Sentences with phrase «motor power the car»

A special wet - type mechanical clutch helps the engine and electric motor power the car either separately or together in a way that delivers seamless performance.

On light throttle loads, the front electric motor powers the car, technically making it the first front - wheel drive Porsche.

As a result of the initial impact, the battery disengaged from the electric motors powering the car.

Not exact matches

Battery - powered cars offered by the likes of Tesla are gaining traction faster than fuel cell vehicles backed by Hyundai and Toyota Motor Corp..

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

A type of power inverter, the small, shiny box doesn't produce power itself, but instead changes direct current to alternating current, an essential process in electric car technology that lets battery power spin the car's motor.

The vintage car was fitted with a pair of electric motors powered by a 54 kWh battery pack from a Tesla Roadster.

Bonhoeffer came to accept the full implications of the resistance movement, justifying his position as follows: «It is not only my task to look after the victims of madmen who drive a motor - car in a crowded street, but to do all in my power to stop their driving at all.

Combined with the dual motor design, such a motorized car packs enough power to take on any task you throw at it.

The Dromida RTR RC Car is designed to perform; the stable setup makes for smooth driving while the brushless motor makes for some amazing power.

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.

In his scheme, the lead car serves as the locomotive, doing most of the work so simple electric motors that deliver just enough power for tooling around town and driving to the commuter track can power the rest of the cars.

Those cars charge up their batteries with electricity generated when the car brakes and then used that «recycled» energy to power their electric motors, which take over from the vehicle's gasoline engine at low speeds and in stop - and - go traffic.

Hybrid technology is far from an exact science, however, as student engineers found out last week at the Formula Hybrid International competition held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H. Dartmouth College's fifth - annual Formula Hybrid competition called on student teams to conceive, design, fabricate, develop and drive formula - style hybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endurance.

In addition to offering vehicles powered by a number of alternatives (fuel, battery or both), car companies are going to win customers in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs.

The Chevrolet Volt, which GM plans to introduce in two years (reportedly at a mid - $ 30,000 base price), is a new breed of gasoline - electric hybrid, cars powered by a battery - powered electric motor that can be recharged on the road with an internal combustion engine.

There, the fuel cell forces the hydrogen electrons through a circuit, generating current and powering the motor before the electrons rejoin the hydrogen protons and oxygen to form the car's only emission: water.

Power will be taken from the flywheel when the car is accelerating so fast that the turbine alone can not provide enough electricity to the motor — for example, when coming out of a slow turn.

It's the same thing with racing cars: If two cars are tested on a race circuit, it's not only their motor power that is crucial to speed.

The game will add persistent features like selectable factions, cars customizable from motor block to machine gun, and multiple modes to give its online multiplayer staying power.

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.

The 5.2 - liter, naturally aspirated gas engine would drive the Asterion's rear wheels via a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission while a pair of electric motors hooked up to a computer - operated torque vectoring system on the front axle would power the hybrid car's front wheels.

Motor power of this P85 was eye - watering, certainly the fastest car I've ever driven.

Since the small electric motor can only power the car when creeping forward very slowly, the gasoline engine is constantly starting and stopping at low speeds with a noticeable shudder.

My race - car experience has heretofore been limited to 50 - mph camera passes in a 1966 Ford GT Le Mans race car for a cover feature in Motor Trend Classic and laps at a short road course at Honda's Twin Motegi racetrack in a Honda Side by Side open - wheel, motorcycle - powered racecar.

Powering the car are four 300 - kW electric motors backed by a 540 - kW battery.

At present, the upgrades are purely aesthetic, with no power upgrade to the car's petrol or electric motors.

Reports from earlier this year suggest that the new Supra will likely be based on the same platform as the next BMW Z4, with power coming from either a BMW - sourced turbocharged engine or a hybrid drivetrain, possibly with front - wheel electric motors which could endow the rear - wheel - drive sports car with all - wheel drive.

