Sentences with phrase «improved electric car batteries»

Last year, Republican presidential candidate John McCain made a $ 300 million prize for improved electric car batteries a plank in his environmental platform.

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Up next: Toyota is developing solid - state batteries, an elusive holy grail that could radically improve range and safety for electric cars.

Then, credibility restored, Tesla will easily raise cash to build the Model Y. For all the triumphant bear fuss lately, Tesla went public at $ 17 a share and remains a 17 - bagger at $ 295 — and, as Moody's notes, fundamentals like battery cost, public acceptance of electric cars and regulatory support are stable or improving.

Schumacher hopes that refining the batteries and charging technology behind KERS will lead to improved hybrid / electric road cars.

The batteries in everything from computers to future electric cars might be improved by adding a compound containing boron and fluorine

PolyPlus is just one of several better battery - makers that ARPA — e is funding, all attempting to improve on a standard lithium ion battery's roughly 400 watt - hours per kilogram — the reason why all - electric cars don't have the long - distance range of a traditional automobile.

In 2006, Ceder started the Materials Genome Project at MIT, using improved versions of the algorithm to predict lithium - based materials for electric - car batteries.

«More importantly, such understanding would significantly improve our predictive ability of battery lifetime, which is of extremely high value to an electric car manufacturer,» Strmcnik added.

This third turbo's electric motor is powered by a battery hooked up to the car's 48 - volt electrical system (which is also required to power the car's active anti-roll bar system) and is designed to improve the engine's immediate response time.

We are pursuing improved electric powertrain technologies, such as motors, batteries and inverters, which will enable us to mass produce and market EVs that equal or surpass the convenience of gasoline - powered cars.»

Maximizing the use of the electric motor and feeding renewably generated electricity into the high - voltage battery significantly improves the CO2 rating of the plug - in hybrid sports car.

Part of the impetus for Formula E was to create a testing ground for electric - car tech, so perhaps racing will help improve batteries for McLaren road cars.

Unfortunately, after taking ten years to develop a much improved battery for use in cars, the gas powered cars had improved so much that electric vehicles were much less common, but his invention still proved useful for lighting railway cars, maritime buoys and miners» lamps.

At the same time, renewable energy technology is improving and becoming cheaper; regional and municipal governments are adopting limits on carbon dioxide emissions; and carmakers around the world are working to make electric cars and batteries more efficient and affordable.

While taller, heavier SUVs do not reach the level of fuel efficiency of smaller vehicles in terms of miles - per - gallon, more efficient combustion technologies and battery assistance can greatly improve their efficiency, especially the boost of torque from the electric motor helping to get a larger car moving.

Check it out:] Just about everything that runs on batteries — flashlights, cell phones, electric cars, missile - guidance systems — would be improved with a better energy supply.

In addition, developments in battery technology have largely improved the range of electric cars.