Sentences with phrase «vehicles than conventional cars»

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In the eyes of insurers, today's self - driving vehicles are treated no differently than conventional cars when they're involved in a collision, according to Maureen Brown of Munich Reinsurance America, a firm that insures a number of companies testing autonomous vehicles.

Zinc can be found in most car parts, from tires to door handles, and because it can store six times more energy per pound than more conventional battery systems, the metal is also used in electric vehicles.

The power lost by these systems in transferring energy could be enough to make electric vehicles and plug - in hybrid electric vehicles less environmentally friendly than conventional cars, says Michael Kintner - Meyer at the Energy and Environment Directorate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Washington.

Electric cars generate next to no heat as opposed to conventional passenger vehicles, which produce more than enough engine heat to heat the interior.

Compared with other conventional vehicles, the ELR's brakes feel disconnected, artificial and not as strong as they could be, but to me they're no worse than nearly any other electric car's system.

I think all these hybrid technology is still in the crappy stage because these car should be designed to get at least 50 % more than the conventional gasoline vehicle.

Overall, it's clear Hyundai went out of the way to make the Ioniq look like a mainstream car inside and out, as opposed to the images of oddly - shaped, less - than - conventional hybrid vehicles that generally come to mind.

We've encountered the mistaken assumption by others that a hybrid car is a fire hazard or more prone to catching fire than a conventional vehicle.

In the Vision Zero Vehicle, which is based on a volume production platform for compact and mid-size cars, the mSTARS semi-trailing link independent suspension takes up no more installation space than the conventional rear axle installed originally.

The high interest payments means you will ultimately pay more for the vehicle than you would have paid through a conventional lender, but if you need a vehicle it is one way to get a car loan at 18 years old.

7/21/17 — In the next decade or so, electric vehicles (EVs) will become cheaper than conventional fossil - fueled cars and will outsell them even without government subsidies, says a New York Times editorial.

Fox News is promoting a Wall Street Journal column by Bjorn Lomborg to claim that electric vehicles are «even worse» for the environment than conventional gasoline cars.

In terms of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, electric cars and trucks are often cleaner than even the most efficient conventional vehicles.

But it's not just that utility vehicles are more in style than conventional passenger cars; they offer, on the whole, more interior space than comparable sedans and coupes.