CSP systems can be also combined with combined cycle power plants resulting
in hybrid power plants which provide high - value, dispatchable power.
Morocco is developing a project that will be the largest in the world to combine two natural clean power allies, wind and water,
in a hybrid power project rated at a little over 1 GW (1,070 -LSB-...]
Clearly a celebration of Audi's past, yet the design and plug -
in hybrid power train obviously point to the future.
Under the XC90 T8's skin is a plug -
in hybrid power train that starts with the automaker's new 2.0 - liter four - cylinder engine, which uses both a turbocharger and a supercharger in sequence to generate 316 horsepower and 295 pound - feet of torque.
RS cars to be battery - electric, not hybrid Winkelmann said Audi's electrification strategy would focus on battery - electric powertrains rather than hybrid or plug -
in hybrid power, the next example of which will be the new A8 with 48 - volt mild - hybrid technology.
The Good The Toyota Prius Prime's plug -
in hybrid power train is more flexible and efficient than the standard model.
The Panamera 4E - Hybrid is anything but the only car in its class to embrace plug -
in hybrid power, though its maker is in the unusual position of being able to make the best of the powertrain's electrification as part of its performance recipe.
Captured testing for the first time, this next - generation Mini Cooper Countryman prototype indicates a move toward plug -
in hybrid power.
The key words here are «and hybrid powertrains,» which means that anything with a conventional internal combustion engine could be available with hybrid, or plug -
in hybrid power.
The Audi A3 Sportback e-tron, a plug -
in hybrid powered by a 1.4 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder paired with a 101 - hp electric motor, will arrive in the U.S. in early 2015, meaning we could see the e-tron nameplate appearing at the very top and very bottom of Audi's model lineup.
The BMW i8 Concept Roadster is a plug -
in hybrid powered by an eDrive drivetrain combining a high - performance electric motor and petrol combustion engine.
The PHEV will have an all - electric range of more than 50 km (31 miles), and will be the first production plug -
in hybrid powered by a 6 - cylinder, 3.0 - liter TDI diesel.
Not exact matches
A bolder bet is Shell's effort to build solar farms near gas - fired
power plants, constructing
hybrid generating systems that allow Shell to do what amounts to new - energy arbitrage: tap different energy sources at different times and
in different amounts to maximize profits.
The new additions include three plug -
in hybrid vehicles, which come on top of eight battery -
powered cars and two fuel - cell vehicles.
Beyond using this clean electricity to
power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug -
in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.
In Canada, hybrid sales represented only 1 % of the market in 2010, which is actually a drop of half a percentage point from the previous year, according to Geoff Helby, a director at the market research firm J.D. Power and Associate
In Canada,
hybrid sales represented only 1 % of the market
in 2010, which is actually a drop of half a percentage point from the previous year, according to Geoff Helby, a director at the market research firm J.D. Power and Associate
in 2010, which is actually a drop of half a percentage point from the previous year, according to Geoff Helby, a director at the market research firm J.D.
Power and Associates.
They include ECD's low - cost cell for solar
power; «rewritable» compact discs and DVDs; an instant - start, regenerative fuel cell currently
in development; and a rechargeable nickel - hydride battery for
powering hybrid - electric vehicles, which ECD is producing
in a joint venture with Texaco.
The announcement follows Volvo's announcement on Wednesday that it planned to cease making gas -
powered cars and trucks and would instead only make electronic and
hybrid vehicles starting
in 2019.
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Hybrid moves with unparalleled pace across five independent brands
in high - growth markets.
During its time
in LMP1, the Porsche 919 used a 2.0 - litre V4
hybrid power unit, and with great success too.
F1 brought
in 1.6 - litre V6 Turbo
hybrid engines for the 2014 season and despite rapid development of the
power units over the years, many are still disappointed with the sound.
It will be looking at the future of F1 engines beyond 2020, which is when the current V6 Turbo
hybrid power unit regulations run to, and will take place
in Paris on Friday.
Three years
in and people still haven't really got used to the sound of the current
hybrid V6 turbo engines — sorry, «
power units».
Powered by a new, more affordable
hybrid system, the Vue Green Line delivers a 20 - percent improvement
in fuel economy.
(Give me benevolent dictator
powers, and I might go for an AV / AMS 50 - 50
hybrid rather than AV + or AMS, though I would see straight AV, with PR second chamber and STV
in local government as a very good advance
in the real world; and think there is a coherent case).
In its submission1 to the Smith Commission on devolved powers to Scotland, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has suggested a hybrid approach to devolution that includes both full devolution of some taxes and the possible assignment of an appropriate share of revenue of taxes collected in Scotlan
In its submission1 to the Smith Commission on devolved
powers to Scotland, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has suggested a
hybrid approach to devolution that includes both full devolution of some taxes and the possible assignment of an appropriate share of revenue of taxes collected
in Scotlan
in Scotland.
The «
hybrid war»
in Ukraine can hardly be tackled effectively by a «civilian
power» such as the EU.
In its submission1 to the Smith Commission on devolved powers to Scotland, the CIOT has suggested a hybrid approach to devolution that includes both full devolution of some taxes and the possible assignment of an appropriate share of revenue of taxes collected in Scotlan
In its submission1 to the Smith Commission on devolved
powers to Scotland, the CIOT has suggested a
hybrid approach to devolution that includes both full devolution of some taxes and the possible assignment of an appropriate share of revenue of taxes collected
in Scotlan
in Scotland.
