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At the very least, some people seeking electric propulsion in a luxury SUV might stop waiting for Elon Musk to figure out how to turn the Model S into the long - rumored Model X.

It leverages drive system components and software from the plug - in Chevrolet Volt to provide all - electric propulsion in some driving scenarios, along with power to assist the gas engine.

The plug - in technology enables the battery to fully charge from a standard electrical outlet, enabling pure electric propulsion in many driving situations, especially urban commutes in which fuel efficiency may double that of a conventional hybrid.

To do this, Hyperloop One uses electric propulsion in a vacuum environment to launch a pod that slightly hovers above the track thanks to what's known as magnetic levitation, or mag - lev technology.

Not exact matches

This interior design could be implemented in Virgin Hyperloop One's functional pod with an electric propulsion system which could achieve speeds up to 700 mph inside a near - vacuum.

In 2014, Dmytro Rafalskyi and Ane Aanesland from the Laboratory of Plasma Physics, École Polytechnique, France demonstrated a new electric propulsion concept.

The robotic spacecraft would cruise in deep space towards a near - Earth asteroid, using a technology called advanced Solar Electric Propulsion.

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.

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.

ARM will use capabilities in development, including the new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and high - power Solar Electric Propulsion.

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.

To stay in that exact spot, the craft will use a field emission electric propulsion engine, which ejects ions of liquid metal cesium to exert a miniscule thrust to counter tiny forces on the craft, such as the sunlight itself.

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.

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.

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

Electric propulsion has already proven its worth on commercial satellites, culminating in the 2015 launch of the world's first all - electric spacecraft, said Mitchell Walker, chairman of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics» Electric Propulsion Technical Committee, who also presented testimony during the Electric propulsion has already proven its worth on commercial satellites, culminating in the 2015 launch of the world's first all - electric spacecraft, said Mitchell Walker, chairman of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics» Electric Propulsion Technical Committee, who also presented testimony during thpropulsion has already proven its worth on commercial satellites, culminating in the 2015 launch of the world's first all - electric spacecraft, said Mitchell Walker, chairman of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics» Electric Propulsion Technical Committee, who also presented testimony during the electric spacecraft, said Mitchell Walker, chairman of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics» Electric Propulsion Technical Committee, who also presented testimony during the Electric Propulsion Technical Committee, who also presented testimony during thPropulsion Technical Committee, who also presented testimony during the hearing.

Electric propulsion systems in the 50 - to 100 - kilowatt level may be needed to get crews to Mars faster than is possible with conventional chemical propulsion.

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 (JPLIn 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 (JPLin 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).

He began his career in 1962 at Lewis Research Center, where he worked on electric propulsion systems.

India could build or buy commercial electric propulsion systems built in France or Russia to significantly improve the cargo payload mass that could be put into a stable Low Lunar Polar Orbit by its possible future Reusable Launch Vehicle or a «HLV» based on the Unified Launch Vehicle.

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.

«The user can «top up» the battery pack with electricity one or more times during the day,» Volvo vice president of electric propulsion systems Lennart Stegland said in a statement.

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.

So, if there were doubts in your mind about the viability of electric propulsion, chalk up the Transit Connect Electric as one more piece of evidence in favor of the powertrain of theelectric propulsion, chalk up the Transit Connect Electric as one more piece of evidence in favor of the powertrain of theElectric as one more piece of evidence in favor of the powertrain of the future.

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.

WardsAuto editors chose the winners after spending October and November evaluating 32 engines and electric propulsion systems during routine commutes in metro Detroit.

Even though our LS460L lacked electric propulsion and a trunk full of batteries, it turned in very good fuel economy, averaging 21 mpg over twelve months.

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 batteries.

What's Under the Covers Like the gasoline - powered Mitsubishi i - car upon which this pure electric is based, the propulsion hardware is located just ahead of the rear axle — as in the standard «mid-engine» format.

Lennart Stegland, vice president of electric propulsion systems at Volvo, has confidence in the technology's potential.

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.

Jaguar's effort is a fully factory - backed team and has support from Williams Advanced Engineering — a firm with significant experience in electric propulsion and advanced powertrains.

As the name suggests, the B - Class Electric Drive eschews the ICE in favor of electric proElectric Drive eschews the ICE in favor of electric proelectric propulsion.

It's the first production electric car from Morgan, but don't expect it to be the last — the firm recently announced # 6 million in funding from the UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre, with a view to creating an entire range of electric and hybrid vehicles by the end of the decade.

«We can do lot more with today's propulsion systems, both gas and diesel, as you downsize and add direct - injection and electrification to those systems,» Smyth says, noting GM is working on all possible future powertrain technologies, including hybrid - and all - electric vehicles, as well as plug - in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.

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.

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.

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.

This also would enable transit agencies and utilities to better understand the requirements of converting large fleets of buses to electric propulsion, which can create high levels of power demand in concentrated locations.

You wouldn't expect electrification to be incorporated throughout the Aston Martin line up anytime soon, but Palmer announced earlier this year that electric propulsion, whether be it via a hybrid or full electric powertrain, will be available in every bespoke automobile leaving the factory in Gaydon as of 2025.

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.

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.

It represents a new generation of concept car with electric hybrid propulsion where electricity is generated from hydrogen and oxygen (air) in a Toyota designed fuel cell.

In fuel cell mode, the car runs only on hydrogen propulsion, while in assist mode, the electric battery helps out the fuel cell during heavy loadIn fuel cell mode, the car runs only on hydrogen propulsion, while in assist mode, the electric battery helps out the fuel cell during heavy loadin assist mode, the electric battery helps out the fuel cell during heavy loads.

But it just goes to show what's possible in the burgeoning field of electric propulsion.

It will have a modified version of the electric propulsion system found in the Chevrolet Volt.