Sentences with phrase «in hybrid cars»

One million plug - in hybrid cars on the road.

Next step is a geothermal ground source heat pump, and he hopes to someday charge a plug - in hybrid car from his solar panels.

The ones currently used in hybrid cars just use creative valve timing, along with high geometric compression ratio.

Please note that before getting sick, I rode in hybrid cars and traveled on planes and never felt a thing.

The low current on the 12 system in this hybrid car makes it cheaper to achieve low temperatures by having the battery under the trunk.

The second is because you want, or need, a plug - in hybrid car capable of driving on electricity alone for relatively short distances.

If you drove to the hotel in a hybrid car, you get to be a «VIP» for the duration of your stay, meaning you get priority parking.

The technology, which also helps power batteries in hybrid cars like the Toyota Prius, works like this: When a train slows, it brakes using its motor rather than friction on the wheels; the motor essentially acts as a generator, turning the kinetic energy of the train back into electrical energy.

For the last two decades, the Toyota Prius has been a true leader in the hybrid car segment.

The 2018 Toyota Prius Prime from West Kendall Toyota in Miami, FL — serving Coral Gables, Doral, Hialeah, Hollywood, Homestead, The Hammocks, Palmetto Bay, Pinecrest, Kendall, and West Kendall — is a fully - capable, plug - in hybrid car with comfort and convenience features for the modern driver.

In the same three months, according to both CSB and Bloomberg Technology, other automakers» EV and plug - in hybrid cars sold fewer units.

But it may be more efficient and less costly to use all organic materials to produce electricity for plug in hybrid cars. . .

Incentives such as cash subsidies and distribution of free car licencee have boosted sales of electric and plug - in hybrid cars since 2014.

The 12v battery is still needed for same stuff in a hybrid car such as starting the engine, so you would need thick wires still, no?

Increase biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug ‐ in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recovery

Once I had adjusted to the bioelectric shield, I unknowingly rode in a hybrid car while using one.

CVTs became common in hybrid cars because they are considerably more efficient than both manual and traditional automatic transmissions, and their popularity skyrocketed from there as automakers competed for the best possible fuel economy ratings.

While record oil prices are responsible for a small car comeback and solid growth in hybrid car sales in the USA despite a sector - wide slowdown, China seems to be falling in love with big cars.

Our take: Timely, given the renewed interest in hybrid cars and alternative vehicles.

As the first driving school in the nation to offer behind - the - wheel training exclusively in hybrid cars and hybrid SUVs, our commitment to being environmentally responsible is only surpassed by the quality of our driver safety training.

The Toyota Prius is somewhat of a legend in the hybrid car world.

This time, both Porsche and we, Toyota, were not able to complete without incident 24 hours of driving in the hybrid cars that we put to the challenge on the roads of Le Mans.

For the batteries to be useful in hybrid cars or other power - hungry applications, researchers will need to find a way to make thicker electrodes that can still move charges quickly, a project Shao - Horn says she is working on now.

In consumer electronics, it is a relatively minor inconvenience to replace an old battery with a new one every couple of years, but this would be unacceptable in a hybrid car, especially given the large size of the battery pack and the difficulty involved in replacing it.

The auto industry expects similar demand for other new electric and plug - in hybrid cars hitting U.S. roads this year and next from General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi and others.

However, this car already has the traction battery in the rear, and this car isn't a high - performance car, so weight distribution isn't probably the deciding factor here considering also that the 12V battery is quite small and lightweight in this hybrid car.

Both RLX and RLX Sport Hybrid are available with the same trim and equipment levels with one exception being a standard head - up display in the hybrid cars.

They offer one - tenth the electrical resistance of today's silicon - only PCUs, which account for about 20 % of the electrical power loss in a hybrid car.

We're still at that juvenile stage in the development of the plug - in hybrid car when the good ones often distance themselves from the less good simply because they were designed from a clean sheet to accept items such as drive batteries and electric motors.

This was due to the hike in hybrid car prices under the new GST ruling and also owing to the poor sales of the sedan.

Now in its second generation, the Volt is a plug - in hybrid car equipped with a four - cylinder engine that takes over when the battery runs out of electricity.

Beside these two powerfull members of the BMW family there will be the first ever plug - in hybrid car within the BMW 3 Series.

Toyota's confidence in hybrid cars is obvious and the company is convinced that this technology holds the key to future transportation.

Read our report on the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Read the BMW Vision EfficientDynamics Concept Press Release BMW has released a plethora of detail on the Vision EfficientDynamics Concept which will really does seem to raise the benchmark in Hybrid cars.

There's also the fact that the Prius c is the highest mileage non plug - in hybrid car available.

Both presidential candidates have said nuclear power must play a role in cutting dependence on coal (and oil if plug - in hybrid cars catch on), although Senator Barack Obama has added caveats about safety and waste.

EV Riders PanelAugust 20 (San Francisco CA) ClimateOne at the Commonwealth Club presents features owners of battery electric and plug - in hybrid cars discussing their life on the cutting edge of a new paradigm of personal mobility.

«We should have a national program to promote plug - in hybrid cars running on electricity and biofuels.

«But I think the real payoff will come when you have a battery that can go in the hybrid car that is chargeable and which can carry that car for, say, 40 miles.»

The shift to fuel - efficient plug - in hybrid cars combined with the construction of thousands of wind farms across the United States will rejuvenate farm and ranch communities and dramatically shrink the U.S. balance - of - trade deficit.

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And they are essential in hybrid cars, the manufacturers of which are already reeling from issues with rare metal availability.

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