Sentences with phrase «propulsion technology»

The asteroid initiative will incorporate advanced solar electric propulsion technology as a power source for spacecraft, offering greater flexibility to the spacecraft and mission planners.

Clean Fuels Grant recipients were awarded competitively based on the project's ability to help communities achieve or maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone and carbon monoxide while supporting emerging clean fuel and advanced propulsion technologies for transit buses.

Accion Systems is developing revolutionary ion beam propulsion technologies for satellites, that are light, powerful, and affordable.

A moderator put this question to a panel last week at Breakthrough Discuss, an annual conference devoted to life beyond Earth and the development of new propulsion technologies.

In an influential review paper, he picked through more than a dozen proposed interstellar propulsion technologies and ruled out many of them as either improbable or impossible.

At Escape Dynamics we are working on the next generation propulsion technologies with the goal of developing electromagnetically - powered engines operating at 10x the efficiency of chemical rockets.

«The ZH2 integrates the strong foundation of the Colorado midsize pickup architecture with GM's advanced hydrogen fuel cell propulsion technology,» said Jim Campbell, vice president, Chevrolet Performance Vehicles and Motorsports.

The same unique propulsion technology used in the Chevy Volt, which will be featured in the Cadillac ELR when it debuts in 2014, will be a core piece of GM's electrification strategy.

On Monday, HTT made its own announcement that it had licensed a different propulsion technology using passive magnetic levitation.

Floating like this would provide an alternative to the linear vector flight of propulsion technology, replacing it with elemental choreography in the atmosphere.

This would involve no change in the number of cars or miles driven, only a shift to the most efficient automotive propulsion technology now available.

As it currently stands, Musk's SpaceX and companies Hyperloop Technologies and Hyperloop Transportation Technologies are locked in a three - way race to build and develop a hyperloop test track, which will exhibit levitation and propulsion technologies at their peak.

Researchers have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the testing of miniaturized, high - efficiency propulsion technology

Long thought to be nothing more than a space dream, the EmDrive, a rocket propulsion technology that requires no propellant, has cleared peer review, the International Business Times reports.

Although EmDrive propulsion technology has been the target of criticism from academics and armchair scientists alike, if it works, it could significantly speed space travel.

Engineering the space - time metric - Develop next - generation aerospace propulsion technologies, using a concept referred to as metric engineering, which uses advanced math modelling techniques, providing a technology base to the Aerospace Division for future products.

LeoStella is developing a Seattle - based facility to manufacture the low - cost, high - performance BlackSky satellites and is tasked with building the next 20 spacecraft with the Comet propulsion technology between now and 2020.

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

«The unique propulsion technology pioneered in the Volt — the same technology that will be featured in the Cadillac ELR — will be a core piece of our electrification strategy going forward,» said Barra.

That school of thought no longer holds true, however, thanks to a leap forward in propulsion technology currently showcased in the 2005 Accord Hybrid.

Young's goal is to inspire a generation by creating a clean automobile propulsion technology that serves the needs of the 21st century and delivers performance that is a reflection of the driver's spirit.

Performance Features: Buick's eMotion electric propulsion technology generates a maximum power of 410 kW, enabling the concept to sprint from 0 - 60 mph in 4 seconds.

They will feature a variety of efficient and powerful advanced propulsion technologies such as small - displacement turbocharged engines, diesel engines, and hybrid and plug - in hybrid electric technology.

With the recent advancements in diesel propulsion technology, it should come as no surprise that a Japanese automaker has «thrown their hat into the ring» as it pertains to mid-sized pickup trucks.

Saab is a 100 percent subsidiary of General Motors which is committed to reducing vehicle emission and improving fuel economy through the implementation of a three - tiered, advanced propulsion technology strategy.

The two VELITE 6 models leverage electrification and connectivity technology from SAIC - GM's parent companies, including Buick's newest electric propulsion technology and connectivity technology.

Meeting the new goals would require shippers to significantly increase fuel efficiency and to shift to low - and zero - carbon fuels such as biofuels or perhaps hydrogen, while adopting new propulsion technologies, some of them still unproven.

If humanity develops the interstellar propulsion technology to reach Proxima Centauri, this could be what a Proxima b flyby would look like.

The GV80 may preview a midsize luxury crossover, but it also showcases the latest hydrogen fuel - cell propulsion technology, compliments of Genesis» parent company, Hyundai.

In January the company announced that work at four remote locations would consolidate on the Pontiac campus, helping to reduce development timing for GM's next - generation advanced propulsion technologies.

The plan assumes no major breakthroughs in materials or propulsion technologies.

When SMART - 1, the European Space Agency's first mission to the moon, launched in September 2003, astronomers hailed it as the testing ground for a revolutionary and efficient solar - electric - propulsion technology.

A more modest version of the solar - electric propulsion technology is already available and hard at work, propelling the Dawn spacecraft currently circling the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt.

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 Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently estimated the cost of the robotic portion of the ARM mission (not including launch) at $ 1.72 billion, money that Smith said would be better spent on habitats and propulsion technologies.

Honda has made a big bet on this propulsion technology, and it shows in the latest incarnation of the company's hydrogen - powered offering.

Cadillac said the four - passenger Converj concept was intended to show how GM's revolutionary electric propulsion technology — called Voltec — could power a luxury coupe with a typically Cadillac «no compromises» design.

With its new Smart Stream powertrains, Hyundai Motor Group also aims to build on its leadership position in advanced propulsion technology.

A company press release states: «The four - passenger Converj concept is intended to show how GM's revolutionary electric propulsion technology... can power a luxury coupe with a typically Cadillac «no compromises» design.»

John Maggs, senior policy advisor, Seas At Risk and president of the Clean Shipping Coalition, said: «We have an important agreement and this level of ambition will ultimately require a sector - wide shift to new fuels and propulsion technologies, but what happens next is crucial.

The company's executives are convinced their powertrain and propulsion technology will get them across the finish line.

Today, Hyperloop One (formerly Hyperloop Technologies) accelerated a test vehicle down a rail track at speeds of up to 300 mph using the hyperloop's propulsion technology.

The company's main goal is to design a «skateboard» that houses all the battery and electric drivetrain / propulsion technology, which will then be shared by three different types of vehicle «cabins.»