Sentences with phrase «of conventional engines»

As a result, the exhaust temperature is lower than that of conventional engines.

The ongoing process of electrification of conventional engines is reflected — once again — in the Wards» 10 Best engines ranking for 2016.

Performance from both of the conventional engines is lackluster for this class, and the third - row seat remains cramped, so it's really only useful in a pinch and definitely only for kids.

Fuel economy is approximately 25 % better than that of conventional engines for scooters with the same displacement, according to Honda.

Professor Ken Naitoh of Waseda University's Faculty of Science and Engineering (Department of Applied Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, School of Fundamental Science and Engineering) and his associates have discovered a revolutionary energy conversion principle (new compressive combustion principle) able to yield stand - alone engines with double or higher the thermal efficiency potential of conventional engines, independent of their size.

In basic form, the single cam lobe and follower / rocker arm of a conventional engine is replaced with a locking multi-part rocker arm and two cam profiles: one optimized for low - RPM stability and fuel efficiency, and the other designed to maximize high - RPM power output.

Asterion LPI 910 - 4 - LP stands for «longitudinale posteriore», the position of the conventional engine, I stands for «ibrido», 910 for the system power and 4 for the permanent 4WD system - is the new concept of a new kind of dream car designed by Lamborghini starting from an intuition: the key for anticipating the future lies in a transformation and hybridisation of Lamborghini's own DNA.

Production of the conventional engine Highlander, Toyota's 12th North American - built model, began in October 2009 at the company's plant in Princeton, Indiana.

The hybrid drivetrain will consist of a conventional engine paired to a high - capacity battery package, with performance figures yet unknown.

Gasoline direct injection differs from the fuel delivery process of a conventional engine by delivering fuel directly into the combustion chamber, where it is mixed with air drawn in to the chamber.

Sure, Lagonda explains that the lack of a conventional engine and transmission resulted in a shorter nose, but this is rarely the case with production electric cars, which have traditional, longer hoods in front of the windscreen.

According to computer simulations performed by Burke, such a system would improve the efficiency of a conventional engine by 40 percent during city driving.

Not exact matches

As such, it forced wrenching strategic changes on Volkswagen and others who had focused until 2015 on defending the dominance of their existing conventional engines.

We aren't going back to the golden age of sail, and the SkySails system won't completely eliminate the need for conventional fuel - powered engines.

Urbane Apartments is the quintessential example of a small business that has maximized the possibilities of social media to champion its brand online, eschewing conventional advertising and search engine optimization solutions in favor of word - of - mouth buzz.

Therefore it is possible that if the Wankel's displacement were determined the way its supporters desire, a three - liter Wankel for Grand Prix racing might pump out 800 - 900 hp, while a conventional engine of equivalent size would be straining to produce 475 hp.

The transmission does not form part of the engine as on conventional cars, but is unit - built with the rear axle and bolted to the chassis to reduce unsprung weight.

A typical ion engine provides 10 times the specific impulse of a conventional solid - fuel booster (specific impulse can be thought of as a spaceship's miles - per - gallon rating).

Conventional production consumes a lot of energy, the infrastructure is still dwarfed by that for petroleum, and engines would need to be modified to run on pure ammonia (like Belgium's buses, most experimental vehicles need some conventional fuel mixed in with tConventional production consumes a lot of energy, the infrastructure is still dwarfed by that for petroleum, and engines would need to be modified to run on pure ammonia (like Belgium's buses, most experimental vehicles need some conventional fuel mixed in with tconventional fuel mixed in with the ammonia).

Wurst's idea is to mate the engine with a new airplane design, take the craft up to an altitude of about 30 miles, at which point the ramjets can no longer be used, coast to an altitude of 60 miles, then release the satellite payload with a small conventional rocket attached.

The high temperature operation of conventional gasoline and diesel engines forms nitrogen oxides — the key source of smog.

«This means that the amount of carbon dioxide it releases per unit of usable energy that it produces is half that of what a conventional engine emits.»

At the fringes of space, the dual - mode power plant would switch to a conventional rocket engine, drawing on the liquid hydrogen and a small supply of liquid oxygen to propel the winged craft into orbit at a final speed of Mach 25.

The fundamental problem, he says, is that conventional jets become impractical at velocities exceeding about Mach 2.7 (2.7 times the speed of sound); the inflowing air slows rapidly on entering the engine and generates more heat than most available materials can withstand.

