Sentences with phrase «hybrid space frame»

Not exact matches

But fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full hybrid like the Toyota Prius.

Although built on the VW Group's ubiquitous MQB platform, it retains the Audi Space Frame aluminium and steel hybrid construction of the previous models and, as you would expect, is lighter, more efficient and faster than before.

It was built on a new Multimaterial Space Frame and features one of the most innovative and efficient plug - in hybrid drive systems.

«All - wheel - drive nine - speed twin - clutch twin - turbocharged petrol - electric mid-engined multi-material space - frame hybrid driver - centric supercar» certainly ticks most of the buzzword boxes.

Chassis: Audi Space Frame (ASF) in aluminium - CFC hybrid construction with stressed steel roll - cage, bodywork parts from CFC and aluminium

Its hybrid concept represents the latest evolution of the Audi Space Frame (ASF) and further lowers the car's center of gravity compared with the second - generation series - production TT.

Under the very beautiful exterior styling, which as Filippi Perini (Chief designer at Automobili Lamborghini SpA) states offers a drag reduction of 3 percent while increasing downforce by a massive 50 percent, you'll find a Hybrid Chassis... in fact a combination of carbon fiber and aluminum that is 10 % lighter and 50 % stiffer compared to the Gallardo space frame.

Features included two permanent magnet synchronous motors at the rear axle rated 381 PS (280 kW; 376 hp) and 820 N ⋅ m (604.80 lb ⋅ ft)(total), torque vectoring, electric single - wheel anti-slip regulation, Multimaterial Space Frame chassis with increased use of carbon - fiber - reinforced polymer over R8 GT, springs made from Fibre - reinforced plastic, wheel hubs made of forged titanium, anti-roll bar boasts made in hybrid aluminum and carbon fiber, 19 - inch wheels with friction - optimized 225 - 35 series tires, 48.6 kWh lithium - ion battery beneath the passenger cabin as structural element, Crescendo Red Metallic body colour, fine chrome horizontal struts on the grille, e-tron-specific LED headlamp design, diffuser at the rear, 7 - inch Multi Media Interface display, 6.7 - inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) optic rear - view mirror system, leather and Alcantara upholstery, e-sound artificial engine noise emitting from a speaker system mounted in the underbody that is audible outside the car at speeds under 60 km / h (37 mph).

The fluorescent skin of an octopus, a learning algorithm, a lost plane in the East China Sea, an archaeological laboratory - temporal frames and contexts are currently mixed and new hybrid beings, intersections between science, technology, myth and fiction, emerge both in physical and virtual spaces.

Avantika Bawa's «(un) fragmented spaces» (2005) is comprised of hybrid objects built mostly with irregularly shaped pieces of cardboard and Styrofoam (but also graphite and latex); mounted on the wall, they frame a door jamb in the gallery and meet at the convex right angle where two walls meet.

Responsibilities: • Converted rear suspension to aluminum space frame on hybrid motors and trucks.