Sentences with phrase «for electric drive vehicles»

The bill would create an EERE research program focused on battery manufacturing and battery systems for electric drive vehicles; this program would be authorized to receive appropriations from 2009 through 2018.

-- The purpose of the program shall be to improve existing processes, or develop new manufacturing processes, to enable higher quality and less expensive energy batteries for electric drive vehicles.

the 650,000 square - foot facility will be financed in part from a $ 151.4 million grant the company received from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Recovery Act Award for Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative.

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As the nickel price continues its upward trajectory driven by the clean energy revolution for power storage and the rise of the electric vehicles, Poseidon remains poised to become a producer with its existing class 1 high grade nickel sulphide mine.

The company is also working to strike a deal with a major car manufacturer (which Musk declines to name) to become a supplier of chassis and drive trains for a mass - market electric vehicle.

The vehicle is self - driving, electric, and meant for a ride - sharing service.

Prior to his announcement, Marchionne offered his peers some words of wisdom via an interview with Bloomberg for surviving a rapidly changing industry thanks to the advent of electric cars, ride - sharing, and self - driving vehicles.

Musk last year hired chip design legend Jim Keller, who had been at AMD (amd) for years, sparking speculation that the electric carmaker would go that route to enhance the self - driving capability of future vehicles.

The one - on - one meeting sends a message of Tesla's importance in China, whose politicians consider the California company a role model for the country's new electric car companies, as many vehicles suffer from long charging times and a poor driving experience, he explained.

BMW may get state aid worth 18.7 million euros to build a test center for self - driving and electric vehicles in the Czech Republic.

Aside from banning the use Tesla vehicles for ridesharing, the company also announced on Thursday that future Model X and Model S electric cars will feature full self - driving capabilities.

The publication cites an Electric Drive Transportation Association report about pure EVs, including Tesla's, but not counting hybrids, accounting for 71,064 of all vehicles sold in the country last year.

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Unlike conventional all - wheel drive vehicles that sacrifice fuel efficiency for increased traction, Tesla's Electric All Wheel Drive system increases efficidrive vehicles that sacrifice fuel efficiency for increased traction, Tesla's Electric All Wheel Drive system increases efficiDrive system increases efficiency.

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As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric vehicles based on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.

The past year was a big one for self - driving vehicles, culminating with the reveal of Tesla's new fully electric semi, gaining pre-orders from big players such as PepsiCo, UPS and Walmart.

S&P Global Platts Analytics expects accelerating global Electric Vehicle penetration, rising from a little more than 500,000 sales in 2015 to over 7 million by 2025 — driving a surge in demand for lithium - ion batteries.

In this new world, what is the role for self - driving cars, electric and hydrogen vehicles, and automotive connectivity?

The commission is looking for entries covering how existing infrastructure can be adapted, how roads shared by driverless and driven vehicles can work, and how these changes can be introduced alongside charging networks for new electric cars.

Since the launch of the Drive Clean Rebate for electric vehicles in March, New York state has seen a 74 percent increase in sales of electric cars over the same period in 2016, according to a press release published last week by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced a new electric vehicle campaign — Charge NY — that includes the installation of charging stations, incentives for employers to encourage employees to drive electric vehicles and extensive public education and outreach.

In December, the New York Power Authority approved $ 2 million in funding to help municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State purchase electric - drive vehicles for use in their municipal fleets.

«This 2 - million dollars in funding will make it possible for these systems who are interested in acquiring additional electric - drive vehicles to finance the cost of these vehicles.

A fleet of self - driving cars zooming through underground tunnels is planned, but for now there will just be street - level electric vehicles.

The Chinese government hopes to avoid an auto - driven environmental apocalypse both by mandating increasing fuel efficiency but also by pushing these domestic vehicle manufacturers for homegrown hybrid, electric and fuel - cell vehicles under its «863» program — deriving its name from its launch back in March 1986.

Anticipating the next step, researchers at MIT have proposed a scheme called CityCar in which compact electric vehicles would be scattered in parking stations all around cities, enabling riders to jump into one and drive it to the station nearest their destination, then leave it for the next rider, much like the shared - bicycle systems that have sprung up in cities around the world.

Now, drivers can for the first time see just how much driving an electric vehicle in their hometown will lower global warming emissions and save them money on fuel costs,» he said.

If electric cars could recharge while driving down a highway, it would virtually eliminate concerns about their range and lower their cost, perhaps making electricity the standard fuel for vehicles.

The data logger designed by the project group for New Drive Systems NAS in Karlsruhe is useful when developing new hybrid and electric vehicles, and also increases the efficiency of vehicle fleets.

Plugging into renewable energy sources outweighs the cost and short driving ranges for consumers intending to buy electric vehicles, according to a new study.

That is why, one and a half years ago, an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, mathematicians, electrical engineers and mechatronics engineers launched the project Afkar (a German abbreviation for «autonomous driving and intelligent chassis concept for an all - electric vehicle»).

Guessford already drives an electric vehicle, the Nissan Leaf — «a poor man's Tesla,» he said — but also put his name down for a Model 3.

«Eco-minded drivers keen on switching to electric [vehicles] would do well to buy a Leaf or Volt for highway driving, instead of a low - speed vehicle (like a GEM, Wheego, or another neighborhood electric vehicle),» says Nolan.

Already linked through sponsorship of the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team, the two firms will collaborate on the future of in - car mobile technologies and, more excitingly, wireless charging for the next wave of electric vehicles — successors to cars like the AMG SLS Electric Drive and B - class Electrielectric vehicles — successors to cars like the AMG SLS Electric Drive and B - class ElectriElectric Drive and B - class ElectricElectric Drive.

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With advanced technology like rechargeable lithium batteries and electric motors providing power to the wheels, modern battery electric vehicles allow for all - electric driving while producing zero tailpipe emissions.

Another Toyota researcher, Taiyo Kawai, general manager - fuel - cell system development, estimates the crossover point for battery - electric and fuel - cell vehicles is a driving range of about 90 miles (144 km) and expects the two powerplants to co-exist.

Paving the Way for Electric Drive in Much Larger Truck Sector: In both the U.S. and China, the transit sector has been the early adopter of advanced technologies and cleaner fuels in the heavy - duty vehicle sector.

Plug - in hybrid and pure electric vehicles can be a little more enjoyable just for the challenge of driving as efficiently as possible on electric power alone.

The dual power sources offer all of the incentives of driving an electric vehicle — charging at home, cheap energy, and the potential for reduced emissions — while eliminating the inconvenience of limited range and slow charging times that afflict pure electric vehicles.

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On a vehicle with drive [electric] motors at the wheels (e.g. Tesla) there probably is no need for any selectable gearing at all.

To do that, hybrid - vehicle engineers have identified two crucial areas for development: increasing the efficiency of electric drives and optimizing the thermal efficiency of heat engines.

For «engine», read «drive unit» - the Clarity is more similar to a battery - electric vehicle than it is a plug - in hybrid or non-hybrid vehicle, though really it's quite different from either.

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The future mentioned by you, where everyone drives an electric vehicle, will involve vast expansion of power generating facilities, total revamp of power transmission infrastructure (which has not been maintained properly for decades as it is) and ramping up battery production, which, I am pretty sure, is not remotely clean tech and requires vast amounts of rare earth materials.

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