Sentences with phrase «impact of electric cars»

4) Can we please dispense with the concern - troll handwringing over the environmental impact of electric cars?

Nordelöf's study also contains a summary of what previous LCA studies had to say about the environmental impact of electric cars.

He stresses that energy efficiency and greater production of electricity from renewables is the key to reducing the environmental impact of electric cars in the operational phase, globally.

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DBL Investors A spinoff of J.P. Morgan, DBL has become one of the nation's top impact investors, thanks to its $ 75 million Bay Area Equity Fund I. (Among DBL's portfolio firms is Tesla, the electric - car company that went public last June.)

«The combined impact of mobility services, driverless technologies, electric cars and government policies [promoting them] will propel a national transformation in personal mobility,» said IHS Markit executive Jim Burkhard.

So while the impact on Climate Change of the electric car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative of a world powered by coal and oil is — particularly for the populations of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.

Reports revealed that the electric car's self - driving technology was not able to detect a cutting tractor trailer due to the white color of its side, and the resulting impact led to the driver's death.

Over the past several years, high - end hybrids and futuristic electric cars have slowly become more prominent on American roads as consumers realize the impact of fossil fuel consumption on the...

Musk abruptly ended a round of questioning after the analysts asked about the impact of the electric - car maker's reduced spending plans and efforts to ramp up...

He is providing key pieces of the puzzle to help progress the development of electric cars, and shows in his thesis how life cycle assessment, LCA, can be used to minimise their environmental impact in the long term.

The GM Impact may be the odds - on favorite to become the first electric car to win a mass market, but there's no lack of rivals.

Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).

Over the years and after countless studies about the best solutions to take good care of our environment, car manufacturers have offered one of the best - suited keys to reduce vehicles» hazardous impacts to the environment: hybrid and electric cars.

Gemini also rules transportation so this might be your cue to invest in a hoverboard or electric car — or rally coworkers into a daily van pool to lower the carbon impact of your commute, while also making those rush hour slowdowns more enjoyable.

Choosing an electric car helps to curb the environmental impact of driving by emitting zero CO2 fumes.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. recently unveiled what the company claims to be the world's most advanced electric car, able to run faster and travel longer distances than any other.The streamlined prototype car, called the IZA, has a top speed of 105.6 miles per hour and can travel at that speed for up to 310 miles on a single, 8 - hour charge, the company said.Tokyo Electric is the world's largest privately owned electric power company.Until now, General Motor's Impact model unveiled in January 1990 was the best performing electElectric Power Co. recently unveiled what the company claims to be the world's most advanced electric car, able to run faster and travel longer distances than any other.The streamlined prototype car, called the IZA, has a top speed of 105.6 miles per hour and can travel at that speed for up to 310 miles on a single, 8 - hour charge, the company said.Tokyo Electric is the world's largest privately owned electric power company.Until now, General Motor's Impact model unveiled in January 1990 was the best performing electelectric car, able to run faster and travel longer distances than any other.The streamlined prototype car, called the IZA, has a top speed of 105.6 miles per hour and can travel at that speed for up to 310 miles on a single, 8 - hour charge, the company said.Tokyo Electric is the world's largest privately owned electric power company.Until now, General Motor's Impact model unveiled in January 1990 was the best performing electElectric is the world's largest privately owned electric power company.Until now, General Motor's Impact model unveiled in January 1990 was the best performing electelectric power company.Until now, General Motor's Impact model unveiled in January 1990 was the best performing electricelectric car.

What's happening is an odd disconnect between the acceleration that I felt from the electric motor supplying torque for passing and the loud scream of the gasoline motor that was only acting as a generator and really had no impact on the physical performance of the car at the moment.

Cars are going electric as concern grows over the environmental impact of gasoline - fueled cCars are going electric as concern grows over the environmental impact of gasoline - fueled carscars.

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While not as exciting as the first mainstream electric cars being delivered to consumers this week, it offers the promise of hybrid technology being incorporated into the most popular models on the road, and therefore having a major impact on reducing fuel consumption.

With the advent of better battery technology, more efficient power management solutions, ever increasing oil prices, and concerns about the automobile's impact on the environment, resurgence in the development of electric cars has ensued.

