Sentences with phrase «rear electric motors allows»

[3] The use of two rear electric motors allows the car to allocate torque from front to rear and laterally (to the outside wheel) when the steering wheel is turned, enhancing the car's handling.

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One of the electric motors drives the rear wheels, allowing for standard AWD.

Unlike mechanical AWD systems that reduce fuel efficiency via added weight and friction, the RX 450h's rear - mounted electric motor - generator allows all four wheels to perform regenerative braking, charging the hybrid battery more effectively.

I have read many accounts of HyHi getting stuck since the Traction Control can not be overridden, and apparently once the front wheels start to spin the car applies the brakes, never even allowing the rear electric motors to activate, and leaving the car stuck in the snow.

The horizontally arranged electric motors in the rear axle area replace the upright telescopic shock absorbers, which allows for additional space in the luggage compartment.

Power comes from an electric motor mounted low in the rear axle — a position allowing BMW to devote the space under the hood to improved crashworthiness.

And the transmission's design allows power from either the engine or electric motor to be directed to the rear axle.

The compact construction distinguishing both the electric motor and combustion engine allows the front and rear sections of the car to be particularly low - slung and thus accentuate the car's dynamically stretched flanks.

Fully electric vehicles with individually controlled electric motor drives allow significantly improved vehicle dynamics over vehicles with equal torque on the left and right wheels and constant torque distribution between the front and rear axles.

This allows for the application of regenerative braking by the front and rear electric motors to slow the vehicle, rather than the hydraulic friction brakes, under most circumstances, with the additional of mechanical (friction) braking in hard stops.