Sentences with phrase «wheel motors provide»

The in - wheel motors provide rear - wheel propulsion with independent motor management, while also contributing to freedom of upper body design and space - efficient packaging.

The car's in - wheel motors provide rear - wheel propulsion with independent motor management.

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A 6 kW electric motor in the main wheel provides extra power during acceleration and taxiing to reduce electrical power consumption on the ground.

Watching your side mirrors shake from vibrations as you redline your motor on the starting grid, being held up in a pit stop as your crew try to locate a wheel nut they've dropped during a change of tires and the sight of your suspension moving in - accordance with the elevation and camber changes on the circuit all come together to provide a truly immersive feel that few games have come close to matching in the past.

This energy will be stored in a battery, which can then provide power for electric motors that power the front wheels.

It is also capable of providing relatively small amounts of torque to the wheels in parallel with the electric drive motor.

The production I - Pace is also expected to have similar specs to the concept, with two electric motors providing all - wheel - drive capability and a 90 - kilowatt - hour battery pack that's estimated to be good for 220 miles of range.

A motor on the steering rack turns the wheels and it can make over 1,000 corrections per second while another motor turns the steering wheel and provides resistance for the driver.

The RAV4 Hybrid uses a similar powertrain to the Toyota Camry Hybrid, combining a 2.5 - liter Atkinson - cycle four - cylinder with an electric motor, with an extra rear - mounted electric motor providing all - wheel - drive capability.

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.

With advanced technology like rechargeable lithium batteries and electric motors providing power to the wheels, modern battery electric vehicles allow for all - electric driving while producing zero tailpipe emissions.

V - 8 performance with four - cylinder fuel efficiency The RLX Sport Hybrid SH - AWD throws out the conventional driveshaft of the TL SH - AWD and instead uses two electric motors that torque - vector the rear wheels and provide gas - free power up to 50 mph.

At the front wheels, twin independent electric motors provide torque vectoring to further aid handling, help to launch the car more quickly, and aid in braking.

At speed on the turnpike in Comfort mode, the i8's turbocharged engine is doing business through the rear wheels, and the electric motor kicks in to provide a boost from the front wheels when the throttle pedal calls for it.

An electric motor provides 115 hp and 199 lb - ft of motivation for the front wheels.

The powertrain is complicated even by the standards of this segment: A twin - turbo V - 6 powers the rear wheels through a nine - speed dual - clutch transmission, while a rear - mounted electric motor provides supplemental power to the rear wheels for quicker response.

The ’15 NSX is expected to have a 3.7 - liter V - 6, two electric motors for the front wheels, and a rear motor providing a combined 480 hp fed through a seven - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission.

Orders are being taken now for delivery in six months, and plans are already underway for a hybrid variant with a 150 - horse electric motor driving the front wheels, providing a total horsepower of 889 and short - range electric - only propulsion for city centers.

This won't trouble the Model S P100D but Musk has put fans at ease on Twitter earlier in 2016 when he confirmed that the Model 3 would have its own version of Tesla's «Ludicrous mode» — also seen on the Model S and Model X. We're expecting to see two and four - wheel - drive versions of the Model 3, with four - wheel - drive models benefitting from dual motors to provide increased performance but the first cars are all rear - wheel drive.

As the crucial halo car for Honda's premium brand, the mid-engine Acura NSX will combine the magic of the original, aluminum - bodied NSX sports car with the technology of a hybrid whose electric motors power the front wheels and provide for torque vectoring, as well.

Similar to Tesla's approach, the Generation EQ features a floor - mounted lithium - ion battery paired with an electric motor at each axle, providing permanent all - wheel drive, 402 hp, and 516 lb - ft of torque.

One electric motor will power the front wheels, with two on the back axle, and an Active Yaw Control system provides torque vectoring.

The crankshaft mounted electric motor acts as torque fill for the turbos, while the other two rear wheel mounted units provide drive.

The electric motor transfers its power to the rear wheels via a twin - speed gearbox also mounted at the rear in a layout that provides a distinct rearward weight bias.

These provide electricity to four wheel hub motors.

More throttle sees the rear electric motor engage to provide added drive to the rear wheels, giving it all - wheel - drive capability.

The added power provided by those rear electric motors also provides an exciting burst of acceleration that you don't get from the base RLX or other all - wheel - drive sedans.

