Sentences with phrase «think electric drive»

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«Electric cars were made for people who thought that driving was a necessary evil,» says Martin Eberhard, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors.

As lithium is an oligopoly, it was thought that the market leaders such as SQM or Albemarle could easily add production capacity to meet any future demand driven by electric vehicle adoption, so broad - based capital injections were not necessary.

I've had a few problems after driving my longsuffering 1997 RAV4 on a bad dirt road including a shallow river crossing, and I think they're related and something to do with the electrics, but I can't figure out what they mean:

I think the industry will benefit from TESLAs drive towards electric elements in cars, even if that means more hybrids, or whatever.

Once thought of as an incredibly niche market, demand for hybrid and electric vehicles has risen as the technology improved and driving ranges increased.

It's also thought that the emphasis with the E-Pace project will be on showing how the electric drive can deliver vivid performance and handling, as well as exceptional refinement.

In 2010, CEO Kevin Czinger said ``... there will be strong demand for what we think is the first real usable all - electric car that meets most peoples» day - to - day driving needs.»

The upcoming launch of the Chevrolet Bolt EV got me to think back to when I test drove a GM EV1 two - seat electric car in the summer of 1998, when I was the transportation writer for the Orlando...

The futuristic van is a glimpse into the future, not only with its self - driving capabilities and forward - thinking design, but also with its hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and electric charging system.

The Mustang thought it was a smart a ** against the smart fortwo electric drive.

Even with infrastructure, electric - only cars are not for everyone, but having driven several of them, I've found that you have to stop «thinking gasoline.»

This is what will make electric cars appealing I think, you can put a motor on al 4 wheels and have all wheel drive.

Well, test - driving the i3 makes you think twice about that «proper BMW» phrase, but nevertheless, as Car & Driver suggests, the i3 is more fun to drive than the B - Class Electric Ddrive than the B - Class Electric DriveDrive.

In December 2013, a national survey by the Union of Concerned Scientists found 25 percent of American households could meet their daily driving needs with an electric car, so despite a limited selection thus far, we thought we'd ask.

The internal combustion engine fanatics might cringe at the thought of driving electric cars thinking they would be boring but the fact is, many brands are coming up with interesting vehicles in the electric car space.

In fact, I began to think of the drive experience as lacking character, which could be a general curse of electric vehicles.

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«We think the combination of a class - leading 47 miles of all - electric driving range rating and a large five - passenger package will give us an advantage in the plug - in hybrid game,» said Ray Mikiciuk, assistant vice president of Honda Auto Sales at American Honda Motor Co..

Making its world debut, Concept - EZ MIEV spearheads Mitsubishi's advanced electric motor - in - wheel drivetrain and drive - by - wire technologies to create a striking urban vehicle with thought - provoking interior packaging.

Don't think for a second that you can't enjoy driving an electric vehicle like the new B - Class.

After recently driving and enjoying the new 2019 Hyundai Veloster last week, one of the many things I couldn't stop thinking about was whether or not the complete lack of electric seats mattered on the fully - loaded Ultimate trim.

Recently, however, I've been thinking about a rather different idea: Could electric cars offer an opportunity to encourage LESS driving, by reworking their driver interfaces?

All of that is a long way of saying that calling the Munro Motor 2.0 electric bike a «bike» might ruffle some feathers, not only for leading people to think that it can be pedaled as a bike can, but also because even as the company incorporates the latest in electric drive technology, it still retains design elements that resemble actual components from its gas - fueled inspiration, just for style.

2) Regenerative braking (using the electric motor to slow you down) is addictive Before driving an EV I never really thought about the energy wasted in braking a car.

A growing number of forward - thinking people are already moving towards a fossil - fuel free lifestyle by making use of photovoltaic panels, electric drive cars, super efficient... Read More.

If you thought the hybrid bashers had exhausted their list of criticisms of gas - electric vehicles — they're small, underpowered, ugly, driven only by enviro - weenies and not worth the extra cost in any case — then you probably underestimated the creativity and persistence of the anti-hybrid crowd.

We can have electric vehicles and high MPG cars but until we reduce total miles that we are driving, I don't think we're going to have the kind of impact on the environment and the economy that we need.

One of our customers and member of Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon shared his experience of driving an Electric Vehicle with us and we thought you might like to read it.

You'd think that about one in four people drove a hybrid, that tiny electric cars are more popular than SUVs, that heavy trucks were all but thing of the past, and that Justin Timberlake hung out with German auto execs.

For these reasons, there are already almost one million electric cars on the road, but I think that we will see almost all new cars driving on electricity before long.

However, while you may know that you must have insurance in place before driving the new electric vehicle that you purchase, you may not have thought about determining the cost of coverage before buying the car.