Sentences with phrase «manufacturer of the electric car»

The manufacturer of the electric car Model S has faced severe criticism from the market.

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Today more than a dozen Chinese - backed manufacturers (many of them American startups that now have Chinese owners) are tripping over one another to promote their electric cars and acceleration times; Faraday Future, Karma Automotive, NextEV, and Future Mobility are but a few.

Not only was electric automaker Tesla — the brainchild of iconic entrepreneur Elon Musk — on the list for the first time, but more traditional car manufacturers Ford and BMW ranked in the top 10.

The company is also working to strike a deal with a major car manufacturer (which Musk declines to name) to become a supplier of chassis and drive trains for a mass - market electric vehicle.

To accomplish these ends, Musk said that Tesla — electric car manufacturer and creator of the giant solar rechargable home battery Powerwall — needed to acquire solar energy provider SolarCity.

When people think about 3M, the 115 - year - old maker of Scotch Tape, they might not associate the old - line consumer goods manufacturer with electric cars.

The unfortunate reality is the opposite: Electric car programs (or programs for any vehicle that doesn't burn hydrocarbons) at the major manufacturers are small to non-existent, constituting an average of far less than 1 % of their total vehicle sales.

Manufacturers of fully electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles will be the first to benefit, starting this year, followed by makers of commercial vehicles in 2020 and the wider car market by 2022.

More recently, Tesla acquired Grohmann Engineering, a German automated manufacturer, to fuel production of its electric cars.

The profit that Tesla Motors booked for the third quarter was boosted by the company's record sales of its existing electric vehicles, along with the cost reductions and the sale of pollution tax credits to other car manufacturers.

Musk had said in October that Tesla has been «deep in production hell» making the Model 3, its first attempt to cross over from being a niche maker of high - end electric cars to a mass manufacturer or more midpriced vehicles.

Make it easier for Canadians to choose electric by requiring auto manufacturers to ensure that a minimum and growing percentage of all passenger cars sold in Canada will be zero - emissions vehicles — an approach pioneered in California and recently adopted in Quebec.

In August, the electric vehicle manufacturer began production of its first - ever mass market car, the Model 3.

First off the mark is Tesla [TSLA - NASDAQ], a fledgling California - based company that has grown from a niche manufacturer of an electric sports car to the largest North American auto manu - facturer, by market capitalization, in less than 10 years.

The remaining funds went towards two companies aimed at reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and so counteracting the problem of climate change: Tesla Motors ($ 70m), a luxury electric car manufacturer that has since expanded to provide energy to homes and businesses through battery technology; and SolarCity ($ 10m) which seeks to offer a cleaner and more affordable energy solution.

«We still own the name Formula One, we still have contracts with promoters, let's make different types of cars, let's speak to the manufacturers and start a new all - electric F1, a Formula One for the future.

«With the support of so many manufacturers, Formula E will continue to push the development of electric vehicle technology, and this car is an important milestone in this journey.»

The legendary Italian manufacturer sees the all - electric series as relevant to the future of its road cars.

Love it or hate it, Formula E seems to be rapidly becoming the championship of choice for some of the world's largest manufacturers as electric power becomes increasingly relevant to the car industry.

With the standard of electric vehicles becoming more impressive and the release of hybrid and fully - electric road cars on a rapid increase, it makes total sense that manufacturers are keen to associate themselves with a fully - electric racing series.

On batteries for electric cars, Ford conceded that Asian manufacturers are ahead in terms of building the actual batteries, even if U.S. companies are positioned to develop components and design cars to integrate the batteries.

But manufacturers of high - energy applications such as electric cars and power storage systems seek for new electrode materials and electrolytes.

This gap in research has now been closed by scientists of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): They compared the performances of 49,000 battery electric cars and 73,000 plug - in hybrid vehicles in Germany and the US using data from fleet trials and automotive manufacturers as well as from websites for drivers to manage and monitor their vehicles.

«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.

And, in addition to learning where and when EV owners charge up their cars, Volt manufacturer General Motors is hoping to learn from the folks in the Pecan Street project how a residential fleet of electric vehicles might change the electric grid.

Both manufacturers see the leasing programmes as an important step towards developing commercial electric cars, a goal that has the full support of the government.

Over the years and after countless studies about the best solutions to take good care of our environment, car manufacturers have offered one of the best - suited keys to reduce vehicles» hazardous impacts to the environment: hybrid and electric cars.

The interesting thing is that the other three key components of any electric car — weight, aerodynamic drag and rolling resistance — are areas sports car manufacturers, and us in particular, are really good at mastering.»

The Karma is the first of a series of petrol - electric models that Fisker reckons will turn it into a major global manufacturer, with the stated aim of producing up to 100,000 cars within five years.

As with so many other would - be electric car manufacturers, TH!NK's current corporate condition and history reinforce the reality about how difficult it is to become a successful manufacturer of electric vehicles.

For Morgan the Frazer - Nash connection will help ease the company into the relative unknown of electric car production - something «no manufacturer can afford to ignore», according to Noamaan Siddiqi, Managing Director of Frazer - Nash Energy Systems.

Some componentry has been borrowed from Jaguar's upcoming electric production car, the i - Pace, while Jaguar quotes a real - world range of 170 miles from the 40kWh battery pack - which puts it roughly on par with several production models from mainstream manufacturers.

With VW already promising renewed focus on cleaner methods of propulsion, it seems logical that Porsche would follow suit — though media attention on American firm Tesla has also prompted several manufacturers to take a closer look at electric performance cars.

BYD started as a cell phone manufacturing company, notable because several car manufacturers have stated that the hardest part of creating an electric vehicle marketable to the general public is perfecting the battery technology.

Tesla Model X, the crossover offering from the all - electric car manufacturer — Tesla Motors has received a five - star rating in all categories and sub-categories of NHTSA crash testing.

The German car manufacturer has now released a concept image of the electric I.D. Crozz that will be shown in its close to production ready form at the 20176 Frankfurt Motor Show.

One of the biggest American manufacturers, Chevrolet, managed to start the 2011 NAIAS with an award, namely, the plug - in electric Chevrolet Volt was awarded with the 2011 North American Car of the Year award.

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Now, with the launch of our first dedicated model, we are taking the lead as the only car manufacturer with hybrid, electric, plug - in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles in production.»

Following September's global unveil of the new Nissan Leaf and the launch of its new «electric ecosystem» at the recent Nissan Futures 3.0 event, the Japanese car manufacturer presented two all - electric concept vehicles at the show.

Manufacturers are more than happy to oblige, rolling out electric cars, hybrids and high - mileage fuel - sippers while Green Car Journal uses the press days as a platform to anoint its Green Car of the Year.

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Owning this all - electric, fully autonomous car is one among the many unique ideas introduced by manufacturers with respect to the future of mobility.

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The Swedish manufacturer aims for fully electric cars to make up 50 per cent of its sales by 202...

[89][96][97][98] This trial program allowed the BMW Group to become the world's first major car manufacturer to deploy a fleet of more than 500 all - electric vehicles for private use.