Sentences with phrase «first electric battery»

Alessandro Volta (1745 — 1827) The namesake behind today's volts, which measure differences in electrical potential, Italian physicist and experimentalist Volta discovered methane, used his tongue to detect electricity and invented the first electric battery.

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The U.S. pioneer in luxury electric cars charged by batteries was one of the first companies to offer steering that could be operated hands - free, one of the first steps to full self - driving that industry experts say may be available by 2020.

Companies like General Motors and Toyota were also investing in electric vehicle technology, but Tesla was the first to show that a battery - powered car could be sexy.

Softbank $ 100 billion fund buys into Canadian lithium miner in first deal of its kind as race to secure electric vehicle battery raw materials heats up.

Wireless EV bus charging: Momentum Dynamics has commissioned the US» first 200 kW wireless charging system for a battery - electric transit bus fleet.

It appears Tesla Motors has found a place for its Gigafactory, with the company saying that it has broken ground on a new site near Reno, Nev., which could end speculation on which state will have the honor of the electric automaker's first major battery factory.

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California - based Zero's newest offering, the $ 7,995 XU, is the first street - legal electric motorcycle to carry a removable battery.

«New insight into battery charging supports development of improved electric vehicles: First technique capable of determining lithium metal plating during lithium ion battery charging reported in Materials Today.»

In 2011, Science's editors will be watching a smaller detector at the Large Hadron Collider called LHCb, which will study B mesons in great detail; new techniques that should lead to the discovery of many more genes contributing to adaptation; an ignited fusion burn at the National Ignition Facility; broadly neutralizing antibodies, which are capable of disabling a wide range of viral variants; the first plug - in hybrid electric cars whose batteries are charged from a wall socket go on the market; and the results of the first phase III trial of a malaria vaccine.

The first funding round from last year's increase included # 270 million slated for electric vehicle batteries, drug manufacturing technology, and robotics; # 250 million will go to fellowships.

As an example of the aqueous zinc battery's power and safety, Fei Wang, a jointly appointed postdoctoral associate at UMD's Clark School and ARL, and first author of the paper, cites the numerous battery fire incidents in cell phones, laptops and electric cars highlighted in recent media coverage.

The vanadium battery finally got its first chance to shine in 1991, when Kashima - Kita Electric Power, a Mitsubishi subsidiary located north of Tokyo, took out a new license on the technology.

For example, you can tap the W - TENG and use its electric field as a «button'to open your garage door, or you could activate a security system — all without a battery, passively and wirelessly,» said Sai Sunil Mallineni, the first author of the study and a Ph.D. student in physics and astronomy.

Batteries have come a long way since Alessandro Volta first discovered in 1800 that two unlike metals, when separated by an acidic solution, could produce an electric current.

Electric vehicles promise to revolutionize transportation — but safer, better - performing batteries must first be developed before this potential can be turned into a reality.

Lithium - ion batteries could change future generations of electric cars, but significant scientific hurdles must be overcome first, said Dr. Michael Thackeray at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's Frontiers in Materials Sciences Seminar Series.

Momentum Dynamics has commissioned the US» first 200 kW wireless charging system for a battery - electric transit bus fleet.

THE KAVLI FOUNDATION: At the end of 2011 there were several news stories about how a battery in the Chevy Volt, GM's first mainstream electric vehicle since the EV1, caught fire several weeks after the car was subject to crash testing.

At some point, it will be replaced with a battery - electric powered Chevrolet Bolt competitor, a car I first reported on back in March 2015.

We'll have to wait until we get to have a go to see if these upgrades make the i3s any more fun to drive than the standard i3, but with the increased popularity of electric cars and the advancement in battery technology, this might be the first look at what we can expect from a hot hatch of the future.

Honda introduces the EV Plus, the first all - electric production vehicle powered by advanced nickel - metal hydride batteries.

Long Beach Transit Unveils 1 Of 10 Electric Buses To Be Added To Fleet In November Sep 26, 2016 CBS Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) The Long Beach Transit on Monday rolled out one of 10 new battery - powered electric buses it will add to its fleet in the first week of NElectric Buses To Be Added To Fleet In November Sep 26, 2016 CBS Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) The Long Beach Transit on Monday rolled out one of 10 new battery - powered electric buses it will add to its fleet in the first week of Nelectric buses it will add to its fleet in the first week of November.

Q5 Hybrid The Q5 Hybrid, Audi's first hybrid in the U.S., comes with an electric motor powered by a lithium - ion battery pack as well as a turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder gas engine.

