design.

Weight is still an issue for electric propulsion, though, and it'll play a bigger part in the smaller models this hybrid technology could reach.

As it stands, the only form of propulsion available for the 500 is Fiat's MultiAir 1.4 - liter I - 4, but starting next year an electric - driven model will join the U.S. lineup.

The GTI simply can't match the part - electric Golf for low - speed comfort; the ride is more fidgety and the thrummy engine noise — effectively the same sound as the GTE's engine in its performance mode, albeit lower in pitch — is frankly annoying once you've become accustomed to the serenity of electric propulsion.

From the cockpit, the driver is able to choose between three power settings (EV, Eco or Power) based on driving needs; each controls how long the HS stays in pure - electric mode, or whether it mixes its gasoline and electric powerplants for propulsion.

«The battery system is designed to provide power assistance to the internal combustion engine, rather than store energy for all - electric propulsion,» said Poulos.

A tax credit is available for the purchase of a new qualified plug - in electric drive motor vehicle that draws propulsion using a traction battery that has at least five kilowatt - hours (kWh) of capacity, uses an external source of energy to recharge the battery, has a gross vehicle weight rating of up to 14,000 pounds, and meets specified emission standards.