Sentences with phrase «of powering the car»

Its propulsion technology is derived from the TGV, and the elongated nose of its power car, or locomotive, clearly shows the two trains are related.

The added cost of the batteries necessary for 40 miles of travel are part of the reason the study suggests a smaller, lighter battery pack capable of powering a car for 7 - 10 miles is the best option to save drivers money.

The graphic interface is also very subtle, with a small indicator on the instrument cluster telling you what source of power the car is running on at the time.

Namely, if your only real beef with wind power is the fact that a wind turbine is an awkward thing to strap onto a moving vehicle, then you've exposed an essential disadvantage of powering your car with a product that has to be pumped out of the ground and refined into a usable form.

Is Pato (Spanish for duck, due to the aerodynamic design of the power cars resembling a beak) perhaps exactly what the US needs?

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By remote control, the device powers the driverless locomotive forward, just far enough to push the car onto one of 18 tracks that fan out from the single track.

The Prius was one of the first original cars powered by both gas and electricity.

We've got a new partnership with MasterCard, where we're powering the loyalty system for an entire brand, and we're moving into the world of connected cars.

Shell also is entering the business of battery - powered electric cars.

The arrival in Australia of a US - based website could give used - car buyers more power per transaction.

The train arrived, and I tapped the power button on the top of the Switch, putting it into Sleep Mode again as I found a seat in the car.

But, that could change, especially in the case of Google, which has been focusing on its Android Auto software to power the car entertainment systems of auto companies, like Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.

Of course, the car is outfitted with multiple USB ports, but it also boasts an SD card slot and a 12 - volt power outlet — which means you can charge your laptop quickly between meetings.

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

That turned out to be the wrong angle, and Virgin Cars ended up shutting down just five years later,» Branson says, adding that in retrospect, «the biggest potential for disruption in the automotive industry had nothing to do with the process of selling cars, but rather with how cars were powered.&raCars ended up shutting down just five years later,» Branson says, adding that in retrospect, «the biggest potential for disruption in the automotive industry had nothing to do with the process of selling cars, but rather with how cars were powered.&racars, but rather with how cars were powered.&racars were powered.»

Another kind of power comes from someone's ability to reward you with things - like bonus money, trips, a company car or a fancy office.

The interior is modeled to feel like an underwater sports car — but unlike one of these high - powered vehicles, the underwater vessel includes a wine chiller.

«Cars are depicted to consumers as «muscle cars» to give men a tangible sense of power and control.&raCars are depicted to consumers as «muscle cars» to give men a tangible sense of power and control.&racars» to give men a tangible sense of power and control.»

The new additions include three plug - in hybrid vehicles, which come on top of eight battery - powered cars and two fuel - cell vehicles.

As well, this particular model was fitted with the $ 4,000 option of a roof - integrated solar panel that powers the car's cabin ventilation system, obviously conceived to allow you to quiet any hostile and righteous Prius drivers hurling abuse your way at red lights.

Every time you ask Amazon's Alexa for the weather forecast or book a car through Lyft, you're benefitting from the power of AI.

NVIDIA»S NEW COMPUTER FOR LEVEL 5 AUTONOMOUS CARS: Nvidia, one of the leading players in the self - driving space, announced a new computing system, dubbed Pegasus, which the company says could power a a Level 5 autonomous car, The Verge reports.

Now, a majority of Canadians think EVs will outnumber gas - powered cars within 10 to 20 years, according to a 2016 poll from Abacus Data.

These regional supply chains that power America's car sector, aerospace industry, and numerous other advanced manufacturing facilities support 14 million U.S. jobs, many of them the higher - paying ones Trump repeatedly promises to bring back.

Beyond using this clean electricity to power homes, offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.

Electrically - charged cars saw sales jump by 47 percent, although the alternatively - powered market still only accounted for around 6.5 percent of total sales during the first quarter.

It features both Volvo's new Scalable Product Architecture platform that will underpin all of the company's next generation of cars as well as the Drive - E engines that will power its complete lineup.

Dieter's images of automobile graveyards, places where abandoned cars slowly decay, show both the staying power of these classic cruisers and the strength of the nature around it, engulfing the machines and returning them back to the earth.

Another, broader, problem is that only a part of the electricity needed to power EVs will come from clean sources, and an even bigger one is that 280 million electric cars account for only a fraction of the total rise in electricity demand that the IEA expects through 2040.

So while the impact on Climate Change of the electric car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative of a world powered by coal and oil is — particularly for the populations of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.

«If the bolts fail, the driver is still able to steer the car, but increased force is required due to loss or reduction of power assist.

The car has a solar roof that can help power the car on sunny days, providing up to 320 watts of additional electric power.

I hear people say that they heard of someone who thought they had lots of battery charge and then two kilometers down the road, the car has no power.»

On concerns about power use, Bakken said his personal electricity bill had risen 5 percent from charging his car at home and fears of surge demand were overblown.

The shift away from pure fossil - fuel engines has been so fast that 2017 sales of cars using some form of electric battery power topped out at 52 percent, according to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV).

«I want to help power companies prevent power outages, I want to help police identify patterns of crime that they didn't know about, I want to help race car drivers win races, and I want to help doctors predict medical outcomes.»

Patzer once demonstrated an early version of the site for venture capitalist Josh Kopelman using a battery - powered server that Patzer kept in the trunk of his car.

Instead of being awed by its car - summoning abilities, Liss - Riordan's brain, like always, was focused on the people powering the business.

At Tesla, however, we felt compelled to create patents out of concern that the big car companies would copy our technology and then use their massive manufacturing, sales and marketing power to overwhelm Tesla.

In another area of the lab, power is supplied by 100 ordinary car batteries.

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 goal is to get batteries to power a car of average cost on a 500 - mile trip.

Besides conceptualizing groundbreaking future car concepts for BMW's portfolio of BMW, Mini, Rolls - Royce and electric - powered i - series cars, BMW Designworks» 135 employees across three design studios in California, Munich and Shanghai also consult on product design and strategy for external clients such as Dell, Cartier and Hewlett - Packard.

For a large number of people to replace their gasoline - powered cars with electric - vehicles, many automakers need to make electric cars.

Volvo Cars, owned outright by Hangzhou, China - based Geely Auto, has already stated it will cease production of fossil fuel - powered vehicles by 2020.

Elon Musk's SolarCity, in the midst of a controversial acquisition by Tesla, wants to create solar roofs that provide power not only to homes, but to cars as well.

Artificial intelligence has quickly become part of our daily routine — it powers everything from simple features like automatic image tagging on Facebook and purchase prediction on Amazon to more complex systems like smart cars and connected homes.

It comes with both the traditional AC adapter and one of those cigarette lighter / power connector thingies for recharging in the car.

We got a chance to get behind the wheel of the Honda's hydrogen - powered Clarity to get a real sense of the cars» potential.

Once I understand the value of that car, the prestige, the power, that's when I'll pay for it.»