Sentences with phrase «smaller electric generator»

A clutch connects the gas engine to the smaller electric generator, which provides electricity to the main electric - drive motor.

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It's a popular choice for other small engine applications, including backup electric generators — where dependability is crucial!

For example, photonic crystals could funnel excess heat from a power plant's generator and release it over a much smaller band of frequencies to drive engines — such as those in electric - powered cars that can absorb energy only within a small range — much more efficiently.

Tesla claimed to have accidentally caused an earthquake in New York City using a small steam - powered electric generator he'd invented — MythBusters debunked that idea.

The 24 - foot Endeavor Green Electric Hybrid can run all day on an electric charge that costs only 11 cents and generates no emissions, kicking into a small diesel generator only if the boat's eight batteries Electric Hybrid can run all day on an electric charge that costs only 11 cents and generates no emissions, kicking into a small diesel generator only if the boat's eight batteries electric charge that costs only 11 cents and generates no emissions, kicking into a small diesel generator only if the boat's eight batteries run dry.

Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation, or TENS, is delivered using a small battery - operated generator connected to a set of electrodes.

After all, Toyota has sold nearly two million Prius hybrids in the last thirteen years packing two electric motor / generators and a small gas engine under the hood, just like the Volt does.

The Mustang Hybrid will be joined in 2020 by a 300 - mile fully - electric small SUV and an F - 150 Hybrid pickup, which may appeal to working customers by allowing them to use its hybrid battery as a mobile generator.

While the current Chevrolet Volt uses a 1.4 - liter four - cylinder as a range - extender and generator for the Volt's battery and electric motor, the next Volt could switch to a smaller and lighter turbocharged 1.0 - liter three - cylinder mill.

A smaller rear electric motor (13 hp and 81 lb - ft) provides additional drive to the rear wheels but mostly acts as a generator to top off the battery and as an alternator to collect kinetic energy during braking and trailing throttle.

This Turbine - Recharging Electric Vehicle setup — TREV, for short (stop laughing at the back)-- employs the diesel - fuelled turbine to drive a generator that then replenishes the surprisingly small 28kWh battery.

Capable of driving up to 40 miles on battery - only power — using zero gasoline and producing zero tailpipe emissions — the 200C EV uses a small gasoline engine and integrated electric generator that produces electricity to extend the driving range to 400 miles.

The car's accessories continue to operate using battery power, and the 11 kW electric motor - generator provides a small amount of torque to the wheels during acceleration.

Then if you go RADICAL (the way all vendors will need to go tomorrow when PHEV prices will start to go down and they will have no other choice to compete), I mean go the best Tesla - Like all - electric drive trains, just adding a small «pure power generator» Range extender on top, never tracting the car mechanically itself, BUT then pulling the huge central ICE engine, the huge central gearbox, the huge central transmission, saving tons of space and $ for more battery, then you can save a lot of space, look at Tesla Model X front and back Trunks and its internal space!

Manufacturers have developed fully electric cars that are backed up with a small conventional gasoline engine that acts as a generator.

The 2017 Accord Hybrid uses two electric motors, a propulsion motor that drives the wheels and a generator motor that produces electricity, both of which have been upgraded from the previous generation i - MMD for more power, smaller size and lighter weight.

The Jeep Patriot EV combines the electric - drive components of an Electric Vehicle with a small gasoline engine and integrated electric generator to produce additional energy to power the electric - drive system whenelectric - drive components of an Electric Vehicle with a small gasoline engine and integrated electric generator to produce additional energy to power the electric - drive system whenElectric Vehicle with a small gasoline engine and integrated electric generator to produce additional energy to power the electric - drive system whenelectric generator to produce additional energy to power the electric - drive system whenelectric - drive system when needed.

The Jeep Patriot EV uses an electric - drive motor, advanced lithium - ion battery system and a small gasoline engine with an integrated electric generator to produce additional energy to power the electric - drive system when needed.

The BMW i3 is the only electric vehicle that offers the option of a range extender — a small gasoline engine that can act as a generator when the battery runs low.

«When there's no more electric juice, a small 1.4 - L gas engine generator kicks in, powering the vehicle for up to 500 km,» says Petrina Gentile.

One of the main works in the exhibition is Much Ado About Nothing (2003), a piece that consists of two trucks with a big electric generator and a huge water tank that power and water a small potted plant.

With a methane economy we could heat and cool our homes, produce electric power at home using a small gas turbine generator, and fuel our vehicles all from our own home tank at far lower cost than using gasoline.

Of the country's 6,000 coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, wind, and solar electric - generating facilities, a small sub-group of mostly coal - fired power generators produces more than its share of the nation's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions compared with the electricity it produces, the report found.

DERs can include solar panels, combined heat and power plants, electricity storage, small natural gas - fuelled generators, electric vehicles and controllable loads, such as HVAC systems and electric water heaters.

Small wind turbines are electric generators that use the energy of the wind to produce clean, emissions - free power for individual homes, farms, and small busineSmall wind turbines are electric generators that use the energy of the wind to produce clean, emissions - free power for individual homes, farms, and small businesmall businesses.

Tate and her husband rely on two electric fans to cope with the oven - like heat and rarely turn on the small air conditioner in their bedroom because of the high cost of fuel to run their generator.

These components were replaced by four of our electric wheels, a lithium polymer battery, a large ultra capacitor, a very small ICE with generator (so small it almost fits alongside the spare wheel), an energy management system and a sexy in - car display module.»

With a decent electric range, such a car could be used for weeks without burning a drop of fuel, and during longer trips, it would get very good fuel economy from the small diesel generator.