Sentences with phrase «into electric powered vehicles»

In anticipation of a future society which will make ever greater use of a variety of renewable energy sources, Mazda has a long history of research and development into electric powered vehicles.

Not exact matches

The company that will bring Henrik Fisker back into the electric car industry will use a new kind of battery to power its vehicles.

There are the 48V servers, which were the original reason I got into the stock, but also low voltage GPUs (from Nvidia and AMD) requiring power on package, new areas like electric vehicles and AI, and most recently the evolution of a reverse 12V to 48V datacenter application.

«We are installing solar - powered electric vehicle charging stations for employee cars and we're also looking into electrifying our fleet of sales vehicles,» Vice President Aaron Grogan says.

«Converting waste heat into electric power, for example, using vehicle exhaust, is a near - term «green» application of such materials.»

Surplus power could be used for charging electric vehicles and for «pumped storage,» where water is pumped uphill into a reservoir to produce hydropower later.

How it works: Electric vehicles can double as batteries plugged into the grid, saving up power at night when electricity demand is low.

Surplus power can be fed into the public grid as well as be used for charging the household electric vehicle,» explains Dominik Noeren, a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE in Freiburg.

They've basically taken a chassis and body system and many parts from an existing gasoline - powered vehicle and turned it into an electric vehicle,» he said.

In 2011, NHTSA opened an investigation into whether the Chevrolet Volt was likely to catch fire, but concluded in early 2012 that it, «does not believe that Chevy Volts or other electric vehicles pose a greater risk of fire than gasoline - powered vehicles.»

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The Mirai is the culmination of 20 years worth of research into hydrogen fuel - cell vehicles, and underneath the dramatic bodywork (and the Lexus ct200h / Toyota Prius platform) is a powertrain that takes compressed hydrogen and pushes it through membranes that separate the electrons from the hydrogen, using them to power an electric motor that drives the front wheels like in a regular electric car.

• AC Charging: Electric Vehicles come with a domestic power supply charging cable that plugs into the vehicle.

Mercedes - Benz will unveil an electric - powered SUV concept at the upcoming Paris Motor Show (October 1 - 16), which high - ranking insiders describe as its first step into a broad electric vehicle strategy.

Jaguar is set to launch its first all - electric compact SUV by 2018, ahead of its Range Rover sister brand in the race to get a battery - powered vehicle into showrooms.

Some makers such as Lexus turn a front - drive vehicle into a hybrid all - wheel - drive without adding a rear driveshaft by powering the rear wheels through electric power.

The electric motor is placed on the front axle and two on the rear, powering all four wheels, thus transforming it into a Quattro all - wheel drive vehicle.

The Motor Control Unit (MCU) is a critical component of a 100 percent electric - powered vehicle as it manages and regulates the electrical power supply to the electric motor to generate the necessary level of torque to power the vehicle by converting the battery pack's DC voltage into three - phase AC.

Mitsubishi's new foray into the EV world is not just an electric vehicle, it's a plug - in hybrid electric vehicle which means when the battery pack is depleted, it drives on gasoline power just like a hybrid vehicle.

Meanwhile, the batteries are being recharged, even during braking, when the power generated from slowing the vehicle is turned into electric energy to recharge the battery.

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One of Ford's top executives responsible for hybrid - powered vehicles told the Detroit Free Press that the company is looking to hire 70 engineers and scientists to support its growing programs for alternative - fuel vehicles, such as those powered by gasoline - electric engines or those that can be plugged into an outlet.

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The truth is that if electric cars take off, a vehicle pollution problem just turns into a power plant pollution problem.

Finally, Clarkson also weighed into the age - old «electricity is made in power stations» argument, though unsurprisingly failed to offer any detailed analysis of what that actually means for electric vehicles.

«We think it's the only way to rekindle interest in electric transportation,» said Robert Graham, who manages research into electric vehicles for the [Electric Power] Research Instituteelectric transportation,» said Robert Graham, who manages research into electric vehicles for the [Electric Power] Research Instituteelectric vehicles for the [Electric Power] Research InstituteElectric Power] Research Institute.»

A new study shows that burning crops such as corn and switchgrass to create electricity to power electric vehicles would actually yield more transportation miles than turning those crops into ethanol.

EV batteries are charged by plugging the vehicle into an electric power source.

When one takes into consideration the different efficiencies of liquid - fueled and electric propulsion, then where the rubber meets the road the cost of powering a plug - in hybrid with average - cost residential electricity would be about 40 per cent of the cost of powering the same vehicle with today's approximately $ 2.50 / gallon gasoline, or, said another way, for the consumer to be able to buy fuel in the form of electricity at the equivalent of $ 1 / gallon gasoline.

For batteries with sufficient power and energy density for electric vehicles and electricity storage on the grid or in buildings, this «learning rate» translates into a price drop of around three and a half times since 2009.

Pioneering companies now have designs to turn gasoline - and diesel - powered vehicles into all - electrics or plug - in hybrids, depending on how they're built and the range their drivers need,.

A plan to help get to three tons is not simply to buy electric cars, but also to improve public transportation, bike sharing, installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure and car to home interconnection for millions of EVs to also help provide power into the electric grid, mandate phasing in of electric vehicles whose operating «fuel» cost is equivalent to less than $ 1.00 per gallon.

Since they can convert an average of 60 % electric energy from the grid into driving power, compared to roughly 20 % fuel conversion in a traditional gas - powered vehicle.

Under this scheme, you would be putting coal and nuclear power into your car, which to me sounds like an electric vehicle without the battery problems.

CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero - Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

Northern Powergrid, one of the six distribution network operators (DNOs) responsible for delivering power across regions of the UK, is to plough # 1.9 million (US$ 2.53 million) into the creation of a smart energy grid across its network, allowing its eight million customers to trade power and services using their home solar, battery systems and electric vehicles (EVs).

It's also worth noting that many electric car owners and operators are investing in solar too, further driving down emissions per mile, and that some projects are exploring using old electric car batteries to help green the grid — meaning that when you get rid of your battery - powered vehicle, you could be helping to integrate more wind and solar into the grid so that your next car will be even greener still.

The stack converts hydrogen gas stored onboard with oxygen from the air into electricity, which powers the vehicle's electric motor.

Encourage all forms of innovative electric vehicles to feed back power into the grid and also offer grid regulation to offset variable generation from renewables

What we need is 100 % electric vehicles powered by clean energy (dig up into the sun, instead of down in the Earth).

Pioneering companies can already turn gas - and diesel - powered vehicles into all - electrics or plug - in hybrids, depending on how they're built and the range their drivers need.

The power innverter in an electric car is used to «convert» the direct current, or DC power provided by the battery pack into an alternating current, or AC power, which then drives the electric motors that propel the vehicle.

Interestingly, Honda also showed a concept last year, for something called a «Honda power manager» - this device, a kind of fully connected and integrated charger - would potentially integrate into your smart home and allow vehicle - to - grid power flow, which electricity companies and power grids have great interest in, as if they can occasionally use your car to balance the grid demand, it could negate the need to build new power stations to meet the extra demand electric cars have the potential to create.