Sentences with phrase «required vehicle infrastructure»

One goal likely to accelerate uptake lies in markedly lowering the price of the required vehicle infrastructure.

Not exact matches

Top electric vehicle markets and associated local utilities are deploying public charging infrastructure, as well as indirectly promoting infrastructure by requiring that buildings and parking facilities be wired to support electric vehicles.

The length of the transition will depend on how fast existing vehicles depreciate, prices for the new technology decline, and required infrastructure is updated.

«The region's economy depends on sound investments in its mass transit infrastructure; those investments require new revenue, and motor vehicle charges of some form are the fairest and most sensible way to raise the money,» C.B.C. president Carol Kellermann said in a statement.

Sure, that doesn't sound that exciting compared to a zero - emission electric car — until you consider that this new fuel doesn't require new car factories, new fueling infrastructure, or the turnover of our existing fleet of vehicles, all of which are expensive, massively polluting ventures.

The bills also offer a raft of other ideas, including tax incentives for cars and car chargers, bond authority to raise money for charging infrastructure, and requiring utilities to come up with their own estimates of how many plug - in vehicles could hit roads.

«Natural - gas vehicles yield the least savings, and require building out infrastructure that doesn't transition into new renewable options,» Cohan said.

By testing batteries during and after discharge and examining the infrastructure required to facilitate use of plug - in electric vehicles, the scientists aim to expand the potential for their widespread use.

The future mentioned by you, where everyone drives an electric vehicle, will involve vast expansion of power generating facilities, total revamp of power transmission infrastructure (which has not been maintained properly for decades as it is) and ramping up battery production, which, I am pretty sure, is not remotely clean tech and requires vast amounts of rare earth materials.

At the same time, we're not sure how the Model S can be named a Best anything if you don't live near the required charging infrastructure or want to drive beyond the vehicle's still - limited range.

While the remote automated parking system requires a driver to remote control automated parking within 4 meters of the car due to safety reasons, the automated valet parking is a technology that uses communications between the vehicle and the infrastructure of buildings or facilities to enable the vehicle to park or unpark itself.

Instead, Frank said, automakers promise hydrogen - powered vehicles hailed by President Bush and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, even though hydrogen's backers acknowledge the cars won't be widely available for years and would require a vast infrastructure of new fueling stations.

On the flip side, steel is essential to building the infrastructure required in a low - carbon economy - everything from wind turbines and electric vehicles to mass transit systems.

The logical error associated with using this statement to defend new fossil fuel infrastructure like fracking wells and bitumen sands pipelines (as well as new fossil fuel vehicles or power plants) is so obvious that it may seem unnecessary to state, but the quip is so popular among those trying to delay adequate action on climate change that it requires a quick rebuttal.

Expand the market for electric vehicles by extending consumer purchase incentives and expanding charging infrastructure, and join other states in requiring automakers to produce advanced - technology vehicles.

However, in spite of lack of progress in many countries to date, new vehicle and fuel technologies, appropriate infrastructure developments including for non ‐ motorized transport in cities, transport policies, and behavioural changes could begin the transition required.

The «clean transportation» subtitle of the House bill focuses on plug - in electric drive vehicles, requiring utilities to plan charging infrastructure and grid integration, and establishing a large - scale deployment program for plug - in vehicles at DOE.

A new study by a team at the University of California Irvine highlights the importance of intelligent plug - in vehicle (PEV) charging for minimizing the scale of infrastructure required to meet renewable utilization targets.

The position requires strong quantitative and analytical skills with a preference for candidates with expertise in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and grid - related impacts, sophisticated understanding and knowledge of electricity sector policy and public utility commission regulatory processes, and demonstrated experience with energy analysis and advocacy.

Right now, the focus seems to be primarily on battery electric vehicles, which require access to a charging station to «refuel,» but there's another type of electric car that could show some promise down the road a ways, the hydrogen fuel cell car, and although the hydrogen infrastructure is even less built - out than the EV charging network, one company thinks they've got a unique approach to the market, in that they don't even want to sell you the car.

Going from paper to electronic records will require as much change in our legal infrastructure as going from horses to motor vehicles.

ERMS technology will require at least as much legal infrastructure as do motor vehicles.