Sentences with phrase «help power the car»

The car has a solar roof that can help power the car on sunny days, providing up to 320 watts of additional electric power.

In hybrid cars, that juice can immediately help power the car ahead.

Going around corners or on slippery roads, McLaren brakes the inside wheel, effectively providing more traction to the outer wheel and helping power the car through a curve.

To help power the car through the turn, a torque vectoring system might deliver 7 % more torque to overdrive the wheel and force the car through the turn.

This makes the car a very - mild hybrid: Regenerative braking charges a large capacitor, which helps power the car's accessories, but not the drivetrain, and adds 1 mpg to EPA ratings.

The car is a plug - in battery - electric vehicle with no gasoline or diesel engine to help power the car.

Not exact matches

What we really need to do is focus on the big purchases — like cars and power plants — and provide the information and financing to help people make better choices.

«I want to help power companies prevent power outages, I want to help police identify patterns of crime that they didn't know about, I want to help race car drivers win races, and I want to help doctors predict medical outcomes.»

As soon as we arrived, we saw one of those battery powered 2 seater cars and Mr. Naughty couldn't help but stare.

To that end, Junior is helping to design the paint schemes for his cars next season and he's still trying to decide which number he'll have on his Hendrick - powered Chevy.

Cars also have a limited amount of «push to pass» to use each race, which gives drivers a bit of a power boost to help with overtakes.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

In standard cars, the juice can help power the onboard electronics — the dashboard, the air conditioner, the radio.

Such a carbon tax could help keep coal, oil and natural gas safely in the ground in favor of alternatives like electric cars and cleaner power plants.

Would AeroVironment, which by then had nearly 100 employees, be interested in helping Hughes and parent company General Motors compete in a 1,950 - mile solar - powered car race across Australia?

The angular concept car sported a lot of modern - sounding tech: a hybrid electric / gas power train that drove all four wheels, an onboard computer with digital displays for everything from the speedometer to the radio, and electronic maps to help you navigate traffic snarls.

A nature inspired face wash that dissolves pore - clogging buildup, helps remove environmental impurities and is supercharged with the antioxidant power of vitamin C and the moisturizing benefits of sodium hyaluronate and vitamin B. Grime and oil belong in your car not on your face...

Slightly Mad Studios discusses Project Cars improvements: «no effects» from DirectX 12 on Xbox One, «PS4 has a lot of CPU power», 720p «wouldn't help».

February 20, 2013 • Satellites help track storms, power the GPS signals in our cars and phones and beam TV signals around the world.

Director: Scott Derrickson Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen, Rachel McAdams, Benedict Wong and Tilda Swinton Plot: An arrogant surgeon (Cumberbatch) loses his hands in a car accident and seeks help from a monastery in Kathmandu, one that teaches him the powers of mystical forces.

Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson) isn't a particularly special high school student, but he's puzzled why no one ever thought about becoming a superhero or — in lieu of getting cool powers that would let them lift a car, fly or shoot lasers from their eyes — just dress up in a costume and help their fellow man.

Thanks to a rigid carbon - fiber tub designed with Formula 1 and exotic supercars in mind, the Alfa Romeo 4C «s low mass helps deliver a razor - sharp, unfiltered directness that's rare for a modern car — how many other performance cars today can do without power steering?

Each PTM mode acts as a deft invisible hand that keeps you and the ZL1 on the track by quietly cutting power and softly pushing the car back from the ragged edge of the road course; the higher the PTM mode, the less the hand helps.

Electronic stability systems are required in all new cars, but the Navigator's system also measures if a rollover has begun and can apply the brakes and cut engine power to help bring the SUV back under control.

All together, it's a massive amount of computing power helping to make a 700bhp + mid-engined car more friendly on the limit.

«Car of the Year» winner at this year's North American International Auto Show, the Genesis has been credited with helping the Hyundai brand achieve a fourth - place finish in J.D. Power's latest initial quality ranking, trailing only Lexus, Porsche and Cadillac.

A locked diff helps put the power down but results in a car that wants to go straight, a point proved by the Z06's dogged understeer after the same 60 - mph juke to the right.

Further technology includes an electromechanical power steering system, which helps keep the car straight during low - grip braking, and a drive select system that offers up comfort, auto and dynamic modes for the steering, gearbox and throttle response.

