Sentences with phrase «future electric drive vehicles»

By the time former BMW designer Henrik Fisker took the wraps off the Fisker Karma — his low, sleek, plug - in hybrid sports sedan — in 2008, the media frenzy for more celebrated future electric drive vehicles was already in full swing.

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Every week seemed to bring a new out - there concept car designed to tackle a future or electric mobility or vehicles that can drive themselves.

Electric vehicles are the future and they're fun to drive due to great handling and acceleration, Rusch said.

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.

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.

It's easy to imagine a future where GM captures the market in electric and self - driving vehicles that investors have assumed Tesla will own.

As lithium is an oligopoly, it was thought that the market leaders such as SQM or Albemarle could easily add production capacity to meet any future demand driven by electric vehicle adoption, so broad - based capital injections were not necessary.

The electric hybrid eVaro, developed in Canada by Future Vehicle Technologies of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in around 5 seconds, and drives at least 165 miles on the equivalent of a US gallon of fuel.

But eventually researchers are hopeful that future lithium - sulfur batteries will help electric vehicles match the driving range of their gas - powered counterparts.

Electric drive vehicles have the potential to wean the United States off foreign oil and drive it toward an era of zero - emissions transportation, but that potential is being pushed into the more distant future by the ominous fact that most consumers aren't buying them.

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.

News BMW spills the beans on its new M4, while Audi moves forward with its new Quattro plans First drives Lotus Elise Club Racer, Rolls - Royce Wraith, BMW 328i GT, Vauxhall Insignia VXR Supersport, Mercedes S63 AMG, BMW X5 and a host of other new cars get the evo once - over Columns Harry reckons electric vehicles have an image problem, while Porter fears for the V8 engine Letters Last month's Future Icons stirred you into action to point out the potential gems we missed

The 2018 Clarity Electric is the future of clean vehicles and driving without compromise.

MiEV, which stands for «Mitsubishi In - wheel - motor Electric Vehicle,» is the auto maker's electric drive system for all current and future EVs anElectric Vehicle,» is the auto maker's electric drive system for all current and future EVs anelectric drive system for all current and future EVs and PHEVs.

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.

Expect lots of electric vehicles, hybrids and plans for an non-human driving future.

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The next - generation Mercedes - Benz is getting an all - electric variant, but this time instead of wearing the E-cell name, it's now an E-Drive (which stands for electric drive)-- the name that all future electric vehicles from...

In these plug - in hybrid vehicles of the future, the Power eDrive electric drive system will contribute approximately two thirds of the vehicle's combined output, with the TwinPower Turbo internal combustion engine accounting for the remaining third.

Purchasing an I.C.E either petrol or diesel without a hybrid drive train is like purchasing a 386 computer — old fuddy - duddy stuff for the old economy, get with the program the future electric vehicles are fun and fantastic or the Insight is a brilliant appetizer

In so doing, the SAV with all - electric drivetrain will blaze a trail for both the fifth generation of BMW eDrive technology and a flexible vehicle architecture which in future will allow every model in the line - up to be fitted with a combustion engine, a plug - in hybrid system or a battery - electric drive unit, as desired.

Jaguar I - PACE will be the first premium self - driving electric vehicle in Waymo's fleet First Waymo self - driving I - PACE will start tests in 2018, and become part of Waymo's driverless fleet from 2020 Up to 20,000 vehicles to join Waymo's fleet in the first two years of production Jaguar Land Rover and Waymo to explore other future collaborations Jaguar Land Rover and Waymo today announce a long - term strategic partnership.

With the joint presentation of its first volume - produced vehicle powered purely by an electric drive system and a sports car currently holding the status of the world's most progressive, the BMW i brand is highlighting the broad spread of its future - oriented vehicle concepts.

- Superior peak performance for electric - drive production vehicles - Racing driver Markus Winkelhock piloted the new electric sports car with 280 kW output - Michael Dick: «To us, electric mobility means dynamics and driving pleasure» The future of electric mobility at Audi is highly dynamic: The R8 e-tron has set a world record for a production vehicle with an electric drive system on the Nürburgring Nordschleife — the toughest test track in the world.

UCS says: «The future of battery - electric vehicles is somewhat cloudy at this time, but their development has already made important contributions to advancing electric drive - train and storage technologies needed by both hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.

These funds move New York towards a future where we will be able to drive anywhere in New York State using electric or other zero emission vehicles.

So CalCars, California Electric Transportation Association, Electric Power Research Institute, American Public Power Association, Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Development Consortium, Electric Drive Transportation Asosciation, Plug - In Austin, PlugInAmerica, Electric Auto Association, SetAmericaFree, Institute for Analysis of Global Security, Committee on the Present Danger, Securing America's Future Energy, Bluewater Network, Rainforest Action Network, Senators Hatch, Obama, Bennett, Salazar, other Centrist Coalition members, and all the other national and local group and individual supporters of flex - fuel plug - in hybrids will keep doing what we're doing to make it happen — first from Toyota or another from automaker.

In the near future, electric vehicles, especially public transit buses, could be charged while they're driving, which could eliminate the need for larger batteries and more charging stations, if the work of ElectRoad gets scaled up and commercialized.

As the Union of Concerned Scientists indicates: «The future of battery - electric vehicles (BEVs) is somewhat cloudy at this time, but their development has already made important contributions to advancing electric drive - train and storage technologies needed by both hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.

Beyond traditional electric vehicles, we are also developing other aspects of the automotive and technology industries, including unique ownership models, in - vehicle content and autonomous driving,» Faraday Future says.

According to Faraday Future, the company plans to «launch with fully - electric vehicles that will offer smart and seamless connectivity to the outside world... we are also developing other aspects of the automotive and technology industries, including unique ownership models, in - vehicle content and autonomous driving.»