Sentences with phrase «of electric drive vehicles»

While the penetration of electric drive vehicles in the American automobile market could significantly reduce petroleum use, vehicle emissions, and fuel expenditures countrywide, there are several challenges to implementing the President's 2015 goal.

LEE TERRY (R - NE): «This legislation will provide a much - needed boost to the development and use of electric drive vehicles on a nation - wide scale.

«Our expertise in driveline efficiency and electric drive systems is helping to bring a new generation of electric drive vehicles to life.

The latest in a line of electric drive vehicles for 2012, the 2012 Smart ForTwo EV offers significant improvements over the previous option.

Venture Beat's 21 «Green Car» Company Leaders Partial list of electric drive vehicle companies from Aptera to Chevy Volt.

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As the nickel price continues its upward trajectory driven by the clean energy revolution for power storage and the rise of the electric vehicles, Poseidon remains poised to become a producer with its existing class 1 high grade nickel sulphide mine.

This is precisely why his Grantham Foundation has aggressively invested in alternative transportation technologies, such as the lithium - ion battery systems expected to drive mass - market adoption of electric vehicles.

The automaker said will introduce an electric version of its Kona small sport utility vehicle (SUV) with a driving range of 390 km in the first half of next year.

The company is also working to strike a deal with a major car manufacturer (which Musk declines to name) to become a supplier of chassis and drive trains for a mass - market electric vehicle.

Prior to his announcement, Marchionne offered his peers some words of wisdom via an interview with Bloomberg for surviving a rapidly changing industry thanks to the advent of electric cars, ride - sharing, and self - driving vehicles.

Musk last year hired chip design legend Jim Keller, who had been at AMD (amd) for years, sparking speculation that the electric carmaker would go that route to enhance the self - driving capability of future vehicles.

With a hefty dividend of nearly 5 %, however, shares that look cheap, and a renewed message about electric vehicles and autonomous driving, Ford could see some upside in 2018.

The one - on - one meeting sends a message of Tesla's importance in China, whose politicians consider the California company a role model for the country's new electric car companies, as many vehicles suffer from long charging times and a poor driving experience, he explained.

An autonomous driving electric vehicle may one day start to look a bit like The Jetsons» flying car — a glass bubble without the long hood that is a signature feature of today's gasoline - fueled cars.

General Motor's Cruise division has been testing its own fleet of self - driving electric vehicles, while Tesla has been rolling out its Autopilot semi-self-driving technology with real - world owners.

NEW YORK — On Tuesday, Waymo and Jaguar announced plans to jointly develop a large fleet of all - electric, self - driving luxury vehicles.

«It's the first patent out of many to come in all areas of vehicle engineering,» Faraday senior director of electric drive Silva Hiti told Inc. via an email.

Early this month, it was reported that Joshua Brown, the driver of a Tesla Model S, was killed while the electric vehicle was on Autopilot mode, making the incident the first self - driving car fatality.

Powered by three electric motors — one in front and two at the rear — FF 91's all wheel drive system will be capable of blasting off a 0 - 60 mph time of 2.39 seconds, making it the world's quickest electric vehicle.

The publication cites an Electric Drive Transportation Association report about pure EVs, including Tesla's, but not counting hybrids, accounting for 71,064 of all vehicles sold in the country last year.

The evolution of self - driving vehicles is occurring in tandem with both the development of electric vehicle technology and the predicted demise of the internal combustion engine.

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As for costs of operation — chief among them being product delivery — technologies like driverless, autonomous electric vehicles, which are already test - driving around Las Vegas, are sure to be rapidly adopted by major courier companies as it becomes feasible to do so, substantially reducing delivery costs.

These partners are Mercedes - Benz, which was recently reported to be preparing to unveil a fleet of electric vehicles based on a completely new architecture; Nvidia, which just launched the artificial intelligence - powered palm - sized Drive PX 2 computer for self - driving cars; Otto, an autonomous truck startup that was acquired by Uber last month; and Didi Chuxing, which recently bought out Uber's operations in China.

The past year was a big one for self - driving vehicles, culminating with the reveal of Tesla's new fully electric semi, gaining pre-orders from big players such as PepsiCo, UPS and Walmart.

The ES8 features a lightweight all - aluminum body and chassis, and comes standard with electric - drive (e-drive) systems in the front and rear of the vehicle.