The fully - electric version reflects the individual lifestyle of modern customers who, benefit from great fun - to - drive and the low environmental impact of a fully - electric car.

As a result of the initial impact, the battery disengaged from the electric motors powering the car.

Tesla has always been at the forefront of the electric car movement, but now with the Tesla Model S, mobile technology is really making an impact in the car's design.

So if you thought, for example, about a very revved up, intensive effort to work on the electrification of the vehicle fleet and the production of electric cars in the United States, it could be a very good thing for our auto business, for creating jobs, for manufacturing in Ohio and Michigan, for example — all things that could be quite appealing in many ways and could also have a big impact on greenhouse gases, even though it's not kind of presented as that — as the — that's not — it's not framed in that sense.

Although the most visible example of the future of electric mobility is the consumer electric car, the commercial transportation sector and heavy industry are two major areas where transitioning to cleaner fuels will have a big impact on air quality, GHG emissions, and other undesirable consequences of fossil fuels.

Kathy Kremer, architect of low environmental impact houses since the 1970s, reflected that «I had been waiting for an all - electric car, in my price range, that could go at least 200 miles on a charge.

If the charging power comes from hydroelectric and natural gas, prevalent in the pacific northwest, the carbon impacts of fueling an electric car equate to over 50mpg, according to the study.

For example, 36 % of conservative Republicans say tax incentives for people to drive hybrid and electric cars would impact climate change.

These figures do not account for electric car fabrication footprints, which can have a much larger impact than the fueling cycle according to research from the National Academies of Science.

The study, entitled «State of Charge: Electric Vehicles» Global Warming Emissions and Fuel Cost Savings Across the United States,» points out that charging an electric vehicle with coal - based electricity yields the same carbon impact as at conventional car that gets 30 miles per galloElectric Vehicles» Global Warming Emissions and Fuel Cost Savings Across the United States,» points out that charging an electric vehicle with coal - based electricity yields the same carbon impact as at conventional car that gets 30 miles per galloelectric vehicle with coal - based electricity yields the same carbon impact as at conventional car that gets 30 miles per gallon (mpg).

According to a report released today by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the carbon impacts of fueling your electric car depend on where you plug it in.

A car's climate impact depends on three main factors: the efficiency of the car, the distance driven, and in the case of electric and plug - in hybrid cars, how the electricity it uses is generated.

I once did a calculation to see the impact of putting solar panels on the rooftop of a car; i.e. could they provide enough electricity to provide a meaningful amount of energy to the batteries of an electric car?

but Y00 was much more common and could, if present in many different system cause a big surcharge... a kind of dragonking (upset clients, tired workers, diverses problems, hard to find consultant, holtine broken, long delay to solves, impact on road traffic, higher electric consumption, avalanche of problems and impacts, leading to sensibility to small unrelated problems like a power plant break, car accident or a meteorologic problems)

In January of last year, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology published a paper that dug in deep to the environmental impact of lithium - ion battery production and used that to compare a mid-sized electric car to a similarly sized gasoline powered car.

Instead, we get non-dispatchable power from windmills and solar PV, both of which need big subsidies, and electric cars which cost more, have a high environmental impact and don't meet most people's use cases, biofuels causing food prices rises, and a lot of hand - waving about reduction in demand and insulation.

Yet, even after accounting for the environmental impact of mining and producing lithium - ion batteries, the electric car usually came out ahead in the scenarios they ran.

Although much of the attention on electric mobility tends to focus on electric cars, powering buses, trucks, and delivery vehicles with electricity could also have a big impact on reducing local air pollution.

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We can have electric vehicles and high MPG cars but until we reduce total miles that we are driving, I don't think we're going to have the kind of impact on the environment and the economy that we need.

yeah using green and sustainable for any kind of car is pretty bad, even if the car is electric, it still doesn't contribute to the welfare of the planet, it just reduces its impact.

Kremer, a residential building designer of low - impact houses since the 1970s, says she had been waiting for an all - electric car in her price range that could go at least 200 miles on a charge.

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Ever since electric cars were first introduced into the world auto market, there have been mixed reviews on how these types of cars impact one's monthly insurance costs.

The two - seater electric cars will have a top speed of 40 km / h and foam bonnets to minimise the impact of a crash.