Ford Focus Electric By the end of this year, Ford will enter its first - ever battery - powered compact into the EV fray with a 123 - hp electric motor turning the front wheels of a four - door haElectric By the end of this year, Ford will enter its first - ever battery - powered compact into the EV fray with a 123 - hp electric motor turning the front wheels of a four - door haelectric motor turning the front wheels of a four - door hatchback.

The Q5 Hybrid, Audi's first hybrid in the U.S., comes with an electric motor powered by a lithium - ion battery pack as well as a turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder gas engine.

First there are four settings for battery usage: hybrid; all - electric E-mode; battery - preserving E-save; and E-charge, where the gasoline engine replenishes the battery.

It's a valid question we confronted when hybrid - electrics arrived in the late 1990s and again when the first battery - electrics went on sale three years ago.

Q5 Hybrid The Q5 Hybrid, Audi's first hybrid in the U.S., comes with an electric motor powered by a lithium - ion battery pack and a turbocharged 2.0 - liter four - cylinder gas engine.

Motor Trend suggests the Mini hybrid could be one of the first vehicles to utilize super capacitors — the highly - efficient energy storage modules pack a higher density than lithium - ion batteries and appear to be the next big advancement in electric vehicles.

Mazda's development of a battery electric vehicle due for release next year, and the brand's first mild - hybrid the year after, will continue as scheduled.

Supposedly FF's first electric car will have a battery pack with about 98 kWh of capacity, which is a 15 percent jump in specific energy compared to the 85 - kWh Tesla Model S. Like Musk's silent chariot, it features a multi-cell solution.

Lichtenstein: Not one of the world's greatest automotive hubs, but as the home of research and development company nanoFlowcell AG it's also the home of a series of battery - electric concept vehicles, the first of which debuted at the Geneva motor show in 2014.

The S E Countryman ALL4 is Mini's first plug - in hybrid vehicle, which uses a 1.5 - liter three - cylinder engine to drive the front wheels through a six - speed automatic transmission, while the rear wheels are driven by an 87 - hp electric motor powered by a 7.6 - kilowatt - hour lithium - ion battery.

This long front deck looks like it could fit a battery pack ahead of the rotary to create the world's first plug - in electric Wankel hybrid.

When a German engineer gets off the plane in Los Angeles for the first time, he expects to be greeted by a vast forest of churning windmills powering the electric grid, plus an array of solar batteries on the roof of every Starbucks.

Polestar 2 will reach production in late 2019, and will be the group's first battery electric car.

(MAHWAH, N.J.)-- March 20, 2018 — Jaguar has taken to the Monaco Grand Prix circuit to showcase the performance and handling of its first battery electric vehicle (BEV), the Jaguar I - PACE.

In 2018 Jaguar will make racing history with the first - ever international race series for a Production Battery Electric Vehicle.

The F3DM, which costs 149,800 yuan (about $ 21,200) and can travel 100 km (63 miles) on a full battery charge, is the first mass - produced plug - in electric vehicle.

The Toyota FT - EV II is a small, battery electric, concept car built by Toyota as a modified Toyota iQ and first shown at the October 2009 Tokyo Motor Show.

The plug - in hybrid S 550e uses the same six - cylinder engine with a 13.3 kWh battery motor, capable of achieving 31 miles of electric driving range, which is more than the 20.5 - mile range offered by the first S 550e.

By 2020, expect replacements for the RS 6 and RS 7, based on this year's new A6 and A7, RS versions of Audi's first three battery - electric models due by 2021 (starting with this year's e-tron SUV and followed by the 2019 e-tron Sportback crossover), a new - generation Q3 RS and perhaps even the first RS 1 — based on this year's new Q3 and A1 respectively.

The first drive was in the GLC 350e; it uses a 2.0 - litre turbocharged four - cylinder, an electric motor, a nine - speed automatic transmission and an 8.7 kWh lithium - ion battery.

The 206 - hp Sonata Hybrid pairs that 2.4 L (rated at 166 hp) with a permanent magnet high - density electric motor with 39 hp and an industry - first lithium polymer battery.

The first was a VM Motori S.p.A. 1.8 - liter three - cylinder, turbocharged diesel, whose energy was diverted to an 180 - pound, 300 - volt battery and two oil - cooled electric wheel motors.

Genesis Essentia Concept is the first vehicle with battery electric powertrain.

Through this program, smart now offers battery - electric models from the first series - produced vehicles.

The latest BMW 7 Series is also the first to be offered in the UK as an ActiveHybrid in both standard and long - wheelbase guises courtesy of a 3.0 - litre six - cylinder engine mated to a synchronous electric motor and lithium - ion high performance battery which will allow for solus electrically - powered driving at given times.

The Prius Prime is Toyota's first all - electric vehicle that runs solely on battery charges for up to 25 miles.