Sentences with phrase «other hybrid cars»
To be fair, most other hybrid cars have downsized gasoline engines compared to similar models, but they also have more than a 25 % improvement in fuel economy to show for it.
https://www.treehugger.com/
Green consumption became what sociologists call «positional consumption» — consumption that distinguishes one as elite — and few things were more ecopositional than the Toyota Prius, whose advantage over other hybrid cars was its distinctive look.
Other advantages: The Prius c's small size makes it easy to park, its dash layout is simpler and more straightforward than other hybrid cars, and it just happens to be the most affordable of Toyota's hybrid vehicles.
Once Proton produce Hybrid, all other hybrid cars will sell at the cheapest RM160k just to protect the Proton.
Says Dr. Walliser: «Unlike any other hybrid car, the 918 will recuperate even when ABS is active.
The fact that the Civic Hybrid is the only hybrid model — from Honda or any other hybrid car producer — with a chronic battery issue suggests an issue with the supplier or the system design.
Toyota gets rave reviews throughout ZOOM - but I'm sure not everyone agrees that they are the greenest company in the world, in spite of their sucess with the introduction of Prius, and the innovative technology that they have licensed to other hybrid car makers, including Ford.
Not exact matches
Ridesharing companies don't let drivers work out of other people's cars, but the program designed by Peers partners ridesharing drivers with cars through the hybrid rental company Breeze.
The pictured self - driving car is a hybrid Ford Fusion that has been equipped with radars, laser scanners, and high - res cameras, among other sensors.
Not only hybrid cars (and no other kind) but also hybrid buses; not only solar panels but also new building codes demanding real insulation; not only biodiesel but also bike lanes.
That means that unlike many other modern high performance cars there's no hybrid system or turbochargers, just a 4.8 - litre naturally aspirated V8 pumping out 600bhp.
Car manufacturers will now have to fit an artificial noise to all quiet electric and hybrid vehicles, making British roads safer for blind and partially sighted people and other vulnerable road users.
About 11,000 hybrid buses, pure electric cabs and other types of clean cars are running on China's roads as a result of the program.
Plug - ins use about a third of the fuel that a standard hybrid does, which means that the cars themselves emit less carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
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.
«The designers at Toyota seem to have intuitively had this idea, designing a car that didn't look like any other car so your neighbors can tell you're driving a hybrid.
Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).
The auto industry expects similar demand for other new electric and plug - in hybrid cars hitting U.S. roads this year and next from General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Mitsubishi and others.
«This is a good demonstration of the «moral licensing» phenomenon, in which hybrid - car drivers who believe they're saving the Earth may feel entitled to behave unethically in other ways,» Piff says.
But, before we start assigning blame, pointing fingers, and selling off our cars for the latest hybrid (although that's not a bad idea), there are definitely ways to help out this beloved species — and many other sea critters — in our daily routines.
Grip Games, a privately owned developer and publisher of games for game consoles and high - end portable devices, together with True Axis Pty. Ltd and bitComposer Entertainment AG, announced today it will launch Jet Car Stunts, a racing / platformer hybrid game for the PS3, PSVita, PS4 and Xbox 360 as a downloadable game throughout North and South America, Europe and other territories this spring.
It's far more commuter than sports car and is on par with other plug - in hybrids that have added bigger batteries to their regular hybrid models for longer EV stints.
Ford has long sold more pickup trucks than any other car maker, and Toyota is the undisputed king of hybrid technology.
With such sophisticated technology, the link that Porsche so energetically attempts to draw between the 919 Hybrid's powerplant and that of the 718 Boxster may seem tenuous (one is arranged in a vee while the other is horizontally opposed, for a start), but there are some parallels that stem from the fact that Hitzinger's team work closely with engineers for the production cars.
This is not a car I'd want under any circumstances, but if there are inexpensive all - wheel - drive hybrids years from now, it will be because this and other over-the-top models exist now.
For instance, BMW says the hybrid system might use lots of the battery's charge to help propel the car up a hill, then allow the battery to be fully recharged as the car drives down the other side of the hill.
