Sentences with phrase «like electric torque»

My Perfect Porsche is what I am hoping the next gen Cayman is like (post-718): Mid-engine, high rev NA engine with a Maclaren - like electric torque - fill, analog dampers, stick shift, massive brakes and RWD only.

Not exact matches

Equipped with two electric motors, one at the front wheels and one driving the rear, the vehicle should deliver around 400 hp and 516 lb - ft of torque like the concept.

The drivetrain has all - wheel drive torque vectoring — apparently, even more precise this year thanks to some re-tuning — and like most electric vehicles, regenerates power under braking.

With 115 hp and 199 lb - ft of torque, electric propulsion delivers a substantial feeling, like a breakfast smoothie fortified by a sweet potato.

The 4 E-Hybrid, like the Panamera 4S, uses Porsche's 330 - hp twin - turbo 2.9 - liter V - 6, for a combined 462 hp and 516 lb - ft of torque, but its 136 - hp electric motor enhances the Porsche sedan's performance.

ML 500 Plug - In will not have a V8 engine like the name suggest, but a 3.0 liter V6 bi-turbo with 329 HP and 359 lb - ft of torque (333 HP and 480 Nm in Europe) combined with an electric motor with 107 HP and 251 lb - ft.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Cotal used this same technology to provide an electric clutch (with full manual changes through a normal gearbox, but no clutch pedal) for small Renaults like the Dauphine and Caravelle, but it was relatively unsuccessful — it needed to transmit the entire engine torque through the clutch, requiring a relatively large and powerful clutch that tended to give trouble with the sliprings.

The hybrid MINI makes full use of the electric motor's entire torque, which is available right from standstill, allowing for catapult - like acceleration.

Just like the Leaf, the Nissan e-NV200 is powered by an 80kW electric motor and has a torque rating of 207 lb - ft.

Like the 5 door e-Golf, the E-bugster features an 85 kW electric motor rated at 144 horsepower and 199 pound feet of torque.

We were able to drive the e-Golf for a two - mile loop which drove like your basic electric car: quiet, high torque and fun... for the whole two miles.

This vehicle has a four speed automatic that they make feel like a ten speed by varying the electric motor torque.

The process is complicated, but the result is pleasing: The extra gear sets after the second electric (drive) motor amplify drive torque more like a conventional transmission.

In regard to the IMA, from a powertrain perspective it may sound like a good idea to have a high torque electric motor help out an Atkinson cammed engine suffering from poor torque at low revs.

Like a Prius, the vehicle starts in all - electric mode, and defaults to front - wheel - drive via its 167 horsepower, 247 pound - feet of torque.

I still like the Jag's muscle - car edge better, but the Benz is almost electric in its torque delivery — it's just all - in right from the start, and a delightfully meaty rumble just below the surface is the only thing that indicates your thrust is sponsored by hydrocarbons rather than electrons.

Like all other 991s, the steering system is electric, and Porsche Torque Vectoring Plus is standard on the GT3.

While 161 hp doesn't sound like much, the Clarity Electric is also packing 221 lb - ft of torque and it's quick off the line.

Those numbers don't sound like much, but the electric motor makes a lot of torque available immediately for a satisfying launch.

And let's be clear that this is no Prius - like fuel - saver: the combination of twin - turbo V8 and electric motor generates 680 hp and 627 lb - ft of torque, but will also be capable of a promised 50 km of all - electric driving thanks to a plug - in provision for the 14.1 - kWh battery pack that will take a full charge in as little and two - and - a-half hours when plugged into an optional fast charger.

The wagon - like concept produces up to 402 hp and 516 lb - ft of torque; two electric motors on the front and rear axles power the crossover drawing power from a battery integrated deep in the floor and positioned between the two axles.

It accelerates quickly from a standstill on an effortless wave of torque typical of electric power, and behaves like a more potent hybrid when the all - electric mode runs out.

At first glance the S60 Plug - in looks just like its regular ICE sibling, but under the skin sits a 2.0 litre Drive - E petrol engine with 238bhp and 258lb / ft of torque — which drives the front wheels — and a 68bhp electric motor with 147lb / ft of torque that can drive the rear wheels, which can be recharged in 4.5 hours.

In Auto eDrive, it feels and rides like a regular gas - powered MINI Countryman S. There's a bit more oomph, as the electric motors make up for any lag from the turbocharged three - cylinder engine and they seem to provide an extra bit of torque, which gives the subcompact crossover a more zippy feel on the road.

Acura's first luxury sedan to use hybrid powertrain technology and electric - powered all - wheel - drive, the RLX Sport Hybrid SH - AWD delivers V8 - like performance with 4 - cylinder fuel economy, along with the outstanding handling and all - weather performance capabilities of Acura's torque - vectoring Super-Handling All - Wheel Drive (SH - AWD) system.