Before Orban came to
power, Hungary had a
hybrid pension system, with some funds kept
in the state system, while a part of savers» pension pots was kept
in private funds.
His books include The
Hybrid Media System: Politics and
Power (Oxford University Press, 2013; Second Edition, 2017), which won the 2016 International Journal of Press / Politics Book Award for an outstanding book on media and politics published
in the previous ten years and the American Political Science Association Information Technology and Politics Section Best Book Award, 2014; as well as The Handbook of Internet Politics, co-edited with Philip N. Howard (Routledge 2009), and Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies (Oxford University Press, 2006), which won the American Sociological Association Best Book Award (Communication and Information Technologies Section).
And advances
in materials technology, such as
hybrid ceramic / steel, can help boost the temperature — and therefore increase the efficiency and lower the amount of CO2 emissions — of new coal - fired
power plants.
In hybrid cars, that juice can immediately help
power the car ahead.
The
power lost by these systems
in transferring energy could be enough to make electric vehicles and plug -
in hybrid electric vehicles less environmentally friendly than conventional cars, says Michael Kintner - Meyer at the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
in Richland, Washington.
A plug -
in hybrid electric uses a traction - drive
power electronics system to propel the car forward by providing force to the car's wheels and has a charger for recharging the high - voltage battery when it is plugged into the
power grid.
In the past couple of years, organic - inorganic
hybrid perovskites have been solution - processed into thin films or bulk crystals for photovoltaic devices that have reached a 20 - percent
power conversion efficiency.
Officials attributed the strong showing by auto manufacturers to general improvements
in fuel economy as well as growing manufacturer investment
in hybrid and electric -
powered vehicles.
In fact, if one of today's plug -
ins draws its juice from a current coal - burning
power plant, then overall it will cause slightly more carbon dioxide to be released into the air than a standard
hybrid.
So for now,
hybrid batteries will be best suited to applications with low overall
power demands, such as
powering electronic circuitry
in smart cards, credit cards with electronic chips that hold more information than magnetic strips do.
One is that replacing utility
power is one thing, but [a] lot of the total energy
in the country goes
in transportation, so another big assumption is that you'd largely have to convert the U.S. passenger fleet to
hybrid plug -
in cars and trucks, all that, so that essentially you are fueling vehicles with electricity as well.
AFS Trinity
Power in Bellevue, Washington, recently displayed a modified
hybrid SUV that uses ultracapacitors alongside batteries and an internal combustion engine, and major manufacturers such as Honda and Toyota have also been experimenting with the technology.
Hybrid technology is far from an exact science, however, as student engineers found out last week at the Formula Hybrid International competition held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Dartmouth College's fifth - annual Formula Hybrid competition called on student teams to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and drive formula - style hybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endu
Hybrid technology is far from an exact science, however, as student engineers found out last week at the Formula
Hybrid International competition held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Dartmouth College's fifth - annual Formula Hybrid competition called on student teams to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and drive formula - style hybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endu
Hybrid International competition held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway
in Loudon, N.H. Dartmouth College's fifth - annual Formula
Hybrid competition called on student teams to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and drive formula - style hybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endu
Hybrid competition called on student teams to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and drive formula - style
hybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endu
hybrid -
powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms —
in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endurance.
An explosion
in the number and kind of commercially available
hybrid trucks means battery
power isn't just for lightweight commuter vehicles anymore
The
power of this pop is greatly increased
in modern
hybrids, but not everyone is convinced that bigger is better.
In other words: the more likely we are to believe in the power of science, the more likely we are to trade in our hybrids for hummer
In other words: the more likely we are to believe
in the power of science, the more likely we are to trade in our hybrids for hummer
in the
power of science, the more likely we are to trade
in our hybrids for hummer
in our
hybrids for hummers.
To find out what vehicles on the road are currently emitting, Drozd and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley; Carnegie Mellon University; the University of California, San Diego; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rented 25 gasoline -
powered cars, including two
hybrids, from residents
in the Los Angeles area.
He adds: «
In theory, you could have a plug - in hybrid with a renewable fuel powered [internal combustion engine] and eliminate the need for petroleum all together.&raqu
In theory, you could have a plug -
in hybrid with a renewable fuel powered [internal combustion engine] and eliminate the need for petroleum all together.&raqu
in hybrid with a renewable fuel
powered [internal combustion engine] and eliminate the need for petroleum all together.»
Six years from now, a fossil - fuel - free carrier strike group — including a nuclear -
powered aircraft carrier,
hybrid electric ships, and biofueled aircraft — will begin missions
in international waters.
The diesel plug -
in hybrid can run
in all - electric mode for 14 miles with an estimated fuel economy of 89 mpg equivalent and can achieve 35 mpg as a
hybrid, which a comparable gasoline -
powered SUV would be hard - pressed to beat.
In addition to offering vehicles powered by a number of alternatives (fuel, battery or both), car companies are going to win customers in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Program
In addition to offering vehicles
powered by a number of alternatives (fuel, battery or both), car companies are going to win customers
in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Program
in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and
Hybrid Vehicle Programs.
The batteries will extend the range of electric vehicles and plug -
in hybrid electric vehicles, and provide more
power with fewer charges to personal electronics like cell phones and laptops.