Sentences with phrase «on hybrid technology»

«Those kind of discussions will have to be continued,» he said on how to put across the industry's views on hybrid technology and how a lower tax rate will help its adoption.

However, reflecting the brand's continued focus on hybrid technology, the new Auris will offer customers just one conventional engine — a 1.2 litre turbo petrol unit — and a choice of 120bhp, 1.8 litre or 177bhp, 2.0 litre hybrid electric powertrains.

The biggest surprise comes when the batteries are down to 0 percent and the van switches to normal hybrid mode: The word «seamless» is bandied about a lot, but the Pacifica's handoff between electric motor and gas engine is invisible, and finally delivers on hybrid technology's promise.

The Citaro hybrid buses are based on the hybrid technology unveiled by Mercedes - Benz last year (earlier post), and offer a fuel saving of up to 8.5 % compared with the conventional Citaro.

This focus on hybrid technology is one key element in Toyota's commitment to minimising fleet average CO2 emissions in Europe.

While it is an awesome vehicle, Nissan's slow movement on hybrid technology is starting to be noticed by industry observers.

Ford is betting big on hybrid technology, with plans to bring hybrid tech to some surprising models in the future — including Bronco.

The Citaro hybrid buses are based on the hybrid technology unveiled by Mercedes - Benz last year (earlier post), and offer a fuel saving of... Read more →

With all the emphasis on the hybrid technology, one might expect the Pacifica Hybrid to be lacking on the interior.

Jaguar Land Rover also revealed three concepts at the CENEX show, all offering a different take on hybrid technology.

The roles are diverse too, ranging from design engineers to working on hybrid technology.

Not exact matches

«On the consumer side, it's very clear we are now in the age where the next $ 50 billion market cap company will be what we call a «hybrid» that uses both technology and operations from a human perspective.»

Ayesha Khanna, Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, a research and advisory group that focuses on the evolution of technology, explains why increased city surveillance is essential.

As for the «awesome technologies» that sprang from Jobs's Apple laboratories, would not an impartial observer describe the iPad as just a small laptop computer without a keyboard and a cover rather than an innovation on par with electricity, vaccination or hybrid crops?

IRRI also gives support in national strategy and framework planning for hybrid rice development; research on abiotic stress tolerance particularly submergence, drought, and low temperature damage in high elevation areas; support for the implementation of integrated crop and resource management in the target areas through the Irrigated Rice Research Consortium (IRRC) and the Indonesian Rice Knowledge Bank; and support of dissemination of post harvest technologies.

While the hybrid technology that has advanced through competition in the FIA World Endurance Championship puts its abilities on display in six - hour races, it might be that it is not yet ready for the long distance of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

We have already developed a hybrid supercar, La Ferrari, and on future Ferrari models we will leverage new technologies as well as electrification.»

His books include The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power (Oxford University Press, 2013; Second Edition, 2017), which won the 2016 International Journal of Press / Politics Book Award for an outstanding book on media and politics published in the previous ten years and the American Political Science Association Information Technology and Politics Section Best Book Award, 2014; as well as The Handbook of Internet Politics, co-edited with Philip N. Howard (Routledge 2009), and Internet Politics: States, Citizens, and New Communication Technologies (Oxford University Press, 2006), which won the American Sociological Association Best Book Award (Communication and Information Technologies Section).

The Business Secretary was part of the Brexit «war cabinet» which failed to reach agreement on whether to back the hybrid customs partnership — which would see the UK collect import duties on behalf of the EU for goods arriving via British ports and airports — or the so - called «maximum facilitation» or «max fac» model relying on the extensive use of technology to minimise checks at the border.

New hybrid locomotives are designed to do even better, trading on the same technologies found in today's hybrid automobiles.

GE expects to have hybrid tugs on the water by the end of 2009, but widespread success may depend less on how well the technology works and more on whether it can be applied to existing ships.

The new hybrid system for future quantum processors and their networks forms a parallel with today's technology, which is also a hybrid, as a look at your computer hardware shows: Calculations are made by microelectronic circuits; information is stored on magnetic media, and data is carried through fiber - optic cables via the internet.

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 enduHybrid 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 enduHybrid 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 enduHybrid 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 enduhybrid - powered cars — weighing 180 kilograms to 270 kilograms — in a series of exercises testing their hot rods» acceleration, maneuverability and endurance.

Muhs is optimistic that hybrid lighting, like hybrid cars, will catch on as a prestige technology: «I think it could become a trendy thing to demand, «I want sunlight inside my office.»»

To find out what vehicles on the road are currently emitting, Drozd and colleagues at the University of California, Berkeley; Carnegie Mellon University; the University of California, San Diego; and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology rented 25 gasoline - powered cars, including two hybrids, from residents in the Los Angeles area.

