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A Sport Hybrid version is also available — it uses a 3.0 - liter V6 engine paired to a 7 - speed dual - clutch automated - manual transmission with an integrated electric motor powering the front wheels, and two more electric motors powering the rear wheels.

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Toyota Motor Corp, Asia's No. 1 carmaker, has found a way to make electric vehicles (EVs) more affordable and less vulnerable to shortages in supply of the key elements needed to produce the rechargeable batteries that power them.

Among other adjustments that could help double fuel economy are turbocharging with smaller, more efficient engines that produce the same level of power; advanced heat management and cooling systems, which reuse the heat produced in the engine for energy; weight reduction, including broader use of high - strength steel that is already in some cars today; better aerodynamics; more efficient air conditioners, transmissions and lighting devices (including headlights); and increased electrification leading to full hybridization with electric motor and regenerative breaking — all of which currently exist.

These include lithium - ion batteries that can store more electricity, powerful brushless electric motors with rare - Earth magnets, miniaturized sensors built into semiconductor chips, particularly accelerometers and gyroscopes, and low - power computer chips.

The fuel - injected Honda engine, however, did not come with an electric motor starter, which made switching from gas to electric power more complicated.

«For example, we know that some metallic glasses have demonstrated enormous potential for use in electric motors, reducing waste heat and converting more power from electromagnetic fields into electricity.»

However, it's likely to share its basic underpinnings with the production car, meaning an electric motor at each axle, a combined power output of 394bhp or more, and a 0 - 62mph figure of around 4sec or less.

Power comes from a 245 - hp 2.0 - liter turbocharged unit likely similar to the one across BMW's lineup of smaller vehicles, combined with a 95 - hp electric motor (25 hp more than the Frankfurt version had), and a lithium - ion battery mounted beneath the cargo area.

The model will be powered by a more potent version of the new turbocharged 3.0 - liter inline - six, and will also get Mercedes» fancy 48 - volt electrical system and EQ Boost electric motor.

DETROIT — While electric vehicles are hogging more than their share of the limelight at the auto show here, Toyota Motor Corp., the world's leader in hybrid - vehicle sales, remains cautious about the future of battery - powered vehicles.

(150 Nm) of torque up on the second - generation Panamera 4S, powered by a more heavily tuned version of Porsche's twin - turbocharged 2.9 L V - 6, albeit without the assistance of an electric motor.

If more companies leveraged the undisputed power of electric motors - they've been putting them under the hoods of locomotives for years - they wouldn't be quite so worried about what Tesla were doing.

The latter's turbocharged 2 - litre four - cylinder engine churns out 325bhp, whereas the e-Racer develops 670bhp — more than twice as much — which is deployed through two electric motors that draw power from a 65kWh lithium - ion battery pack.

The electric - assist power steering has been tuned to deliver firmer effort and more on - center feel, and while this tuning is usually a recipe for disaster in a system where the electric motor is attached to the steering column (as it is here) rather than the steering rack, the 2015 Trax feels fine to us.

Propulsion for the For - Us is also all - electric, though with more battery power: its powered by an electric motor good for 74 hp and 98 lb - ft of torque and the juice is stored in a set of 17.6 kWh lithium - ion batteries.

The power output of the electric motor is up 14 hp thanks to a more powerful, higher discharge - rate lithium - ion battery pack, now rated at 11.6 kWh, up from 7.1 kWh in the 2018 and earlier BMW i8 Coupe.

With a powertrain comprised of a 3 - litre turbocharged V6 petrol engine, producing 335bhp, mated to a 132bhp electric motor, the E-Hybrid has a total system output of 455bhp - some 22bhp more than the Cayenne S. Packing 14.1 kWh of battery capacity, the Cayenne E-Hybrid is able to sail to a silent electric range of around 27 miles, and will recharge from a 230V power source in 7 - 8 hours.

Even better, the 2.0 T comes with a different electric - assisted power steering (the motor is mounted on the steering rack instead of the column), and its behavior feels more natural.

For the time being - it doesn't take Nostradamus to predict a more powerful John Cooper Works model arriving at some stage - it's the Cooper S E Countryman All4 that offers the greatest urge, thanks to the combined efforts of the 1.5 - litre 3 - pot sending power to the front wheels, and an electric motor on the rear axle.

The electric motor draws power from a more powerful lithium - polymer battery that's mounted behind the rear seat.

The steering is honest and keen, the chassis is firm and stable, the brakes are prompt and well balanced, the skinny tires have more grip than their small contact patches suggest, and the engine and electric motor are really something when they fuse power and torque.

85 kW motor (114 hp) is plenty of power for driving in all electric mode without relying on the engine for more power.

Powering the more aggressive design is a more aggressive electric motor good for 147 hp and 236 lb - ft of torque, 40 hp and 49 lb - ft more than before.

However, the Avalon's electric power steering system is more responsive than the Optima's motor - driven power steering system.