2014 Lexus RX450h Base price: $ 47,320 Price as tested: $ 56,445 Options on test car: Dual - screen rear seat DVD system, Navigation system, Backup camera & App suite package ($ 4,920), Heated and ventilated front seats ($ 640), Mark Levinson premium sound ($ 995), Premium Package ($ 2,570) Powertrain: 3.5 - liter V6 engine, 37 kWh Ni - MH battery pack and twin front electric motor units, continuously variable transmission, front - wheel drive — 295 combined system horsepower S: S: L - observed fuel economy: 28.2 mpg Lexus provided the vehicle for testing purposes and one tank of gas.

In normal city driving, it runs like an electric vehicle, with electric motors in the front and rear providing permanent four - wheel drive.

The 573 - hp NSX, on the other hand, has a twin - turbocharged V6 in the back with two electric motors at the front wheels providing the pull.

Audi AG's E-tron electric vehicle unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show packs in four electric motors — two at each axle — to provide the concept sports car with all - wheel - drive and torque - vectoring capability.

The hydraulic transmission could use three sets of valves to provide 2WD / 4WD selection by disconnecting the front motors, LSD functionality by locking the left and right hydraulic circuits together or to make tighter turning circles by providing less power to the inner wheels.

With the front electric motor and gasoline engine providing drive to the front and rear wheels, there is impressive acceleration in sport mode.

Its motor also helps boost performance in combination with the gasoline engine, providing the i8 with four - wheel - drive capability.

A smaller rear electric motor (13 hp and 81 lb - ft) provides additional drive to the rear wheels but mostly acts as a generator to top off the battery and as an alternator to collect kinetic energy during braking and trailing throttle.

In sport mode, the front electric motor and gasoline engine provide drive to the front and rear wheels.

The electric motor on the rear wheels provides immediate torque.

The electrified Mercedes with its AMG Torque Dynamics system provides selective all - wheel - drive and each wheel can be powered or slowed independently, all with electronics and electric motors, and the torque vectoring works accelerating or decelerating.

In addition to combustion engine front - and all - wheel - drive models, the 2017 MDX will offer a Sport Hybrid version with the gasoline V6 driving the front wheels, an electric motor optionally providing front traction, and two electric motors (only) providing rear traction.

The 2013 VIZIV featured what Subaru called an «independent - rear - motor - driven symmetrical AWD» system, where a 2.0 - litre diesel horizontally - opposed («Boxer») engine drove the front wheels through the continuously variable transmission (CVT, which Subaru branded «Lineartronic») and provided power generation, and each rear wheel was powered by an independent electric motor.

The diesel engine is connected directly to the drive wheels, the EVO motor can provide extra drive power and recapture braking energy, while the EVO generator can recharge the batteries.

When cruising at medium to high speeds, the high - efficiency Atkinson - cycle i - VTEC gasoline engine provides propulsion via a high capacity lock - up clutch, which connects the generator motor (always linked to the engine) and the electric drive motor, effectively sending motive power directly from the engine to the drive wheels.

The engine and an electric motor provide power to the rear wheels; two more electric motors drive the front wheels.

As the first dedicated platform fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity was powered by the smaller and lighter Honda V - flow fuel cell stack positioned in the center tunnel of the vehicle, with the smooth high torque front - wheel drive electric motor, providing performance on par with a gasoline powered sedan, including a 240 miles driving range rating.

Honda's Sport Hybrid Super Handling All - Wheel - Drive (SH - AWD) system provides torque vectoring at the front, using the twin independent motors.

It uses a mid-mounted version of BMW's turbocharged 1.5 - litre three - cylinder petrol engine packaged behind the cabin in combination with an electric motor mounted within the front axle assembly in a set - up that can conceivably provide either front - wheel drive running on the electric motor or four - wheel drive with the petrol engine and electric motor working together.

In this type mode, the system works as a parallel hybrid in which both the gasoline engine and, when required — for example, upon quick acceleration — the electric propulsion motor, both provide power to the wheels.

Front - wheel drive versions feature two electric motor generators, one for starting the vehicle up and another for providing forward momentum.

There's also a motor on each rear wheel, providing all - wheel drive without a driveshaft or rear differential.

While the concept car was powered by an electric motor at each axle (providing all - wheel drive), producing a combined 400hp and 700Nm of peak torque, the production version's powertrain is still not known for sure.