While the previous concerns address short - term problems, the rise of electric and self - driving vehicles represents the clearest long - term issue that could lead to the profit declines implied by GM's stock price.

Since the charging process takes a couple of hours, visitors can drive to Joppa Flats (tagged as a electric vehicle charging site on GPS), plug in, spend a couple of hours pursuing an activity or otherwise enjoying the education center, then drive home with a fully recharged vehicle.

Since the launch of the Drive Clean Rebate for electric vehicles in March, New York state has seen a 74 percent increase in sales of electric cars over the same period in 2016, according to a press release published last week by New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced a new electric vehicle campaign — Charge NY — that includes the installation of charging stations, incentives for employers to encourage employees to drive electric vehicles and extensive public education and outreach.

In December, NYPA trustees approved financing that will be offered as part of the Power Authority's Municipal Electric - Drive Vehicle Program, which provides financial assistance to New York municipal utilities to facilitate the replacement of less fuel - efficient vehicles in order to advance Cuomo's clean energy goals.

«This 2 - million dollars in funding will make it possible for these systems who are interested in acquiring additional electric - drive vehicles to finance the cost of these vehicles.

This Ford Escape and utility co. bucket truck (pictured below) are two examples of electric - drive vehicles available to municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State under the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Municipal Electric Drive electric - drive vehicles available to municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State under the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Municipal Electric Drive Prodrive vehicles available to municipal and rural electric cooperative systems in New York State under the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Municipal Electric Drive electric cooperative systems in New York State under the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Municipal Electric Drive Electric Drive ProDrive Program.

A fleet of self - driving cars zooming through underground tunnels is planned, but for now there will just be street - level electric vehicles.

The electric hybrid eVaro, developed in Canada by Future Vehicle Technologies of Maple Ridge, British Columbia, can accelerate to 60 miles per hour in around 5 seconds, and drives at least 165 miles on the equivalent of a US gallon of fuel.

Likewise, driving a hybrid or electric vehicle, or foregoing a car altogether in favor of public transit, biking or walking, is a great way to conserve energy.

AC Propulsion, a San Dimas, Calif., maker of electric vehicle drive systems, discovered this when working with Tesla Motors.

The electric vehicle — maker initially licensed a drive system design and reductive charging patent from AC Propulsion but later developed its own versions of these technologies.

I mean obviously it's going to be more expensive but so some of the other stuff that were announced were some of the applications to help, again kind of get, where we go from a gasoline vehicle to an electric vehicle that's going to be different; you have to assume different driving situations.

This is accomplished by solving technological issues that limit the commercialization of electric vehicles such as price, weight, volume, driving distance, and lack of charging infrastructure.

The Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV), developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is an electric vehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging Electric Vehicle (OLEV), developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is an electric vehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging sVehicle (OLEV), developed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), is an electric vehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging electric vehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging svehicle that can be charged while stationary or driving, thus removing the need to stop at a charging station.

With this type of dynamic charging, an electric vehicle's driving range could become unlimited and the size of its batteries would be greatly reduced.

«Increasing the life and performance of rechargeable batteries will drive down overall electric vehicle costs and make us less reliant on foreign sources of energy.»

To test the process, the WPI researchers sliced the drive unit (which contains the electric motor and other components of the drive train) of an all - electric Chevrolet Spark vehicle into several pieces and then shredded the pieces.

«Whether it's an advanced drive vehicle of any sort — a hybrid, a plug - in hybrid or an electric vehicle (EV)-- the manufacturers are taking it seriously, and they understand it as a growing market,» said Jeremy Acevedo, analyst at the automotive research website Edmunds.com.

However, plug - in hybrids with a real electric range of about 60 km drive the same number of kilometers electrically as battery electric vehicles.

Data evaluation revealed that plug - in hybrid vehicles with a real electric range of about 60 km drive the same number of kilometers electrically as battery electric vehicles, namely, up to 15,000 km per year.

The Electric Drive Transportation Association, whose members make everything from chargers to batteries to cars, said the House bill «identifies critical areas where federal support can advance adoption of plug - in vehicles.»

The HEMS system helps consumers use data on driving times, solar intensity forecasts and current household energy consumption to synchronize electric vehicle charging times with rooftop energy production, so they can maximize the proportion of household - produced energy they use.

A new data logger developed by Fraunhofer researchers simultaneously collects data from vehicles with combustion engines, electric drives, external sensors, and location data, and permits the development of new hybrid and electric vehicles.