Sentences with phrase «run on a battery alone»

They run on the battery alone for about the first 20 miles.

were invited to the Vauxhall Ampera launch at the Geneva Motor show... The car will run on battery alone and run 60 km on plug in only, but it also has a range extending engine built in that charges the batteries, similar to the Chevy Volt.

Analysts say plug - in hybrids, which run on a battery alone for a short range, are the vehicles that will gradually ease drivers out of the gasoline age and into the electric era.

Winfield did learn that the maximum speed in the EV - only mode is 34 mph and that acceleration is modest, as the electric motor develops no more than 28 horsepower when running on batteries alone.

Standalone detectors run on batteries alone, so they may need to be replaced more often, and can not signal each other in the event of an emergency (the Nest is an exception to this).

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The car can run for up to 31 miles on electric power alone, which is powered by a 13 kWh lithium - ion battery.

The Bouncer Balance Soft runs on fun alone — no batteries required!

Our baby bouncer runs on fun alone — no batteries required!

And quite a goal it was: designing a plane light enough to run on solar energy alone, but strong enough to carry pilots, provisions and batteries storing energy to fly through the night.

Given the right battery, smog - belching cars and trucks could be replaced with vehicles that run whisper - quiet on electricity alone.

Pros: Fully charged, can run 40 miles on battery power alone; can travel more than 300 miles on a tank of gas; combined electric and extended - range use will provide an average of 230 mpg, Chevy claims; connected to a 240V outlet, the battery will charge in less than 3 hours; battery guaranteed for 10 years or 150,000 miles.

The motor produces 70bhp, and has a range of up to 30 miles running on battery power alone.

I think you might be right and the battery does need totally replaced, I put it on the trickle charger overnight around 24 hours and theres not enough power to even run the power locks or turn on the interior lights let alone crank the engine.

At least in my car, I can use everything (including heating) without having to turn on the engine, and that's why I think the run using the battery alone.

The hybrid features stop - start technology, regenerative braking, a clutch - disengaging mechanism during coasting, and can run at up to 30 mph on battery power alone.

These models can run in electric - only mode for 20 - 30 miles, and if you do lots of short, local trips and charge the battery regularly, you could easily run on battery power alone for weeks at a time and never need to fill the fuel tank.

The vacuum, made by Shop - Vac, is a complete vacuum with tools and a 16 - foot hose, and it can run indefinitely with the van turned on, or for 8 minutes on the battery alone.

You can run the 4 E-Hybrid on battery power alone at speeds up to 87mph for 31 miles, while a mode switch allows you to save their charge for later, or use them together with the petrol engine for maximum performance, should you wish.

The usual range of hybrid drive modes lets the X5 run on electric power alone (for a claimed 19 miles), charge the batteries on the move or drive with petrol engine and electric motor working together.

With a fully charged battery, the BMW Concept Active Tourer has a maximum range of over 30 kilometres when running on electric power alone.

By being able to go about 35 miles on battery power alone and then run on gasoline after that, the Volt gave owners the opportunity to drive around town like an EV without having to worry about running out of electrons.

When the battery is charged after plugging it into the wall, the i8 can run on electricity alone when the driver pushes a button on the dash.

There's a mode to save your battery power to run on petrol power alone (on a motorway leading to a city, for example).

The car can run on electric power alone for a useful 19 miles, while a full recharge of the 6.2 kWh lithium - ion battery pack takes up to two hours.

A further draw is its ability to run on electric power alone for distances well in excess of its predecessor thanks to the new battery, which boasts a greatly improved energy density and capacity that is increased over five fold at 9.4 kWh.

The car can run on battery power alone for up to 22 miles, perfect for the daily commute, while total range in hybrid mode is about 600 miles.

That figure takes into account urban driving in stop - start conditions and for much of this the GTE runs on battery power alone.

Unavailable to rival, mild hybrid vehicles, EV mode allows the Toyota full hybrid to run on electric motor power alone for about 2 kilometres at speeds of up to about 50 km / h, depending on battery charge and driving conditions, whilst generating zero CO2, NOX and PM emissions.

It'll have a 16 - kWh battery pack and twin electric motors, enough to generate 280 horsepower, deliver 80 miles per gallon equivalent in the city and run for 30 miles on batteries alone.

The system blends the best of parallel hybrid and series hybrid designs to achieve the ability to operate on the electric mode alone, and to charge the batteries while the car is running.

The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 may run on electric power alone regardless of the ambient temperature, minimum operating temperatures being required only for the engine coolant, transmission fluid and high - voltage battery.

Like the Volt, it can run on electricity alone until its battery get depleted, and when that happens a gasoline engine kicks in to generate power (unlike, say, a Prius hybrid, the gasoline engine doesn't turn the wheels directly, it all goes through electric motors).

With additional battery packs added to a conventional gas / electric hybrid, a car can run on electric power alone for somewhere between 20 and 60 miles, at which point it switches over to the hybrid system.