Sentences with phrase «more compact electric motor»

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â $ œThe three powertrain choices include the base 2.5 - liter four - cylinder, a 3.5 - liter V6, and the Hybrid that uses the 2.5 - liter four - cylinder engine, a small electric motor, and a more compact battery.

This makes packaging more efficient, as the two - mode systems function using compact and powerful electric motors designed to fit within the approximate space of a conventional transmission.

An elegantly complex design, the two - mode system also allows for more proliferate packaging via compact and powerful electric motors designed to fit within a conventional automatic transmission space — a clear efficiency advantage compared with today's typical single - mode systems that rely on much larger electric motors.

The four - cylinder is a 1.5 - liter (plucked from the original Prius) rather than the larger car's 1.8 L, and together with the more compact batteries and electric motor, hum to the tune of 99 total system horsepower and 82 lb - ft of torque.

The engine is a high performance V8 petrol — presumably Mercedes 4.0 litre bo - turbo — mated to an electric motor and with a battery borrowed from F1 which is more powerful than used in normal hybrids, but lighter and more compact.

A new, fourth - generation Hybrid Drive System couples an ultra-efficient, Atkinson cycle 2.5 - liter, four - cylinder gas engine with a lighter, more compact, more power dense electric motor and self - charging hybrid system.

It pairs a 2.0 - liter inline - 4 with an electric motor and more compact batteries shifted underneath the rear seat.

Throw in the fact that the Civic Hybrid's 1.3 - liter, four - cylinder engine and electric motor combo are good for 110 horsepower, and that there's almost no sacrifice to be made driving this compact sedan as compared to its standard Civic equivalent, and the car becomes even more appealing to thrifty drivers.

The compact gasoline / electric hatchback produces 134 ponies from a 1.8 - liter four - cylinder engine and a pair of battery - powered motors, but more importantly it sips fuel at a rate of only 51 - mpg in city driving and 48 - mpg on the highway, making it a smart secondhand buy for anyone with a long commute.