Sentences with phrase «time ion engines»

This is the first time ion engines have been used to send a spacecraft into orbit around a distant object in the solar system.

Not exact matches

A typical ion engine provides 10 times the specific impulse of a conventional solid - fuel booster (specific impulse can be thought of as a spaceship's miles - per - gallon rating).

The spacecraft's ion engines will bring it to a capture orbit around this 590 mile diameter dwarf planet on March 6th, 2015 — at a distance some 2.5 times further from the Sun than the Earth.

Ion exhaust is much faster than the exhaust from a chemical rocket, so an ion engine can produce 10 times as much thrust from each pound of fuIon exhaust is much faster than the exhaust from a chemical rocket, so an ion engine can produce 10 times as much thrust from each pound of fuion engine can produce 10 times as much thrust from each pound of fuel.

The latest BMW 7 Series is also the first to be offered in the UK as an ActiveHybrid in both standard and long - wheelbase guises courtesy of a 3.0 - litre six - cylinder engine mated to a synchronous electric motor and lithium - ion high performance battery which will allow for solus electrically - powered driving at given times.

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The Concept features a supercharged V - 6 engine paired with a high - output electric motor / high - capacity lithium - ion battery, a sophisticated 8 - speed automatic transmission and Mitsubishi Motors» advanced full - time Super All - Wheel Control (S - AWC) all - wheel drive.

The only engine available, the 2.2 - liter, 140 - horsepower Ecotec, is pretty new and will power Cavaliers for some time, as it is also found in the Ion.

The 2018 Volt features a 1.5 - liter gas engine with variable valve timing and an 18.4 kWh lithium - ion rechargeable battery with liquid thermal management.

While the batteries of the S 400 HYBRID and S 300 BlueTEC HYBRID as autonomous hybrids are charged during braking or coasting or by the combustion engine, the new high - voltage lithium - ion battery of the S 500 PLUG - IN HYBRID has ten times the energy content and offers the option of being recharged from an external source with a charging socket located on the right side of the rear bumper.

The Civic Hybrid now achieves 44 mpg city / 44 mpg hwy, thanks to reduced friction in its 1.5 - liter gasoline engine, a switch from nickel / metal - hydride batteries to lithium - ion with nearly three times the capacity, and a lighter (yet more powerful) motor that runs cooler and with less internal resistance.

There's e-power, in which it tries to be an EV whenever sensible; hybrid, in which it operates as a, er, hybrid alternating seamlessly between petrol and electric motivation or combining them; e-charge, where the petrol engine runs all the time and actually restocks the lithium - ion battery; and sport, where the petrol and electric engines combine for max attack.

The V12 engine is controlled by an innovative alternating current ignition system and also boasts advanced ion flow sensing used in this engine for the first time worldwide.

It's powered by a gasoline engine that works in conjunction with a lithium - ion battery and can accelerate from 0 - 60 in a respectable time of nine seconds.

The 550 - Watt (0.75 horsepower) fuel cell onboard the Ion Tiger has about 4 times the efficiency of a comparable internal combustion engine and the system provides 7 times the energy in the equivalent weight of batteries.

Lithium - ion batteries worked well, allowing the project to turn off the diesel engines for long periods of time and send surplus wind energy to heat homes, he said.