Sentences with phrase «times of the electric vehicle»

Through the app, users can control the charging station as well as view the battery charge level and charging times of the electric vehicle.

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Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

The goal is to generate vast quantities of lithium - ion batteries by early 2017, in time for the launch of Tesla's lower - priced electric vehicle, the $ 35,000 Model 3.

The auto industry is actually riding the waves of three separate disruptions, all at the same time: electric engines, ride sharing, and autonomous vehicles.

«The availability of high - power stations allows long - distance electric mobility for the first time and will convince more and more customers to opt for an electric vehicle,» Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said.

The one - on - one meeting sends a message of Tesla's importance in China, whose politicians consider the California company a role model for the country's new electric car companies, as many vehicles suffer from long charging times and a poor driving experience, he explained.

Powered by three electric motors — one in front and two at the rear — FF 91's all wheel drive system will be capable of blasting off a 0 - 60 mph time of 2.39 seconds, making it the world's quickest electric vehicle.

«Declining ore grades for copper, continued lack of investment in new mines and the time required to bring new discoveries to production will constrain metal availability and, ultimately, the metal sector's ability to meet growing demand from automakers for battery electric vehicle production,» Carol Cowan, a Moody's Senior Vice President wrote.

The timing of PETA's press release, however, is interesting, according to Tesla, as the company is claiming that it has always offered its customers with non-leather options for its electric vehicles.

Finally, I think with Tesla firing up its Nevada - based Gigafactory, investors would be prudent to keep their eyes on aluminum, cobalt, nickel and especially copper, as electric vehicles use around three times as much of the red metal as conventional vehicles.

Combining safety, performance, and efficiency, Model S has reset the world's expectations for the car of the 21st century with the longest range of any electric vehicle, over-the-air software updates that make it better over time, and a record 0 - 60 mph acceleration time of 2.28 seconds as measured by Motor Trend.

During that time, Paine and his crew captured the ups and downs of electric vehicles» development amid the Great Recession — when GM went bankrupt and its executives made the blunder of flying to Washington, D.C., in private jets to seek federal bailout money; when Tesla Motors almost missed payroll, having built only 100 cars and spent $ 100 million; and when Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn was grilled by the press about the $ 6 billion gamble he was taking on the Leaf.

The move comes at a time of huge growth for China's electric - vehicle industry

Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. is in talks to purchase a large chunk of shares in the upcoming initial public offering of Chinese electric - vehicle maker NIO, according to people familiar with the matter, a move that could...

The lighter, more aerodynamic Tesla Model S P90D was only beating the Model X P90D by just a hair in speed, so the benchmarkers over at Drag Times got to the bottom of it and found that the bulkier electric vehicle is more powerful of the pair.

For a time, Tesla had the competitive advantage of being the only quality, semi-affordable electric vehicle on the market.

At Tesla, Elon has overseen product development and design from the beginning, including the all electric Tesla Roadster, Model S and Model X. Transitioning to a sustainable energy economy, in which electric vehicles play a pivotal role, has been one of his central interests for almost two decades, stemming from his time as a physics student working on ultracapacitors in Silicon Valley.

The launch comes at a time of exciting growth in the electric vehicle market.

«Energy that would otherwise be lost during times of excess could be used to pump water for irrigation or to charge a fleet of electric vehicles, for example,» Dale said.

Each time another electric vehicle is plugged in, this increases the number of possible combinations of simultaneous charging situations distributed geographically and over time.

If you assume that a certain proportion of households will own an electric vehicle in the future and plug the vehicle in at some point in time, then you are left with an inconceivably high number of charging scenarios.

«Charging electric vehicles leads to a significantly higher household power draw — and the problem is exacerbated if people charge multiple vehicles at home at different times of the day,» says Agsten.

At the time, lithium was preferred to sodium as the material of choice and it has been widely used ever since for portable electronic devices such as tablets, laptops and electric vehicles.

The innovation could expedite the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles by eliminating the time needed to stop and re-charge a conventional electric car's battery and dramatically reducing the need for new infrastructure to support re-charging stations.

The HEMS system helps consumers use data on driving times, solar intensity forecasts and current household energy consumption to synchronize electric vehicle charging times with rooftop energy production, so they can maximize the proportion of household - produced energy they use.