The validation flight was conducted using a 40:60 mix of Rentech's synthetic jet fuel with conventional Jet A fuel in one of two engines on an Airbus 319 aircraft.

The Turbo's exhaust manifold is «conventional,» meaning that it exits toward the rear of the engine.

In the case of BMW, those legacies include a large workforce trained to complete tasks that may soon become obsolete, an assembly network designed to build conventional vehicles with internal combustion engines, a hungry dealer network that needs to be fed, and an EV line - up comprised only of the slow - selling i3.

Continuing with its reintroduction of in - line six - cylinder engines, the new CLS53 features both a conventional exhaust gas - driven turbocharger as well as an electric compressor.

Power comes not from a conventional combustion engine, but using laser pulse shock waves, and the driver operates the vehicle leaning forwards, in a kind of fusion between drag - bike racing and skeleton sledding.

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With new prototype regulations arriving next year, there wasn't much buzz in the prototype classes other than Mazda's decision to jettison the uncompetitive diesel that hamstrung its cars for the past two seasons in favor of a conventional gasoline - powered engine.

Atkinson cycle engines use slightly different valve timing than conventional internal combustion engines, which makes them efficient but at the expense of power.

It is advised to use conventional oil during first maybe 1000 miles of engine life.

Let's start with some context: the conventional gasoline engine we are so used to has a thermal efficiency of around 30 %.

The whole process is significantly more efficient than the conventional spark induced explosion of a gasoline engine.

Skip to the front of the car and you'll see what looks like a conventional engine, but is actually a combined electric motor and transmission, voltage control unit, fuel cell stack, electric air compressor, and power control unit.

The new Countryman will also herald Mini's first ever plug - in hybrid model, though a range of more conventional engines and transmissions will also be offered.

In a conventional two - stroke engine, the exhaust must open very early in the power stroke to enable the cylinder pressure to fall well below that of the incoming charge, in order to avoid spent gases entering the transfer ports and mixing with the fresh charge.

There's four - wheel drive too, thanks to a clever Power Transfer Unit that takes the place of a conventional front diff (and would take several hours to explain), plus a brand new direct injection engine that delivers all the power and the fury that you'd expect from a Maranello V12.

However, without a big petrol engine the Model S doesn't need to be the same shape as a conventional saloon and it seems like a missed opportunity not to have taken advantage of the more flexible nature of the drivetrain.

It also offers the distinction of owning the only conventional three - box, front - engine V - 12 Ferrari brought to the new car market in donkey's years, and the trunk occupying that third box is every bit as Lusso as the custom - trimmed interior.

Hong Kong - based Hybrid Kinetic Group does specialise in turbine systems however, and its website makes claims that its turbine generators are as little as a half to a third the size of a conventional piston engine, runs 20,000 hours maintenance free and can run on virtually any fuel - from petrol and diesel to hydrogen, or propane.

The authors argue that vehicle fuel economy may be improved through three primary methods: reducing vehicle weight and size; increased market share of alternative powertrains that show more efficiency than conventional gasoline engines; and, rather than continuing the historical trend of emphasis on vehicles that are heavier, larger, and more powerful, ensuring that improvements in vehicle technology's efficiency gains are directed toward increasing fuel economy.

The low torque numbers (159 lb - ft @ 5500 rpm) mean you need to rev the living daylights out of it for any power, but the rotary engine has no problem climbing the tachometer to numbers a conventional engine can only spit oil at.

That's exacerbated when the transmission is in automatic mode - the lack of interruption in power during shifts makes the engine's note change sound just like a conventional automatic.

Stable combustion is achieved by using less fuel than conventional direct injection engines which have an air - fuel ratio of 40:1.

According to the company, i - Stop can restart the engine in under four - tenths of a second, roughly half that of conventional belt - alternator - starter systems.

One thing Mazda never managed to solve however, was the problem with fuel consumption, and although the latest generation of Renesis rotary engines were far more efficient than its predecessors, it just couldn't deliver the same power, torque and high - mpg ratings as modern conventional turbocharged engines.

This type of engine mount can be made to react to different vibration frequencies compared to a conventional rubber mount that is designed for one specific frequency

The engine package breaks away from the conventional V8 formula of the series, comprising of a new 3.5 - litre twin - turbo V6 Ecoboost racing engine.