Sentences with phrase «more electric power»

When Kramer of the California Cars Initiative converted his Toyota Prius hybrid into a plug - in hybrid with more electric power — the car went from 50 miles per gallon up to 100 m.p.g..

In practical terms, since most people drive only about 25 - 40 miles a day, you'd use more electric power than the normal Prius.

And while using concentrating optics permits more electric power per unit area of photovoltaic cells (this has been known for decades), this is only effective if the whole assembly tracks the sun, which wipes out the entire cost advantage — why it is not being used to any significant extent.

Higher temperatures across much of the US has spurred more electric power demand, which in turn has given a bump to natural gas prices and producers.

Regardless of Hansen's dubious claims about CO2, America must build another hundred nuclear fission power plants for more electric power production.

Even «conventionally - powered» cars will need more and more electric power.

While 150 kW is a lot of power, maybe this will convince some manufacturers to use more electric power in their hybrids or move to all wheel drive EV.

Not exact matches

& # 9660 Wind power: As General Electric, Mitsubishi and others considered investing more than $ 630 million in the U.K.'s offshore wind industry, Canada was casting the whole idea into doubt.

Western Australia's state - owned electric utility Western Power says it will cut 175 jobs on top of more than 320 positions that were axed in June.

The CEO also predicted that by 2025, «More than half of the power units you see on the road will have some relevance of electrification» — if not fully electric some hybrid form of combustion and electric.

Agassi set up Better Place with the aim of using new technology to make electric cars more affordable and more convenient than gasoline - powered cars.

«The availability of high - power stations allows long - distance electric mobility for the first time and will convince more and more customers to opt for an electric vehicle,» Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said.

And it could mean a future viable source of energy that emits no pollution or radioactivity, burns no fossil fuels, and could be no more expensive to run than conventional coal or electric power plants.

Environmentalists have long urged Ontario to import more clean power from Quebec's hydro - electric dams, but officials always said that would require huge and expensive upgrades to the transmission lines linking the two provinces.

By 1927 U.S. women were shelling out more on beauty products than the entire country was spending on electric power.

What's more, its reliance on electric power could help decrease dependency on fossil fuels.

Some have estimated that Bitcoin miners will use more power than electric cars in the near term.

«At over 20 GW of installed solar electric capacity, we now have enough solar in the U.S. to power 4.6 million homes, reducing harmful carbon emissions by more than 25 million metric tons a year.

That's because the batteries that power them are becoming cheaper all the time, and more and more automakers are producing attractive electric vehicles, generating jobs and growth in the process.

Its hands full with restoring power, Puerto Rico's beleaguered electric utility will not need to defend a contractor's lawsuit seeking damages of more than $ 4.5 million, according to the judge in the island's financial restructuring case.

Negotiations between creditors and government officials over the $ 9 billion owed by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, known as Prepa, have been taking place for more than a year.

FUEL ECONOMY - Diesels can get up to 30 percent more miles per gallon of fuel than similar gas powered cars and can be more economical than gasoline - electric hybrids.

Far more importantly, the shift from the internal combustion engine to electric, hybrid or hydrogen - powered vehicles may be the most important technological and social development since, well, the automobile first appeared.

Tesla Motors was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers who set out to build an electric car that would be more powerful than a gas - powered automobile.

Ameren is one of the electric companies that are members of the Edison Electric Institute now deploying nearly 1,500 additional restoration workers and support personnel to speed up power restoration in Puerto Rico, increasing the total number of such workers on the ground in Puerto Rico to more thaelectric companies that are members of the Edison Electric Institute now deploying nearly 1,500 additional restoration workers and support personnel to speed up power restoration in Puerto Rico, increasing the total number of such workers on the ground in Puerto Rico to more thaElectric Institute now deploying nearly 1,500 additional restoration workers and support personnel to speed up power restoration in Puerto Rico, increasing the total number of such workers on the ground in Puerto Rico to more than 5,500.

Solar power might be an undeniable part of our future — the industry created double the amount of jobs as coal did last year and accounts for nearly 40 % of new electric capacity added to the grid, more than wind or even natural gas — but SolarCity itself isn't.

The plan: Build a sports car, use that money to build an affordable car, use that money to build even more affordable cars and provide zero - emission electric power generation options.

Beyond appealing to environmental concerns, electric truck makers must prove that total cost of ownership will be lower than for diesel - powered trucks, even if electric versions are more expensive upfront.

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.

Shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) were trading higher by more than 3 percent early Tuesday following unconfirmed reports the electric - car and solar - power maker is close to reaching an agreement with the Chinese government.

The electric car will actually have a 75 kWh battery pack, so customers who want more range can pay for a software update that will unlock more power in the battery pack.

It's powerful enough to do just about anything (and I expect a lot of my kitchen appliances), comes with a large 4.3 L mixing bowl, electric speed control, and 3 stainless steel tools (Dough Hook, Power Whisk, and K - beater, plus the option to acquire almost 20 more).

Seeing an off - road racing truck power around a little indoor kart track, that's more used to small and nimble electric karts, is pretty epic.

Bernard stands at 5 ″ 5 and what he lacks in height and power he more than makes up for in ability and intelligence and also electric acceleration.

Do they need an electric scooter with more battery power if they will be riding it a further distance?

The average household in the United States that chooses to abandon their automatic utility - powered tumble clothes dryer can save more than $ 200 per year on electric or natural gas or propane gas bills.

Because it can operate on AA battery power as well as fusing an AC adaptor for an outlet, it is much more flexible than some models which are corded electric only.

Those wind guilds jumpstarted the wind industry in Denmark, where one - fifth of the nation's electric power today comes from wind, more than any other nation.

It's also the date for an $ 8 billion bailout of some upstate nuclear power plants to begin, and more than 80 local government leaders are making a last - ditch effort to stop a plan that they say will cost electric utility ratepayers billions of dollars.

It would eliminate all climate - changing pollution by 2050, including from power plants and cars, build more mass transit and do more to encourage electric cars.

The Army Corps of Engineers is ending its work to rebuild Puerto Rico's electric grid despite fears the island's government won't be able to restore power on its own to more than 16,000 people who remain blacked out eight months after Hurricane Maria.

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

An investigatory panel created by Cuomo recommends that the state's Public Service Commission, or PSC, be given more powers to regulate electric utilities and to impose higher monetary fines.

Officials said it could take 24 to 36 hours to fully restore power to more than 1.4 million customers as outrage grew across the island about the state of Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authopower to more than 1.4 million customers as outrage grew across the island about the state of Puerto Rico's Electric Power AuthoPower Authority.

«We have extended electricity to so many communities and indeed, Ghana is estimated to have access to more than 80 per cent in electric power,» he said.

More recently, the PSC, at Cuomo's direction, investigated the response of NYSEG and Rochester Gas & Electric, which are owned by the same company, to a March windstorm in Rochester where power restoration was slow.

The projects that would help the region reach 80 percent cuts are ambitious: an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions in the eight participating counties, more energy efficient power generation through wind farms and solar power, the expansion of inter-city mass transit and a region - wide electric vehicle infrastructure, among many others.

New York State Electric & Gas said in a statement that at its peak, more than 24,000 customers were without power after the violent storms moved across the state Thursday.

Nick Braden, spokesman for the nonprofit American Public Power Association, which represents more than 2,000 community - owned electric utilities, said in a statement that as government bodies, public utilities have an inherent political character and that knowing how to «operate within a political structure» is useful.

Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.