Front - end grip is monumental (partly thanks to an extra 30 mm of track), while the M Diff at the rear helps you to deploy the power ridiculously early — for a 552bhp rear - wheel car it's surprisingly friendly and straightforward.

While there are still some details not sorted around the new NSX, what we know so far is that the production car will be powered by a mid-mounted, 75 - degree 3.5 - liter twin - turbo V - 6 mated to a nine - speed dual - clutch transmission with a version of the brand's Super-Handling All - Wheel drive helping put the power down.

Continual development of shocks and springs had brought the 2011 to acceptable levels of understeer (earlier cars were far more understeer - prone, requiring substantially more power to help rotate the rear end), but the 2012 model suffers from no such handling demerits.

Our car also came with the optional sports differential, which redistributes torque across the rear axle to help sharpen the cornering line under power in an instinctive fashion.

Owen was unfortunately reduced to ballast in the co-driver's seat because of his carsickness, but he still thoughtfully held up the directions so I could see them, and it was good to have someone else in the car to tell me to curb my enthusiasm occasionally, or to help push if the Pug decided it would rather use human power than its starter motor's.

That would not only help at the track — where the additional output could be matched by gripper tires and still maintain that near - perfect balance or power and handling, but it would go a long way to make this very special sports car as good in normal driving as it is at its limits.

They will be strong, there's no question, the regulation change brought in at Spa [petrol - powered LMP1 cars are allowed an extra three litres of fuel tank capacity] will help them.

He allows just enough of the loosening at the rear to help point the car towards the apex, then he will smoothly bring in the power.

A Detroit Speed aluminum frame and Quadralink as well as reinforced subframes in the front and rear help the car manage its newfound power.

Add more throttle, and it will send the power directly to the rear, helping rotate the car.

On the Lariat, the 10 - speaker B&O Play Premium Audio is part of the $ 7,335 «Preferred Equipment Group 502A» (German car equipment levels apparently also mean German car package costs) that also adds remote start, blind spot monitoring with cross-traffic alert, a 110 - volt outlet, heated and cooled leather bucket front seats, heated rear seats in SuperCrew models like this one, heated power tilt and telescoping steering wheel, navigation, LED headlpamps, and a heaping helping of chrome.

Of these features, the active lane assist may be the most interesting; it uses cameras to sense when the car veers too close to lane markers and helps steer it back on course via the electric power steering.

Get on the throttle with the car set up like that and it will power oversteer out of the corner, but most of the time there is just a sense of huge traction as the motors on the front axle help to drag the car cleanly out of bends.

That helps load up the front and reduce the understeer, after which you have to hassle the car and give it as much power as it will take until the corner opens out.

A special wet - type mechanical clutch helps the engine and electric motor power the car either separately or together in a way that delivers seamless performance.

On average about 300 watts of power could be harnessed to help take electrical strain off the infotainment system or run some of a car's auxiliary electronic systems.

It drifts like a rear - wheel - drive car that's impossible to spin: sudden applications of throttle send the power directly to the rear, helping rotate the car.

While a new five - year, 50,000 - mile, all - maintenance - included «platinum» warranty program will help back up the Power surveys in potential customers» minds, it's the car that will have to close the deal.

Helping complete the package for the customer's need is a tubular front - mounted winch, front power windows, a Puma leather dashboard, custom Recaro leather performance buckets, air conditioning, Moal Bomber gauges, a Morel speaker system, and a Kenwood - based infotainment touchscreen system with sat - nav, WiFi, backup camera, and Apple Car Play / Android Auto support.

Even without the TracKey's race mapping, the Boss engine is significantly modified over a standard Mustang GT's 5 - litre V8, with a new intake and new camshafts helping lift power from 412bhp to 444bhp, although curiously the torque drops by 10 lb ft to 380 lb ft.. It's the only car in the test with a manual gearbox and it's a really good one, with the pool ball - topped gearlever sitting perfectly in the palm of your hand and movement around the gate feeling tight and precise.

The hot hatch is the most powerful front - wheel drive car Honda has produced up to this point, with 305 hp and 295 lb - ft of torque pushed out from a 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder, and the hatch has plenty of suspension, braking, and aerodynamic mods to help keep up with that power.

However, while a supercharger is powered by a car's rubber belt, a turbocharger runs with the help of exhaust flow.