Sentences with phrase «propulsion energy»

They still use gasoline for net propulsion energy, but they also use an electric motor and a small battery pack to improve fuel efficiency.

It is thus still working all - electrically, albeit with the engine turning the generator to provide on - board electric propulsion energy.

This propulsion energy is channeled to the front wheels by a continuously variable transmission (CVT) that acts like an automatic.

Not exact matches

«Miki generates incredible creative energy and a strong passion for breaking taboos and changing culture through storytelling,» said Tikhon Bernstam, an investor with Propulsion, of his decision to invest in Tushy.

for example, the cell was just a gelatin simple substance in Darwin's time — in the past 20 years we have discovered complicated transportation systems, propulsion, energy, and replication systems — it will only get more complicated.

With the help of Propulsion Pods and a powerful, Propulsion Plate efficient runners will achieve supreme energy return and a springy underfoot feel.

Midsole: Propulsion Pods in the midsole allow for a responsive ride and optimized energy return.

Concentric (propulsion) phases — This is the release of the stored energy from the eccentric loading phase.

This system is coupled with initial conditions (zero speed and fixed amount of energy), and constraints: energy and propulsion force must be positive (runners can not go back).

This mathematical model provides a system of differential equations connecting speed, acceleration, propulsion forces and friction, as well as runners» energy, including maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) 3 and anaerobic energy4.

In many ways, motorcycles are a lot more practical for electric propulsion than cars: They are small and light and lack energy - hogging features like air - conditioning and entertainment systems.

Regardless of the mode of propulsion, moving a certain amount of mass from Earth to Alpha Centauri in a certain amount of time consumes a well - specified amount of energy.

When deployed, the sail is square in shape with each side about the length of a school bus, and harnesses solar energy to use as propulsion to move through space.

It is an effective system, but it converts only about 15 percent of fuel energy into propulsion.

A concept called Comet Hitchhiker, developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, puts forth a new way to get into orbit and land on comets and asteroids, using the kinetic energy — the energy of motion — of these small bodies.

Mead has experimented with small - scale models to prove the feasibility of light propulsion, and Davis has investigated how to get the most out of the laser's energy.

«We're constantly putting energy into the spacecraft from the sun and turning it into the propulsion, so it's 10 times more efficient than chemical propulsion.

«Ion propulsion isn't limited by how much energy is stored on board,» says NASA engineer Marc Rayman.

Cosmic plasmas contain energy which may be tapped and used for spacecraft propulsion.

Purdue University researchers have developed a way to produce amine - boranes that promises to be safer and cheaper, and could lead to new uses in medicine, energy storage, rocket propulsion and other technologies.

At Penn State University, the Antimatter Space Propulsion group is addressing the challenge of using antimatter annihilation as source of energy for pPropulsion group is addressing the challenge of using antimatter annihilation as source of energy for propulsionpropulsion.

One of many problems with breakthrough propulsion based on the Casimir force is that whereas zero - point energy may be theoretically infinite, it is not necessarily limitless in practice — or even minutely accessible.

«It's not so much that these look like really good energy schemes so much as they are clever ways of broaching some really hard questions and testing them,» says Marc Millis, the NASA physicist who oversaw the propulsion program.

(According to the TTSA Web site, a minimum investment of $ 200 buys you membership in the organization and finances research into «exotic technologies» associated with UFOs that could lead to «revolutionary breakthroughs in propulsion, energy and communication.»)

The Wave Glider's unique two - part architecture exploits this difference in energy to provide forward propulsion.

NASA added that it is also committed to designing «a new and powerful transportation» system involving solar electric propulsion, which will use the sun's energy to take spacecraft deeper into space.

«Our study confirms that the dust is there, and that we can use it to determine how much energy was generated in the destruction of the star,» Varoujan Gorjian, an astronomer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, who was part of the study led by van Velzen, said in the statement.

Minimum energy maximum propulsion?

«Confirmation that the chemical energy for life exists within the ocean of a small moon of Saturn is an important milestone in our search for habitable worlds beyond Earth,» said Linda Spilker, Cassini project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California.

The primary focus of the talk will be on the technical aspects of external propulsion in which all or a part of the energy required for launch is coming from a ground - based array of microwave antennas configured to beam microwave energy to the vehicle.

McIntyre is currently studying astrophysics and planetary science with additional interests in astrobiology, cosmology and directed energy propulsion technology.

«For instance, propulsion and internal energy supply in vehicles, portable electronics, and storage systems for renewable energy sources.

Running twice that long, it loses all energy and dramatic propulsion.

Back in 2010 the Department of Energy set a cost goal of $ 125 per kilowatt hour for an EV battery pack by 2022, because that would make electric - propulsion systems equal to the cost of an internal - combustion engine.

The engine was derived from a series hybrid - drive propulsion system meant to use 40 % of gasoline's potential energy (the typical car only uses 15 % of gasoline's potential energy).

«The battery system is designed to provide power assistance to the internal combustion engine, rather than store energy for all - electric propulsion,» said Poulos.

A tax credit is available for the purchase of a new qualified plug - in electric drive motor vehicle that draws propulsion using a traction battery that has at least five kilowatt - hours (kWh) of capacity, uses an external source of energy to recharge the battery, has a gross vehicle weight rating of up to 14,000 pounds, and meets specified emission standards.

The twin - motor system in the CR - V comprises an electric propulsion motor, a 2 - litre petrol engine for electrical energy generation and propulsion, and a separate electric generator.

Like all batteries, the amount of energy that the high voltage «propulsion» battery can store will decrease with time and miles driven.

These «light hybrid» powertrains use a small but potent battery and small electric motor to assist with vehicle propulsion; minimize parasitic energy losses (such as from unnecessary, constant powering of the alternator); and recover otherwise wasted energy, such as with regenerative braking.

The technological goal of the project is to enable Lamborghini to address the future of the super sports car in five different dimensions: energy storage systems, innovative materials, propulsion system, visionary design, and emotion.

Why the Ioniq matters: The Ioniq shows automakers have enough confidence in alternative - energy vehicles to create a model without traditional propulsion systems.

This electric vehicle uses a 16.5 - kWh lithium - ion propulsion battery rechargeable energy storage system with a liquid thermal management system and active control.

When in regenerative mode, the propulsion motor converts the kinetic energy of the decelerating vehicle into electrical energy to recharge the battery.

A separate generator motor is driven by the gasoline engine to generate electric energy to drive the propulsion motor when the vehicle is operating in Hybrid Drive Mode.

It is focusing its efforts on five areas aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions: vehicle energy use (weight, aerodynamics, and rolling resistance); engines; transmissions; axles and drivelines; and hybrid propulsion and alternative fuel technologies.

The goal is, for example, to use the energy content of the battery for propulsion ahead of a downhill stretch in order to recharge it while going downhill using recuperation.

Engine off at idle Low - speed, electric - only propulsion Cutting off fuel to the engine during vehicle deceleration Regenerative braking Energy - efficient accessory systems Unlike single - mode hybrid technology found in competitors» SUVs, the two - mode system maximizes city and highway fuel economy by integrating two electric continuously variable modes with four fixed mechanical gear ratios.

Detailed energy management for each component, as controlled by the Power Control Unit (PCU), enables this system to make the best use of both the electric propulsion motor and the gasoline engine to seamlessly provide smooth and responsive performance and to garner top EPA fuel economy ratings in the midsize hybrid sedan class.

There is also a dedicated eDrive display mode, showing relevant data about the battery, energy recuperation history, instant propulsion or range.