Sentences with phrase «further electrification»

The Internet economy demands further electrification, with perfect reliability.

It would mean a large number of electric vehicles on the roads and further electrification of the railway system.

But these cost twice as much as conventional vehicles, and failed in the marketplace, likely contributing to Magna's subsequent brush with insolvency and putting further electrification projects on hold.

Not exact matches

The Campaign for Better Transport said the electrification projects would cut carbon and running costs, but said it was disappointed that ministers had committed to permitting ticket prices to increase by retail price index inflation plus a further three per cent.

Rural electrification lags far behind moribund urban electricity supply in the struggling Caribbean nation

«Electric vehicles will absolutely play a role in Jaguar Land Rover's future product portfolio and Formula E will give us a unique opportunity to further our development of electrification technologies,» Jaguar Land Rover group engineering director Nick Rogers said in a statement.

The GLA will also likely receive a host of diesel options, but with Mercedes - Benz's recent commitment to electrification, we wouldn't be surprised if we saw an all - electric GLA or at the very least, a hybrid GLA, further down the 2019 GLA's lifecycle.

«Electric vehicles will absolutely play a role in Jaguar Land Rover's future product portfolio and Formula E will give us a unique opportunity to further our development of electrification technologies» explains Nick Rogers, Group Engineering Director at JLR.

Whether this takes the form of a Volkswagen GTE - style warm hatch, or something more in the vein of a mild - hybrid, we can only speculate, but the work completed by SEAT in further integrating electrification could yield interesting possibilities for the next generation of Cupras.

Since then we have been working on further refining our innovative approach to electrification and hybrid powertrains, as can be seen in our brand new XC90 T8 Twin Engine which is just entering full - scale production.

The commitment to electrification from Jaguar Land Rover goes a step further with the North American debut of the Jaguar I - PACE eTrophy prototype at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

With the electrification of regular cars on the rise it seems only natural that those further up the automotive chain begin to make use of electrons to improve both performance and fuel economy.

With electrification being one of the most important themes at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, most auto manufacturers made announcements about the electrification of their fleet and further programs for new EV models.

This is far from surprising, but interestingly enough, Marchionne wants Maserati to lead this offensive with full electrification from 2019 onward.

Dr. Bulander also touched on other powertrain optimization technologies, specifically direct injection at 350 bar, which improves mixture formation and reduces particulate emissions; further optimized turbochargers; the electronic clutch system (eCS) developed for manual transmissions; a 48 - volt boost recuperation system; and electrification.

To further develop its electrification plans in China, Toyota will also open a new battery testing facility in China, in 2020.

This version of the Mission E is expected to be the flagship model; Porsche has invested a further 500million Euros (# 437million) into its electrification strategy to develop additional versions of the car.

«We have shown the R8 Spyder V10 Plus and we are planning further derivates, but there is no electrification plan,» he said, adding that Audi Sport had no interest in entering Formula 1 or producing a hypercar to compete with the likes of the Mercedes - AMG Project One and Aston Martin Valkyrie.

Ford Motor Company — America's largest domestic hybrid seller — is further broadening its aggressive electrification plan and second generation of hybrid technology with the new Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.

«For the further reduction of CO2, in addition to the advancement of downsized turbo engines, we will position plug - in hybrids at the core of electrification in the future and introduce an all - new plug - in hybrid model in North America by 2018,» said Takahiro Hachigo, Honda Motor Company CEO.

In addition to the systematic further development of its highly efficient diesel engines, Mercedes - Benz Vans will in the future also offer locally emission - free electric drive in all segments and will push forward with the electrification of the commercial fleet.

More than 20,000 electric vehicles (EVs) and plug - in hybrids are already on the roads in western states; the electrification of these major corridors is expected to reduce range anxiety and drive further adoption of EVs, while transforming the market to allow smaller communities to plug into the regional system.

A hard look at the issue of energy poverty, including a new «energy development index», a handy measure of how far countries have advanced along the road to energy maturity in the areas of per capita energy use, the use of modern energy services and rates of electrification.

The national security argument is compelling — think energy security (distributed PV is far less vulnerable to failure than centralized fossil power), economic security (green jobs), social security (distributed PV is ideal for rural electrification), and of course environmental security.

Farther out, there is enormous potential in transportation electrification, because the city's huge bus fleets and over half - a-million cars are expected to be electric by 2030, he added.

The transportation sector has shown early signals of adaptation too, as automakers keep establishing ambitious plans for electrification of their future fleets and ten states so far have Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) programmes to encourage the deployment of electric vehicles.

As far as we are aware, the majority of rural electrification strategies active or planned in Africa today involve the private sector.

To find an example of where subsidies have been successful at hitting ambitious electrification targets in rural areas that arguably would be untouchable by the private sector, one has to look no further than the electrification of rural America in the early 20th century.

Though it has thus far been concentrated mostly in the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and Germany, the increasing electrification of the developing world offers the industry phenomenal inroads for further expansion and development.

Aside from largely ignoring the issue of electrification of trucks, which is happening far more slowly than passenger cars, Hulot's plans also appear to disregard second and third - order effects if the 2040 ban on gasoline and diesel - engined cars proceeds as planned.

According to Nancy Gioia, newly appointed director of global electrification at Ford, battery swapping has far too many pitfalls.

The company has put a lot of R&D efforts into the electrification of its vehicles (mostly hybrids and plug - in hybrids so far), but the vast majority of what it sells is still powered by gasoline, so there's an internal conflict there that probably prevents the company from being purely pro-EVs.

Several key issues were highlighted for further study, including leakage of emissions to nearby states, the role of forestry offsets, and the role of electrification as a method for reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the economy.»