Sentences with phrase «idea of an electric car»

Everyday citizens showed interest in the idea of electric cars, but were more concerned about the cost than the hypothetical environmental benefit.

There was a time in the not so distant past when the idea of an electric car was just that, an idea.

Until 2012, the idea of an electric car faced not only the technical challenges of building one but also the significant consumer hurdle of buying something without knowing the actual savings over gasoline.

He again brings up the idea of electric cars for clunkers, noting how popular and successful cash for clunkers was.

We are warming to the idea of electric cars and consider it almost a duty to buy green cars that cut down on fossil fuel emissions.

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Perhaps for this reason, many people who invest in start - ups tend to favor companies that are based on small, executable ideas over grand strategies like Martian colonization or the resurrection of the electric car.

Musk, whose interests span electric cars, solar power and space rockets, isn't interested in commercially developing the idea, so a number of companies, including HTT, have pounced on it.

While the idea of driving an electric car may or may not appeal to you, no one can ignore the problems facing electricity grids.

«To me, the unfortunate thing is that because electric cars are very closely associated with the left - wing environmental green movement and to combating global warming and reducing CO2, the idea of vehicle electrification triggers this visceral reaction on the part of conservatives, which is, «If it's electric, it must be a product of the Democratic left - wing environmental machine, and therefore, we hate it,»» he said.

If we want electric cars to have anything like the performance and versatility of internal combustion ones, they have to «refuel» reasonably quickly; the idea of exchangeable battery packs is an environmental and practical minefield.

The BMW inductive charging system is still in the development phase, but the German automaker isn't the only company pursuing the idea of wireless charging for future electric cars.

And they love the idea of plug - in hybrids and electric cars.

I'll bet the idea of an owning an electric car is sounding more appealing to you by the minute.

Owning this all - electric, fully autonomous car is one among the many unique ideas introduced by manufacturers with respect to the future of mobility.

Electrification — the addition of batteries and electric motors to a car's powertrain — isn't just a niche idea anymore.

The idea of «miles per gallon» on the other hand is becoming an anachronism from a former life to battery electric car owners, but still true is an environmentally oriented car choice is a series of trade - offs compared to convention internal combustion.

The Lorinser Easybrid Smart ForTwo was born from the tuner's idea of adding an electric motor to a conventionally powered car with drum brakes on the rear axle, which will also offer the driver the possibility of traveling in pure electric mode as well.

The concept car features lots of intriguing ideas, including a new hybrid powerplant that pairs a twin - turbo 3.0 L V6 engine to an electric motor, making a combined 550 hp.

Every now and then, the electric car industry comes together in a sort of Woodstock - of - the - Watt - Hour to take stock of itself and to exchange ideas, sign contracts and maybe have a beer.

As gas prices remain high, and an increasing number of automakers roll out plug - in hybrid cars and full - electric vehicles, it's becoming easier to be tantalized with the idea of driving right past the...

The C - X75 concept is an electric supercar which celebrates 75 years of Jaguar, and the automaker said that the C - X75 will pay respect to some of the most admired cars of the past, as well as provide a glimpse into the future of the brand and its design ideas.

After all, I'm still regularly meeting genuinely environmentally conscious people who do drive cars, and who have little to no idea of what electric and plug - in options are available to them.

So, while I'm skeptical about the strict definition of Jevons and electric cars — namely efficiency — I do think there's something there in the idea that costs get masked within overall electricity consumption.

Shai Agassi, the initiator of the «free electric cars» idea, declared today that Israel will have 100,000 of them by 2010.

In the United States, for example, where towns and cities are generally speaking further apart, where transit options are more limited, and where there's a stronger cultural affinity to the motor car and the road trip — the idea of a shorter range electric car might have limited appeal.

Sean Daily, Green Living Ideas» Editor - In - Chief, discusses the history, present, and future of electric cars with Alex Campbell, Director of Communications for Zap.

To give an idea of what this means: the most optimistic estimation of Europe's total potential for pumped hydro - power energy storage is 80 TWh [35], while converting all 250 million passenger cars in Europe to electric drives with a 30 kWh battery would result in a total energy storage of 7.5 TWh.

Ecotricity is owned by the reportedly eccentric Dale Vince, who is interested in a lot of environmental ideas, and the company runs various side - projects such as building an electric sports car called «Nemesis».

Some of the things covered are: What Tesla Motors» mission is, SolarCity (mentioning again the imminent IPO), Musk's idea for an electric plane that would be much more efficient than the current generation of planes, why hydrogen fuel cells won't make it in cars, the «hyperloop» 5th mode of transportation -LRB-!?)

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Huge fan of the idea of subsidizing cargo bikes much like hybrid / electric cars.

From storing wind energy in compressed air to old electric car batteries finding a second home as grid storage, we've already seen plenty of ideas for how to make this work.

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Although you already gained an idea of how much a policy would cost during the shopping process, you must now compare the prices of electric car insurance policies, from long term to 3 month car insurance between providers.

But as the driver Robin Shute — a Faraday engineer and race car driver who drove the FF 91 at Pikes Peak — whipped around corners and punched the throttle, it was easy to make sense of the car's idea: peel back the endless layers of mobility - speak Faraday's so keen to offer, and you'll find an electric car that's quick and downright fun to drive, with more than enough space to produce what'll hopefully be a smart, ambitious interior.

But, I do like the idea of everyone moving, eventually, to an electric car.

The designers have already released a couple of teaser videos showcasing their electric car but it was heavily camouflaged and didn't give an idea of what to expect in terms of looks.

The patent makes its statements in broad terms, speaking generally about any portable device and vehicle, but of course the idea has direct application to Apple's electric car project, which is an «open secret,» according to Tesla founder Elon Musk.