Today, Porsche is the only mainstream automaker developing one - piece carbon - fiber wheels in - house, and there's just one supplier, Carbon Revolution, manufacturing them for production cars, including the Ford GT, Mustang GT350R, and several upcoming models from other brands — though there are a number of other outfits making «hybrid» carbon / alloy wheels for the aftermarket.
«There was a concern (by the sanctioning bodies) about the increased costs and (other teams) adding things (hybrid technology) onto cars they already had.
Other hybrids and some conventional cars have implemented electric assist, and some of them just don't feel right.
This will be the first time a car has completed a lap on electric alone, with other hybrids like Audi's dominant R18 racing cars always sharing power between electric and diesel combustion engines.
I have some mutually contradictory information about the longevity of NiMH battery packs, as used in non-plug-in hybrid cars (mostly by Toyota / Lexus, but there may be other brands as well).
The unfortunate irony is that while many additional major manufacturers, from Audi to Porsche and BMW to Volkswagen, all have hopes to provide competition for the Prius, with new hybrids and other alternative fuel cars, there's one certainty: All manufacturers embracing hybrid and eco-friendly technology are vying for a still - small share of the market.
Car News, Green Cars, Other News, Rumormill, Technology, Crossover, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, SUV, Porsche, Porsche Cayenne, Macan
«The Ford Fusion Hybrid automated vehicle represents a vital step toward our vision for the future of mobility,» said Bill Ford, executive chairman of Ford Motor Co. «We see a future of connected cars that communicate with each other and the world around them to make driving safer, ease traffic congestion and sustain the environment.
Los Angeles Auto Show, Auto Shows, Car News, Photo, Authors, Jay Ramey, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Rumormill, Hatchback, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Mini, Cooper
Geneva Motor Show, Auto Shows, Car Life, Car News, Production Vehicles, Products, Events, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Products, Coupe, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Lexus
Geneva Motor Show, Car News, Photo, Authors, Jake Lingeman, Family, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Technology, Crossover, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Audi
Geneva Motor Show, Auto Shows, Car News, Photo, Authors, Jake Lingeman, Production Vehicles, Luxury, Other News, Supercars, Coupe, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
CIRENCESTER, UK — March 9, 2015: Less than one year from launch the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has now overtaken every other plug - in hybrid and pure electric car, even passing vehicles that have been on sale since 2011, such as the Nissan Leaf, to become the UK's favourite plug - in vehicle.
Car Reviews, Car News, Photo, Authors, Jake Lingeman, Family, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Drive Reviews, Review Notes, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Sedan, Lexus, Lexus ES
Frankfurt Motor Show, Auto Shows, Car News, Concept Vehicles, Family, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Technology, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Sedan, BMW, BMW i3, i8
It is still fun to drive and more so than any other hybrid or diesel in its class (according to car magazine reviews).
Geneva Motor Show, Auto Shows, Car Life, Car News, Authors, Wesley Wren, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Crossover, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Bentley, Bentayga
However, they're not ruling out the idea entirely, mulling about an introduction within the next 15 years to compete with other sports car brands that are slowly favoring hybrid tech to meet strict emission regulations.
Detroit Auto Show, Auto Shows, Car News, Photo, Production Vehicles, Family, Other News, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Trucks, Dodge, Ram, Ram 1500
The car has a relatively lower stance when compared with other hybrids.
Car News, Auto Shows, Detroit Auto Show, Car Reviews, Photo, Racing, IndyCar, CES, Green Cars, Luxury, Other News, Products, Rumormill, Technology, Hatchback, Crossover, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Sedan, Trucks, NASCAR
Detroit Auto Show, Auto Shows, Car Life, Car News, Concept Vehicles, Events, Other News, Coupe, Crossover, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles
Car News, Photo, Green Cars, Family, Other News, Technology, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Subaru, Ascent, Subaru Crosstrek, Impreza
Car News, Green Cars, Authors, Wesley Wren, Family, Other News, Technology, Hybrid & Electric Vehicles, Sedan, Shop, Ford, Fusion