Sentences with phrase «rather than the gasoline engine»

Although the Volt concept, which is being introduced today at Detroit's North American Auto Show, is a kind of hybrid vehicle, the design emphasizes electric battery rather than gasoline engine operation.

Even if they don't make the batteries much beefier, just having a few miles that can be driven in electric - only mode from power that came from the grid rather than the gasoline engine would be nice.

An electric car is an alternative fuel car powered by an electric motor rather than a gasoline engine.

Not exact matches

Instead of the original carbureted pushrod V - 8 of 350 horsepower, it uses a four - overhead - camshaft, fuel - injected engine — again in lightweight aluminum and again burning gasoline rather than racing alcohol.

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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.

It will likely be built with a traditional body - on - frame architecture rather than a unibody design, and like many other small pickups sold internationally, diesel engines should be offered alongside gasoline ones.

When engaged, the three - cylinder gasoline engine runs all the time, rather than automatically shutting off when the vehicle comes to a stop.

Automakers favor the implementation of the stricter fuel standards since gasoline sold in Europe and Japan already meets the lower - sulfur standard, and could design engines for a global standard, rather than calibrating them for regional variations in fuel.

The authors argue that vehicle fuel economy may be improved through three primary methods: reducing vehicle weight and size; increased market share of alternative powertrains that show more efficiency than conventional gasoline engines; and, rather than continuing the historical trend of emphasis on vehicles that are heavier, larger, and more powerful, ensuring that improvements in vehicle technology's efficiency gains are directed toward increasing fuel economy.

It is designed to run on «regular» unleaded gasoline rather than the premium fuel used in many other high - output V6 engines.

Power for the electric motor comes mainly by recapturing energy from the forward momentum and braking of the vehicle, rather than from the gasoline engine.

It's an apt name since the electric motor assists the gasoline engine rather than working in tandem with it.

The fuel is injected directly into the engine using gasoline direct injection, or GDI, rather than squirted generically into the intake manifold that directs air to all four cylinders.

The 2018 Volt now uses an efficient 1.5 - liter gasoline engine mostly to power the car while it's operating as a hybrid, rather than to charge its battery.

These were modified so their batteries could be plugged into the grid rather than charged by gasoline engines.

Diesel fuel system: Diesel engines are internal combustion engines that burn diesel oil rather than gasoline.

[1] Hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicles are different from hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (which use electrochemical conversion of hydrogen rather than combustion); the hydrogen internal combustion engine is simply a modified version of the traditional gasoline - powered internal combustion engine.