Sentences with phrase «for conventional cars»

The electric car may find itself only a niche product, rather than a replacement for conventional cars moved by internal combustion — even if EVs are safer overall.

Not exact matches

Conventional wisdom quantifies that buffer of time at roughly a generation, for the simple reason we often grow up to buy — or at least aspire to buy — those very same cars we lusted after as children.

Even tomorrow's conventional automobile, according to today's best guess, is going to be a machine of sport, a car for fun and fresh air.

A conventional lawn mower pollutes as much in an hour as 40 late model cars (or as much as as much air pollution as driving a car for 100 miles).

Unlike conventional infant car seats this lie - flat auto carrycot doesn't have any time restrictions, meaning a newborn can travel in it for longer journeys nonstop.

Unlike traditional infant car seats, the transporter can be used 24/7 - for overnight sleeping when used with a mattress, just like a conventional carrycot, or naps during the day.

This conventional wiper is made in the 12 - inch length, all the way up to 28 inches for bigger cars and trucks.

ChargeCar aims to create a kit that makes it easy for local auto shops to convert conventional cars to electric.

Although three organic farmers on the island plan to convert their diesel - powered cars to run on the rapeseed oil they harvest, everyone else relies on conventional fuels and probably will continue to for a long time.

The new technology is designed for conventional lithium - ion batteries now used in billions of cellphones, laptops and other electronic devices, as well as a growing number of cars and airplanes.

The innovation could expedite the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by eliminating the time needed to stop and re-charge a conventional electric car's battery and dramatically reducing the need for new infrastructure to support re-charging stations.

There is a massive potential for reducing both traffic noise and fuel consumption linked to conventional cars by combining low - noise tyres and the right kind of road surfacing.

«The results, which demonstrate a reduction in both noise and energy consumption, raise the interesting issue of a technology «transfer» by which conventional cars could be fitted with tires developed for electric cars, combined with a re-assessment of what road surfacing textures should be used in heavy traffic areas.

Their analysis showed that, for a given number of cars, a well - designed AV parking lot could accommodate 62 per cent more cars than a conventional one.

«The results show that there is a massive potential for reducing both traffic noise and fuel consumption linked to conventional cars by combining low - noise tires and the right kind of road surfacing,» says Truls Berge, an acoustics researcher at SINTEF.

The aim was to discover combinations beneficial to reducing both traffic noise and CO2 emissions produced by conventional cars, and for extending the range of electric cars.

Polarized xenon is also used as a contrast agent to enhance images in experimental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of human lungs, but conventional systems for producing and using this gas can be as big as a car.

The five - door hatch i1 will be prettier, cheaper, and more practical than the current i3, swapping that car's expensive high - tech underpinnings for a much more conventional layout based on the FAAR WE front - drive architecture that will be shared with the next generation 1 Series, X1 SUV, and all future Minis.

When we consider that a wing's underside is the most important surface for producing downforce, we stumble across an issue with conventional wings: Most are connected to the car via two struts located underneath.

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The ride, despite the «cheaper» solution of conventional springs, dampers, and anti-roll bars for the Sport Series cars as opposed to the hydraulically - linked ProActive chassis control of the 720S, is also beautifully resolved.

Chung Jeon, vice president of Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., cites a recent Deutsche Bank study forecasting demand for conventional hybrids, plug - in hybrids and extended - range EVs to grow to 17.3 million units — 20 % of global car sales — in 2020, when Europe's carbon - dioxide emissions target falls to 95 g / km from 140 g / km today.

The main roads are fine for a conventional front - wheel - drive car, but the truly beautiful areas are off the beaten path.

With new prototype regulations arriving next year, there wasn't much buzz in the prototype classes other than Mazda's decision to jettison the uncompetitive diesel that hamstrung its cars for the past two seasons in favor of a conventional gasoline - powered engine.

Now, the Leaf could be mistaken for one of Nissan's conventional hatchbacks: Gone are the headlights that stretched up the front fenders, replaced with less daring horizontal lights, and the front end has adopted Nissan's corporate V - Motion grille, seen on everything from the Murano SUV to the Sentra compact car.

The conventional cars Google has so far converted for autonomy testing have been the Prius and a smattering of Lexus models.

Likewise, recent VED changes mean that while some first - year rates are still low for low - CO2 cars, the annual rate is # 140 for most conventional cars - or # 450 a year if your car has a list price of more than # 40,000.