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Proud Proboscis — Ronald «Steady» Barker pays tribute to one of motoring's most magnificent white elephants the 50cv Renault and its successor the 40cv / The Healey Heritage — Malcolm Green traces the development of the big Austin - Healeys from Donald Healey's Riley - powered cars from Warwick to the Mark III 3000 that was built at Abingdon / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on some recent restorations by readers of The Automobile / Austin Seven Ulster Rebuild / Batteries — Workshop / Enfield Underslung — Michael Worthington - Williams relates the story of the Adamson cyclecar / Swooping Kestrel — Brian Heath experiences the pleasure of preselector gear changing at the wheel of a 1937 Riley 12/14 Kestrel / Butler's Babies — The American Austin was one of the first attempts to popularise the European small car in the USA Kit Foster tells its story / Commercially Speaking — Panels & Parts

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In fact, the 2014 M235i now boasts the most powerful gasoline motor in a M Performance vehicle — as distinct from a full - on M car, since of course those are all powered by small Hadron Colliders.

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The many leaked images means we've already seen much of the car's exterior, but at the Geneva unveil Pininfarina revealed that the HK GT would be powered by a novel range extending hybrid powertrain that pairs traditional electric motors with Hybrid Kinetic Group's microturbine unit.

EV Drive mode uses only the two electric motors to power the crossover, while Series Hybrid mode allows the gas engine and battery pack to act as a generator and provide additional power to the electric motors and Parallel Hybrid mode where the car primarily uses the 2.0 - liter gas engine with the electric motors only coming into the picture when extra power is needed.

Three liveries are offered and, like many Vision GT cars, there's plenty of power to move the hypercar - like shape along the game's courses - 1134bhp to be precise, between a 4 - litre twin - turbo V8 and electric motors.

Mick Walsh gets behind the wheel of an historic Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 and in, Potent Perfection, reveals what makes this famous model so special / Doug Nye shares some marvellous glass - plate negatives from the early days of motor sport in Europe and describes the men and machines shown in The motor racing photography of Maurice - Louis Branger / Famous furniture designer Ambrose Heal bought a Sunbeam Twenty new in 1930 and drove it extensively across Europe / This much - loved car is still in the family today, as Matthew Bell discovers in Family Business / Designed and built by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, the Ford - powered Dellows were among the most successful postwar trials cars.

The latter is powered by Mercedes» EQ Boost starter - alternator (this also provides the energy for the car's 48V electrical system) and it also powers the electric motor installed between the engine and the nine - speed automatic gearbox.

A limited - slip differential is integrated into the transmission, and the front motors can either power the car independently or send extra power to the outside wheel when cornering for torque - vectoring capability.

Like the 60D, the 85D's motors are rated at 188 hp and 181 lb - ft, but the car's larger battery power results in a car that is 0.2 seconds quicker to 60 mph (5.2 sec) and the quarter - mile (13.5 sec) on the way to an electronically limited 155 mph.

The car has a battery pack connected through associated electronics to an electric drive motor that powers the front wheels through a few reduction gears and a differential.

Using two electric motors similar to those in the Porsche 919 hybrid race car, the Mission E has over 600 hp to power all four wheels, and rockets from 0 - 62 mph in less than 3.5 seconds.

Plans for the car call for a plug - in hybrid EV that will have a two - cylinder BMW motorcycle engine to power the rear wheels and an 80 - hp electric motor to feed the front wheels.

To do this, it uses regenerative braking from the electric motor and the stopping power of the car's conventional brakes.

DETROIT, May 30 (Reuters)- Honda Motor Co on Thursday slashed the lease price for its electric - powered Fit subcompact car by a third a week after General Motors Co set pricing for its new Chevrolet Spark EV.

As such, power from the supercharged motor likely won't deviate from the rating found in the other two cars, with the Velar SVR generating about 550 hp and 501 lb - ft of torque.

Once the battery no longer has enough juice to power the motor, the car automatically switches back to its default Hybrid mode.

It doesn't directly power the car, but instead sends power to a generator, which delivers electricity to the motor and battery.

Owen was unfortunately reduced to ballast in the co-driver's seat because of his carsickness, but he still thoughtfully held up the directions so I could see them, and it was good to have someone else in the car to tell me to curb my enthusiasm occasionally, or to help push if the Pug decided it would rather use human power than its starter motor's.

At the rear of the Model S platform (which carries the car's battery pack), a motor powers the rear wheels.