Sentences with phrase «hybrid electric system»
The Lexus UX 250h will also use a new fourth - generation hybrid electric system that features a new 2.0 - liter four - cylinder gasoline engine and continuously variable transmission (CVT).
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The new, third - generation Toyota Auris makes its world debut at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, sporting a more dynamic design and offering the option of a brand new 2.0 - litre full hybrid electric system in its powertrain line - up, marking the start of Toyota's dual hybrid strategy.
That's not all though: there's also a a hybrid electric system with a «Push to Pass» button.
Not only can components be shared between diesel and petrol units, but also with hybrid electric systems, suggesting we will see a significant number of hybrid cars from the automaker in the future too.
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Engine tested: T8 E-AWD: 2.0 - liter, turbocharged and supercharged inline four - cylinder with two electric motors and a plug - in - hybrid configuration, bringing total system output to 400 horsepower
It is a hybrid system with a gas engine and electric motor.
E-Car now operates four facilities in North America and two in Europe, all struggling to fulfil Stronach's vision of making Magna the leading supplier of electric and hybrid car systems.
Trucks are embracing green technologies — hybrid electric and engine - powered systems — that reduce idling time and air pollution.
On the small cap side, Sympowerco's subsidiaries, HOSS Motor Sports and Highline Hydrogen Hybrids Systems, should offer operating holding corps for joint ventures and development of electric motor car solutions.»
«Owing to the increased precision involved in moulding caps, many manufacturers today are prepared to invest in new high - performance plant and switch from hydraulic and hybrid to all - electric injection moulding systems,» concludes Kevin.
On show for the first time in Mexico will be the fully - electric Golden Electric entry - level series, while other exhibits will include a high - performance hybrid machine specially designed for the packaging industry, as well as a turnkey system built around a vertical Allrounder with a six - axielectric Golden Electric entry - level series, while other exhibits will include a high - performance hybrid machine specially designed for the packaging industry, as well as a turnkey system built around a vertical Allrounder with a six - axiElectric entry - level series, while other exhibits will include a high - performance hybrid machine specially designed for the packaging industry, as well as a turnkey system built around a vertical Allrounder with a six - axis robot.
The current engines are much more road relevant with their hybrid systems and electric cars are becoming much more common, but Verstappen hopes F1 doesn't go fully - electric for some time:
The amended regulation will now go before the EU Council for approval, but Guide Dogs wants further action to ensure drivers don't have the option to switch off artificial noise systems in electric and hybrid vehicles.
10 November 2011, London: The Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) has announced the winners of its 2011 Innovation Awards, which include innovations such as a solar - electric unmanned aerial system, an intelligent decision support system for interpretation of foetal monitoring during childbirth and an automotive hybrid drive system.
Spanning 17 elements — from lanthanum to lutetium, plus scandium and yttrium — they find use in computers, screens, superconductors, oil refineries, hybrid or electric vehicles, catalytic converters, compact fluorescent lightbulbs, light - emitting diodes, lasers, audio speakers and microphones, cell phones, MRI machines, telecommunications, battery electrodes, advanced weapons systems, polished glass, and even the electric motors that run automobile windows.
The power lost by these systems in transferring energy could be enough to make electric vehicles and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles less environmentally friendly than conventional cars, says Michael Kintner - Meyer at the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.
Although ORNL's proposed system would allow PHEV - makers to leave out the onboard charger that they currently install in their cars, the first - generation PHEVs are not intended for high - speed charging, says Frank, who is also founder of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc., a U.C. Davis start - up that designs energy - management systems for electric vehicles and hybrids.
A plug - in hybrid electric uses a traction - drive power electronics system to propel the car forward by providing force to the car's wheels and has a charger for recharging the high - voltage battery when it is plugged into the power grid.
The image shows a plug - in hybrid electric vehicle, which also has a fuel tank and a combustion engine, but the technology system works equally well with a purely electric vehicle.
In the early 1990s, Waters helped develop the battery pack system for General Motors» electric car, the EV1; helped set an EV world speed record at 183 mph; later founded Bright Automotive, a company that invented a 100 - mpg plug - in hybrid electric commercial vehicle; and now heads Waters and Associates, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in global sustainable mobility and housing.
This gap in research has now been closed by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): They compared the performances of 49,000 battery electric cars and 73,000 plug - in hybrid vehicles in Germany and the US using data from fleet trials and automotive manufacturers as well as from websites for drivers to manage and monitor their 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.
«Ifbattery is developing an energy storage system that would enable drivers to fill up their electric or hybrid vehicles with fluid electrolytes to re-energize spent battery fluids much like refueling their gas tanks.»
The plug - in hybrid system employs a 3.0 - liter turbocharged diesel engine making 353 hp, combined with an electric motor adding 102 hp for a total of 455 hp.