With a Department of Energy grant awarded to General Motors, Bill Boyce, supervisor for electric transportation with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, said his utility modeled a few electric vehicle pricing schemes and found they were able to manage the impact of charging on the grid by educating their customers on the best time to charge.

Volkswagen AG plans 15 new - energy models over 3 - 5 years, its China chief told a green car conference in Beijing on Saturday, predicting - like the government - that Chinese production of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles would grow almost six times to 2 million annually by 2020.

At Tesla, Cal Lankton, its director of global electric vehicle infrastructure, said they have also seen evidence that these «time of use» rates can be an effective way to influence car owner behavior to benefit the grid.

A series of studies by Tsinghua University, whose alumni includes the incumbent president, showed electric vehicles charged in China produce two to five times as much particulate matter and chemicals that contribute to smog versus gas - engine cars.

Such a dense cluster of electric vehicles might strain the grid if all owners try to charge them at the same time — say, on returning home in the evening — and that does indeed seem to be the case based on preliminary monitoring.

«We're revisiting a century ago, all over again,» he says, referring to the time before gasoline became the fuel of choice and alternative fuel vehicles — from electric to biofuel — abounded.

The 2017 Kia Optima Plug - in Hybrid Electric Vehicle is scheduled to arrive in U.S. dealerships about the middle of the third - quarter of 2016, with a 9.8 killowatt - hour electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 2Electric Vehicle is scheduled to arrive in U.S. dealerships about the middle of the third - quarter of 2016, with a 9.8 killowatt - hour electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 2electric battery pack delivering about six - times the current car's energy output and a pure - electric range of 2electric range of 27 miles.

But even if Tesla turns out to be history before too long, the future is now for electric vehicles, and anybody who thinks otherwise will be convinced by a few minutes of seat time in the Roadster.

ICE vehicles will be here for quite a long time (barring some unforeseen factor) along with a nice mix of hybrids and electrics.

The dual power sources offer all of the incentives of driving an electric vehicle — charging at home, cheap energy, and the potential for reduced emissions — while eliminating the inconvenience of limited range and slow charging times that afflict pure electric vehicles.

Oh, and also spending at least 20 times (gut feeling it's more like 100 times) the amount of fuel towing someone with an electric vehicle in «release» / «unclutched» mode over 4 miles would cost.

What's really needed is a long range (say 50 - 70 mile electric only) plug - in hybrid that effectively is an electric vehicle for 95 % of the time.

It shouldn't take a Wall Street analyst to figure out that an automaker spending part of its hefty profits from pickup trucks and SUVs to develop battery electric vehicles with range and recharge times that will attract mainstream buyers has a much better future than a small upstart automaker with enviable advanced technology, but no way to pay for its development other than by raising more capital.

As battery technology continues advancing with increased use of electric vehicles, overall costs of BEVs and their batteries are projected to decrease over time.

Charge times have been falling as range has been growing, and if all electric vehicles offer some type of fast charging — and those charging stations become more and more available — it will help greatly.

He also predicted that half of all vehicles will be pure electric at this time.

This, then, feels like a good time to examine the current viability of electric cars in this country given the limitations of infrastructure, the range of the vehicles and how long they take to recharge.

At the same time, automotive analysts predict substantial growth in sales of electric vehicles by 2017.

Inaugurated by Ville de Luxembourg on 10 February 2017, the chargers will support 5 electric hybrid buses from Volvo, fully charging each vehicle with 150kW of power in three to six minutes, during the layover times at the end point of the bus route.

The efficiency of electric vehicles is neither 100 % (or close to that), so I think the actual figure will more likely be 2 times as less as your first guess, not 3 times as less.

STUTTGART, Germany — As global automakers seek to improve the range and reduce the charging times of battery - electric vehicles, we've been hearing more and more about the potential of fuel cells.

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The timing and an upcoming electric platform may have had more to do with this expected decision than public reaction to the latest in a long line of concepts, which was shown at the Detroit auto show just days ago: The impending production of the pure - electric MEB platform and the myriad vehicles that VW intends to put on the EV platform will have required a small MPV positioned under the commercial - looking Transporter.

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It has a life cycle of 10 years, compared to the five years the Tucson FCEV enjoyed, yet the unspoken plus is unlike a conventional electric vehicle, the hydrogen tanks can be filled in under five minutes — about the same time it takes to gas up a regular vehicle.

The two cars are essentially pre-production examples of pure - electric vehicles that VW will start building just a short time from now.