Sentences with phrase «electric vehicles the ability»

The new tech allows electric vehicles the ability to receive and respond to charge instructions based on the grid -LSB-...]

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Musk, 46, has built up a showman's reputation as the founder and chief executive officer of Tesla (tsla), calling on true believers to help him overcome the «haters» who question his company's ability to usher in an electric - vehicle age on an ambitious timetable.

According to Citi analyst Itay Michaeli, Magna's ability to assemble complete vehicles might attract interest from major automakers looking to outsource their electric - car manufacturing.

Musk unveiled the new Tesla P85D yesterday, an all - electric, dual motor luxury vehicle that comes with a handful of autonomous features, such as the ability change lanes on its own.

Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk's refusal to answer «boring» Wall Street questions about finances sent the electric vehicle maker's shares down as much as 7 percent on Thursday, jarring investors and raising concerns about its ability to raise money in the future.

«Declining ore grades for copper, continued lack of investment in new mines and the time required to bring new discoveries to production will constrain metal availability and, ultimately, the metal sector's ability to meet growing demand from automakers for battery electric vehicle production,» Carol Cowan, a Moody's Senior Vice President wrote.

«We find that customers enjoy both leather and nonleather options for their Teslas,» said Tesla spokeswoman Khobi Brooklyn in an e-mail, adding that the company is committed to providing its customers with the ability to build the Tesla electric vehicle that would meet their needs and their lifestyle.

We believe the successful launch of the planned Model S is critical to our ability to capitalize on the electric vehicle market opportunity.

(Reuters)- Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk's refusal to answer «boring» Wall Street questions about finances sent the electric vehicle maker's shares down as much as 7 percent on Thursday, jarring investors and raising concerns about its ability to raise money in the future.

Once carried high on a tide of stampeding bulls, Syrah is now beset by anxious investors who, at the eleventh hour, seem to have lost faith in the company's ability to supply both industrial users and electric vehicles with the graphite they need.

Tesla will be without two important executives just as the electric - car maker struggles to boost production of its first mass - market vehicle and faces doubts about its ability to raise cash.

«If a power company has the ability to selectively charge groups of vehicles based on when renewable energy resources are available,» he says, «it makes electric vehicles useful not only for reducing petroleum consumption but for reducing the amount of greenhouse gases overall that we produce.»

Probert: You've got the vehicle developed, you just developed a power train, the only thing advantage about is in your platform scalability, so you can get the power train and interface to work with the Focus so then that platform that same car platform and if you make it in different forms you build it in different countries, you have that ability, you can take that electric vehicle, you can build it in your plant in US, you can take it and you can build it in your plan in St Louis in Germany.

Now the stunning cost reductions for solar electricity, wind electricity, batteries, electric vehicles and hundreds of impressive efficiency improvements are all dramatically improving our ability to reduce emissions and become far more efficient.

A 5.8 - inch touchscreen display is standard, the 8 - inch Discover Pro satellite navigation system with DAB radio and Bluetooth is a # 1765 option, and includes bespoke functions for electric vehicles, including the ability to identify potential destinations on electric range, and electric charging points.The GTE will also feature an e-manager which allows the driver to preset vehicle charging, as well as interior cooling or heating.

First, the off - road ability of a Range Rover model can not be compromised and a fully electric vehicle with a heavy battery pack would have been a serious technical challenge, especially in terms of waterproofing the powertrain.

SYNC 3 provides several capabilities for C - MAX Hybrid and C - MAX Energi, giving you the ability to monitor and control many of the features that make a hybrid electric vehicle unique and fun to drive.

The overall design of the IMx reflects the ability of electric vehicles to provide instant, rapid acceleration on command.

There's also the theoretical ability to travel as an electric vehicle for up to 36 km and at speeds of 125km / h.

Offering a completely modern design and drivetrain, the new and upcoming Honda Insight looks to bring the practicality, ability, and efficiency of electric vehicles to the forefront of the automotive industry.

That means a huge potential market for the Fortwo Electric Drive, if we Americans can ever get over the idea that we need a commute vehicle with room for five and the ability to travel back and forth to work 10 times in a single day.

A plug - in hybrid vehicle is most easily described as a hybrid vehicle that also has the ability to operate as an electric vehicle.

We're guessing that ultimately Marcos was looking to create a strong, yet lightweight vehicle, with the ability to go from 0mph to 60mph in just 4.5 seconds with an output of 225 horsepower when both engines (gas and electric) are in use.

Not only do you get to control your own vehicle, a dune buggy, in The Following but it also comes with its own unique skill - tree, which gives you the ability to unlock upgrade for the buggy such as nitro, electric cage, flame - throwers to name a few, but also unlockables in form of outside paint for your car and inside decorations such as my favourite, a small bobble - head figurine.

Add in a hundred - mile range and the ability to swap out batteries instead of plugging in to recharge, and this little EV could change the way we think about electric vehicles in the city.

Directs the Secretary to conduct programs in partnership with the private sector that address: (1) hydrogen production from diverse energy sources; (2) use of hydrogen for commercial, industrial, and residential electric power generation; (3) safe delivery of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels, (4) advanced vehicle technologies; (5) storage of hydrogen or hydrogen - carrier fuels; (6) development of safe, durable, affordable, and efficient fuel cells; and (7) the ability of domestic automobile manufacturers to manufacture commercially available competitive hybrid vehicle technologies in the United States.

Though showing up a little late to the electric vehicle party, Ford is flaunting the new Focus» ability to recharge the 23 kwh...

This is why ultracapacitors, with their ability to release quick jolts of electricity and to absorb this energy just as fast, are ideal today as a complement to batteries or fuel cells in electric - drive vehicles.

The free ChargePoint iPhone App from Coulomb gives electric vehicle owners the ability to not only easily locate ChargePoint Networked Charging Stations for electric vehicles anywhere in North America, but also to see in real time if a charging station is currently available, in use, or out of service.

The goal for the SwRI portion of this 18 - month effort is to demonstrate the ability of electric vehicles to serve as energy storage devices in support of a microgrid and provide grid ancillary services, such as peak shaving and demand response, during non-microgrid operation.

The first gives electric Ford vehicle owners the ability to connect to their cars from the comfort of their homes through Alexa devices such as the Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Amazon Tap.

As for throwing what we know about cars out the window (perhaps at 100 mph, if we go by the tone of these promos), the company made some pretty big promises near the end of last year — electric cars, vehicles having the ability to learn about passengers and make decisions based on interests, ride - sharing systems and hints at autonomous driving.

They clearly know how to make an exciting automobile, electric only technology that the other automakers are lacking in real abilities (gas electric hybrid that switches from electric after 10 miles is not a real electric vehicle).