One specific program that Ito wants to see fast - tracked is the development of a new hybrid system for midsize and larger vehicles, which uses two electric motors instead of the single motor presently used.
Kia says this concept vehicle uses an electric all - wheel - drive system, which likely means that it will be a hybrid with a gasoline engine powering the front wheels and an electric motor powering the rear wheels.
At 208 total system horsepower, the Hybrid deploys a similar version of the new 2.5 - liter four, detuned to 176 horsepower and 163 lb - ft, working with the electric motor to boost power under hard accel and optimize mpg in low stress situations.
The 5.2 - liter, naturally aspirated gas engine would drive the Asterion's rear wheels via a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission while a pair of electric motors hooked up to a computer - operated torque vectoring system on the front axle would power the hybrid car's front wheels.
The concept is powered by a new version of the Lexus hybrid drive system, which is related to the 2.5 - litre petrol engine and electric system in the IS300h, which produces about 200bhp.
In the Pathfinder Hybrid, this system uses a supercharged 2.5 - liter four - cylinder in combination with a small 15 - kilowatt electric motor and a CVT, and this powertrain boosts EPA combined mpg by 4 mpg over the Pathfinder V - 6.
Kia says that this «through - the - road» hybrid system also helps reduce turbo lag thanks to the electric motor's instant torque, while also helping fuel economy through regenerative braking.
The i8's carbonfibre construction remains, but the petrol - electric hybrid system in the current generation road car has been reapleced by a hydrogen fuel cell.
There has been a lot of talk recently about new inductive battery charging methods that could do away with wires and plugs, and Toyota is taking a step forward with its wireless charging system for plug - in hybrids and electric vehicles.
Its so - called «e-AWD» system is likely a hybrid powertrain setup, with the front wheels powered by a conventional four - cylinder engine, and a rear - mounted electric motor powering the rear wheels.
The S 560e's hybrid drive system combines 367 hp from its 3.0 - liter twin turbo V - 6 engine with an electric output of 90 kW or an additional 121 hp.
The electric motor is smaller than in most parallel hybrids, but the Nissan system does have a dual - clutch hybrid control system to handle the integration of gas and electric power.
With a history of gasoline, diesel, hybrid and now even full electric vehicles, the German technological powerhouse is making an effort to use a different kind of Kinetic Energy Recovery System to harness all the countless hours of energy people expend on the internet.
In addition to the base engine (powered by a 1.3 - liter inline - four), the 2015 Fit will include a new hybrid powertrain that combines a 1.5 - liter gas engine and an electric motor (with a new intelligent dual - clutch drive system).
Powering the 2017 Sonata Hybrid is a 154 - hp 2.0 - liter I - 4 coupled to a 38 - kW electric motor for a combined system output of 193 hp.
So far, the word is that the new Hybrid will use a 2.0 - liter Atkinson - cycle four - cylinder engine, which in concert with its dual - electric - motor system developed by Honda, does not need a conventional transmission.
This is supplemented by an electric motor that drives directly through the differential (not the gearbox, as in the P1), spins at 16,500 rpm and contributes a further 161bhp and 199 lb ft. Together with the batteries, the combined weight of the hybrid system is 146 kg - roughly half that of the admittedly beefier 918 Spyder's hybrid system.
The days of truly lightweight, minimalist, only - has - what - it - barely - needs sports cars came and went in the age of touchscreen multimedia systems, airbags for your kneecaps and hybrid - electric drivetrains.
The ActiveHybrid 5 can seat up to five people, has a lithium - ion battery pack for its hybrid system and can drive up to 37 mph on electric power alone.
«The gas / electric hybrid powertrain in the P1 made a combined system output of 903 horsepower.
The second - generation hybrid powertrain, which takes a 2.0 - liter I - 4 and pairs it to an electric motor, now makes a total system output of 212 hp, which is up 16 hp from the outgoing car.
In many cases, a hybrid system uses a planetary set with multiple power inputs (IC engine and [electric] motor).
The company also said to look out for more applications of the two - and three - motor gas - electric hybrid systems within the next few years.
Toyota's system doesn't promise as much EV range as the Chevy, as it claims to offer up to 15 miles of battery - powered driving before utilizing the car's standard gas - electric hybrid driveline.
The 2015 Acura NSX, to be badged an Acura in North America and China, and as a Honda everywhere else, is expected to get a high - output, twin - turbocharged version of the new Acura RLX sedan's 3.5 - liter V - 6, with an electric hybrid system working off a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission.
Like the LC, the LS has a bespoke Lexus Multi-Stage Hybrid System with a «four - stage shifting device,» essentially a four - speed automatic that the company says feels and acts like the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battery.