In an effort to help develop a sustainable domestic supply of rare earth elements and lessen the United States» dependence on China for materials that are vital to the production of electronics, wind turbines, and many other technologies, two researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) have developed a method of extracting rare earths from the drive units and motors of discarded electric and hybrid cars.

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are vying with next - generation hybrid car technology (which can be plugged in to recharge its battery rather than relying on the gasoline engine) to be the electric car of the future.

The feasibility — and cost — of future plug - in hybrids will depend on advancements in battery technology.

But in an analysis just published in The Electricity Journal, scientists say that much of this problem could be addressed with enhanced energy storage technology or by developing «hybrid» systems in which, on a broader geographic scale, one form of renewable energy is ramping up even while the other is declining.

The long - term goal, the report concluded, is to identify technologies that can work in a hybrid system that offers consistency, dependability and doesn't rely on fossil fuels.

«That's why we are concentrating on building high - technology combustion engine cars, hybrid cars, as well as electric cars powered either by batteries or fuel cells.

The experts say it's not clear which platform will win out and make it to market, but the smart money is on a hybrid that uses one technology for the computing and another for the networks to connect it up.

Advancing next - generation battery and energy storage technologies for electric and hybrid cars and the electrical grid are critical to help reduce America's reliance on foreign oil and lower energy costs for U.S. consumers.

Established by IRRI in 2008, the Hybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) promotes innovation and access to new germplasm and information on hybrid rice technHybrid Rice Development Consortium (HRDC) promotes innovation and access to new germplasm and information on hybrid rice technhybrid rice technology.

The new nano - optical long - data memory technology is based on a novel gold nanoplasmonic * hybrid glass matrix, unlike the materials used in current optical discs.

The multidisciplinary PICCOLO team proposes a new compact, hybrid and multimodal photonics endoscope based on Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Multi-Photon Tomography (MPT) combined with novel red - flag auto - fluorescence technology for in vivo diagnosis and clinical decision support.

Research priorities in the IRRI - China collaboration include China's national program on breeding super hybrid rice, improving the grain quality of inbred rice lines, and addressing the challenges of climate change effects in farming through climate - smart technologies.

As lithium - ion technology gets better, lighter, more efficient and cheaper, companies such as Valence, Toshiba Corp. of Japan and Mississauga - based Electrovaya Inc. have set their sights on the plug - in hybrid market.

Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology (SMIT) is a new approach to solar and wind power, a hybrid energy - delivery device that resembles ivy growing on the side of the a building.

The musical / horror hybrid tells the story of a young band who heads to the woods escape everyday life and technology in order to focus on writing new songs.

For technology to have a truly transformative impact on education, we need to use it to rethink our instructional models (link to hybrid paper).

Use of technology and student learning strategies: Keep students supported, on task and learning in a variety of face - to - face, digital or hybrid environments.

With hybrid education, online technology isn't just an add - on to the learning process, it's a catalyst for real transformation!

I've spent time — on Hybrid Pedagogy, on my personal blog, and in conference presentations — talking about the opportunity for and benefits of bringing the outside world inside the classroom walls using online technology.

Student teachers agreed that teachers who leave the online environment to teach on campus or teach hybrid courses take technology skills and knowledge with them and ultimately become better teachers.

Launched in 2011, Project Leadership and Investment for Transformation, or L.I.F.T., is a five - year initiative in nine low - performing schools in Charlotte, North Carolina.35 The project focuses on innovative strategies to provide students with extended learning time and increased access to technology while supporting community engagement and excellent teaching.36 Project L.I.F.T. worked with Public Impact — a nonprofit organization that works with school districts to create innovative school models — to design hybrid teacher - leader roles that «extend the reach» of high - performing teachers to more students.37 These «multi-classroom leaders» continue to teach while leading teams of teachers and assuming responsibility for the learning of all students taught by their team.38 For this advanced role, teachers earn supplements of up to $ 23,000 annually, funded sustainably by reallocating funds within current budgets.39

Although Toyota made big improvements on the new Prius, it's reviving its hybrid and plug - in hybrid technology once again.

Quietly, Ford has put a car on the road that essentially enlists Toyota hybrid technology but uses it more cleverly than the originating company did, giving us a sedan that burns even less fuel than the Camry Hybrid over an identical hybrid technology but uses it more cleverly than the originating company did, giving us a sedan that burns even less fuel than the Camry Hybrid over an identical Hybrid over an identical route.

Also on show will be the new Swift range - extender, Suzuki's latest development in hybrid technology.

Meanwhile, Uber is also working hard on autonomous vehicles, having recently tested its technology on a Ford Fusion Hybrid.