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The Pacifica is to get a minor refresh in 2019, and the AWD setup (due around 2018 - 19) might use electric motors for the rear.

The eAWS features active anti-roll bars which use electric motors and a 48 - volt system to adapt instantly to the driving situation, bringing a level of agility and ride comfort that is practically unmatched by any other SUV, Volkswagen says.

Why not just use electric motors at all 4 wheels (or at least the rear wheels), and combine that with a plug - in hybrid?

The Japanese automaker plans to use electric motors in all of its models by that time, Kyodo News reported, without citing sources.

Electric power steering systems use electric motors to provide the assistance instead of hydraulic systems.

The XC60 will use the electric motors and the gasoline engine individually or in parallel for best performance and fuel economy.

«We can not say it will just be hybrid,» he said «but we will use electric motors and batteries to make it more performance.

The Bentayga will come with electric turbocharging, these use electric motors to spin up the turbos before the hot exhaust gases are funnelled into it.

These cars use their electric motors to put performance ahead of fuel economy.

Brynjolfsson and McAfee note that factories didn't use electric motors to change their workflows until three decades after electric motors were first introduced — which was enough time for the managers from the steam - powered era to retire and for a new generation of managers to take their places.

Only the last 2 have used an electric motor.

An electric pump is a more popular option today, however; It uses an electric motor that fuels the suction.

The Quiseen One - Touch Grinder uses an electric motor and stainless steel blades and a 2.5 oz capacity.

The hybrid GE is developing with the marine engineering firm C - MAR works something like the upcoming Chevy Volt car, which uses an electric motor as its primary drive and carries a small combustion engine to charge batteries that run low.

When electricity was used at all, it was to either illuminate projection through arc or incandescent lighting or to drive the mechanism using electric motors.

Using an electric motor in place of the torque converter in ZF's magnificent eight - speed automatic transmission, the new ActiveHybrid models now use the N55 single - turbo 3.0 - liter straight six.

The clever unit removes the conventional vacuum brake booster and replaces it with system that uses an electric motor to build pressure to aid braking.

We had a couple of the same limited laps in an RLX hybrid with Super-Handling All - Wheel Drive, which uses an electric motor to power the rear wheels and combines with the 3.5 - liter V - 6 and seven - speed dual - clutch transmission to provide 370 horsepower.

What really gets our pulse pounding, though, is the devilish active differential, which uses an electric motor to progressively lock the rear wheels together.

Regardless of which trim level buyers choose, the 2015 Volkswagen e-Golf uses an electric motor rated for 115 hp and 199 lb - ft of torque, and a 24.2 - kWh lithium - ion battery pack.

There is also an all - wheel - drive mode that uses the electric motor in the rear axle in combination with the gasoline engine that powers the front wheels, and the driver can also choose to save the car's battery power for later electric - only driving.

In addition to the two powertrain, Toyota will offer the 2019 Rav4 with three all - wheel drive systems — a basic setup for lower - end gas models, an «intelligent» for the Rav4 Hybrid that uses the electric motor to drive the rear wheels, and the new «Dynamic Torque Vectoring All - Wheel Drive with Rear Driveline Disconnect» setup for the gas - powered Rav4 Limited and Adventure.

This initial RapidE (of which a prototype already exists) would have about 550 hp (matching that of the existing V - 12) using electric motors and rear - wheel drive.

It uses an electric motor for each rear wheel, developing 130kW each — equivalent to 174bhp per wheel — while energy comes from a 220kW lithium - ion battery pack.

Our sport - package - equipped test car benefited from Infiniti's rear active steering, which uses an electric motor to turn the rear wheels up to one degree.

Mini tested an all - wheel - drive hybrid Cooper S, which appears to use an electric motor to power the rear wheels.

The ML450 BlueHybrid is a two - mode that can run at low speeds using only electric propulsion, whereas the S400 BlueHybrid uses its electric motor as an auxiliary power source but still promises fuel economy of nearly 30 mpg.

The Z5 will share its platform with the upcoming Toyota sports car (possibly dubbed Supra), although the two will not share any sheetmetal and the Japanese version may offer an all - wheel - drive hybrid platform using its electric motor technologies alongside BMW combustion engines.

Dubbed Bentley Dynamic Ride, the system uses electric motors that act on the stabilizer bars to limit body roll in corners.

Traditional hybrids, or HEVs, use both an electric motor and internal combustion engine.

Volvo and Vattenfall's system, called Electric Rear Axle Drive (ERAD), uses an electric motor to propel the rear axle — in this case one that produces 70 horsepower.

Using an electric motor, the rear wheels can be steered up to three degrees in either direction, eliminating some of the yaw that long cars experience in corners.

Electrified powertrains add another option when it comes to AWD systems, namely the ability to use an electric motor to power a set of wheels with two axles in tandem without any mechanical connection to the other set.

Using the electric motor alone, the GTE is capable of speeds of 130 km / h (81 mph).

The Trail» ster addresses this by adopting a hybrid powertrain that uses an electric motor to power the rear wheels.

At that time, Volvo also unveiled the Volvo ReCharge, a flex - fuel plug - in concept hybrid that uses electric motors housed in each wheel.

It's called the Teewave AR.1 and it uses an electric motor from the Mitsubishi i - Miev electric... Continue reading →

EV generates power solely from using the electric motors while Series uses the engine as a generator to charge the batteries.

With the energy monitor display, you can see when Highlander Hybrid is using its electric motor, gasoline engine or a combination of both.

Equally, never charge and you turn the E 350e into a conventional hybrid in essence, one able to only use the electric motor when you've either recuperated some energy under braking, or told the car to charge its battery with the engine.

The extended - range electric - vehicle technology uses an electric motor to drive the wheels with power supplied primarily by a lithium - ion battery pack.

It also pulled away using the electric motor for much of the city portion of the drive.

The default mode is E-Power; as long as there is sufficient charge in the battery it will always use the electric motor to set off.

Electric cars use an electric motor driven by a control unit.

This contrasts with conventional braking systems, where the excess kinetic energy is converted to unwanted and wasted heat by friction in the brakes, or with dynamic brakes, where energy is recovered by using electric motors as generators but is immediately dissipated as heat in resistors.

Regenerative braking uses the electric motor to harvest kinetic energy while braking, converting it to electrical energy that is used to recharge the high voltage battery.

The vehicle will only use the electric motor if the battery has received a charge over and above the saved level through regenerative braking.

A) Using the electric motor only, PHEV has a range of up to 31 miles.

Front - wheel - drive and all - wheel - drive (AWD) remain available on both powertrain configurations, with the hybrid model retaining a solid drive shaft from front to rear, versus the competition which uses an electric motor in the rear.

As we expected, there is also a hybrid version of the new Acura ILX, a model which uses an electric motor and a 1.5 - liter engine.