The Plug - in version of Hyundai's hyrbrid, however, gets a larger electric motor (67 horsepower versus the base Hybrid's 51) and boasts more «net» horsepower — the maximum power of both motors together, though not necessarily the additive total since electric and gas motors peak at different speeds — with 202 horses versus the base Hybrid's 193.

In this mode, the high - efficiency petrol engine provides most of the motive power, which is then assisted by the electric motors as required; such as when more powerful performance is needed to accelerate or climb a slope.

While its petrol engine makes less power than the Camry's, the electric motor is a full 41PS more powerful.

The activehybrid 3 is a fantastic city car with the electric motor adding 10 % -15 % improvement in economy and more power as with F1 Kers!

Despite offering more power from the electric motor, the e-Golf still returns an official efficiency figure of 12.7 kWh / 100 km.

Emissions - free by E-motor: And there is even more power: An electric motor is integrated between the TSI and the efficient 7 - speed automatic (DSG = Direct Shift Gearbox); it can be used for pure electric emissions - free driving, or it can support the TSI with aggressive torque.

Power from the modified 2.3 - liter gasoline - fed four - cylinder engine, plus the electric motor, was more than adequate at a combined 155 horsepower.

Yet even with the increased power — which comes primarily from an electric motor that is 50 percent more powerful than that of the current Prius — the new midsize model will have even better fuel economy than the current one.

Hays says the ring drive is more efficient while reducing vehicle weight as much as 40 % and driveline complexity by 75 % compared to powertrains in which the electric motors (in - hub or in the driveline) power an axle.»

Engineers also altered the electric power steering system, adding a new steering motor and software tuning in hopes of providing more steering feedback.

Power for the Gripz comes from a Nissan electric motor with a range - extender engine, but if the Gripz is heading for production it's certain there will be normal — and more powerful — powertrains on offer.

By sucking juice from a rear - mounted, 14.1 - kWh lithium - ion battery pack, the electric motor can power the Panamera on its own for up to 30 miles at no more than 90 mph.

The engine and an electric motor provide power to the rear wheels; two more electric motors drive the front wheels.

Using an electric motor with significantly more than 300 newton meters of power, the B - Class will accelerate from 0 - 100 km / h in 7.9 seconds.

Dubbed the ZOE e-sport, the high - output concept incorporates two electric motors — one for each axle — delivering a total 340kW of power and 640Nm of torque, making it more powerful than the single - seat FE racers, which are limited to 200kW.

Made in: Puebla, Mexico Drivetrain: A 115 - horsepower electric motor powers the e-Golf; The Golf R has a more advance model of the new GTI's four - cylnder turbocharged direct - injection TSI 2.0 - liter w / appx 80 more horsepower than the GTI's 210; Golf Sportwagen comes with two powertrains: 1.8 - liter turbocharged, direct injection four - cylinder w / five - speed manual or six - speed AT or the TDI Clean Diesel powered by 2.0 - liter common - rail turbocharged, diect - injection diesel engine w / six - speed manual & DSG dual - clutch AT.

Gone is the uncontrolled, undamped ride we experienced in the development mules» «comfort» mode, but far more impressive than that is the now - seamless transition from pure - electric motoring to petrol power.

Delivering 60 per cent more cargo space than the Prius Liftback and impressive fuel efficiency, the Prius V comes with a Hybrid Synergy Drive system built around an Atkinson - cycle 1.8 - litre four - cylinder with a lightweight aluminum alloy block, a high - torque electric motor, high - capacity storage battery and power management system.

What is more, the boost function can be applied to use the power provided by the synchronous electric motor for such things as highly dynamic acceleration manoeuvres.

When driving at high speeds, the Mitsubishi Plug - in Hybrid EV System switches to Parallel Hybrid Mode which also uses the power of the gasoline engine to drive the vehicle as its engine operates more efficiently than its electric motors at high RPM.

That's where the electric motor comes in — think of its as sort of a substitute for a turbocharger that instead of cramming more fuel in, effectively reduces fuel requirements, while still yielding more total power.

A full hybrid is capable of running on electricity alone, while a mild hybrid can't, and its electric motor is used to supplement the gasoline engine when more power is needed.

However, instead of powering the wheels, it acts like a generator to produce more electricity for the car's electric motor.

Plug - In Hybrid functionality is reached by applying a more powerful electric traction motor with a peak power of more than 75 kW.

There's also more power thanks to a 120 kW electric motor, which gives the Nexo a 0 - 60 mph time of 9.5 seconds, three seconds faster than the old Tucson FCEV.

Targeted 60 - kilometre plus pure - electric range, 34 g / km CO2 emissions, and efficient packaging The Optima Sportswagon Plug - in Hybrid is powered by a 11.26 kWh lithium - polymer battery pack paired with a 50 kW electric motor, providing a provisional pure - electric range of more than 60 km (38 miles) at speeds of up to 120 kph.