The first «i» in the name is a play on the Japanese word for «love» and has been used on a conventional - powered mini (kei) car that debuted in 2003 and has been sold in Japan since 2006.

Then unknown was the soon - to - be-discovered fact that two - thirds of hybrid owners defect to conventional powertrains when trading for a new car.

With hybrids and even conventional gas - powered cars continuing to up the gas - mileage ante, the HS 250h's fuel economy estimates — while good for the luxury segment — have been overshadowed by mainstream models like the Prius, Honda Insight and even the Ford Fusion Hybrid.

The car also features five - seats and offers the same bootspace as a conventional 5 - series, so for # 15k, you get a lot for your money.

Unlike many autonomous concepts, it's not designed to replace conventional cars so much as provide an alternative for businesses and dedicated mobility services.

RS500s were a surprisingly large step on from their conventional Cosworth counterparts, primarily thanks to an upgraded engine honed for competition (and put to good use in various touring car series, most notably the British Touring Car Championshcar series, most notably the British Touring Car ChampionshCar Championship.

For my taste, the grille is much too big, and the surfaces around it too diverse, with elements pointing up and down at various places, with only the top and bottom of the grille and the bar below the chin inlet emphasizing the horizontal.This is again a very good - looking car with some conventional contemporary elements and a few others out of the past, like the inverse - curved backlight that recalls the 1974 Citroën CX and some Pininfarina sports cars from about the same period.

The resulting pig - eyed look did nothing for what was a pretty nice little car, eventually restyled to be more conventional.

For that $ 50 grand, however, you'll get two cars (sort of): BMW promises that it will offer use of a conventional car for longer road triFor that $ 50 grand, however, you'll get two cars (sort of): BMW promises that it will offer use of a conventional car for longer road trifor longer road trips.

Optional on the 335is is the seven - speed, dual - clutch automatic that BMW typically reserves for the M3 and other high - performance cars; lesser 3 Series cars have a conventional six - speed automatic.

The Turbo 2 — represented by the car you see here, for sale at Cheshire Classic Cars in Chester — was slightly more conventional in its details to reduce cost, but eventually more extreme, as Renault brought rallying examples up to Group B specification.

On cars produced after the summer break in August 1975 (for the 1976 model year), the conventional two wiper system changed to a single wiper which parks on the passenger side of the windscreen, while the driver also benefited from improved, lighter, steering linkage.

A genuine athlete it is not, no matter what the marketing bumpf might say — although as a rival for more conventional small four wheel - drive cars such as the Audi Q2 the JCW Countryman makes a far more compelling case for itself.

Battery powered cars have environmentally unfriendly mining processes for the battery precious metals, and taking into account the shipping of the various components and the huge battery weight it makes it laughable really they'll never handle as well as a conventional petrol or diesel car until battery tech either comes a huge way or the fuel cell tech moves forward.

As with the legendary racing sports car from the 1952 season, the vehicle featured consistent lightweight design throughout and a spaceframe that supported the engine, transmission and axles and left no room for conventional doors.

Entered in the event's prestigious Concept Cars and Prototypes class, the DBX Concept defies conventional thinking about the high luxury segment and points to a bold new future for GT travel in the 21st Century.

A futuristic teardrop body design and enclosed rear wheels, as well as so - called e-mirrors using rear - facing cameras in place of conventional mirrors and a flat underbody, have netted an exceptional 0.19 coefficient - of - drag rating — a record for a road - legal production car.

Mercedes is aiming to meet the rising demand for pickup trucks with the refinement and convenience of a conventional car.

Also, with a DCT, shifts can be made more smoothly than with a single - clutch AMT, making a DCT more suitable for conventional road cars.

Asterion LPI 910 - 4 - LP stands for «longitudinale posteriore», the position of the conventional engine, I stands for «ibrido», 910 for the system power and 4 for the permanent 4WD system - is the new concept of a new kind of dream car designed by Lamborghini starting from an intuition: the key for anticipating the future lies in a transformation and hybridisation of Lamborghini's own DNA.

It's another with a far more conventional look, ditching the split headlights from the current - generation car for simple, single units.

Since 2016, the VIZIV concept cars have previewed styling for upcoming production automobiles, and the hybrid powertrain has been dropped in favor of a conventional gasoline engine and all - wheel - drive.

In its F - car application, the LT1 is filled with conventional motor oil vs. the synthetic oil used for the Corvette.