Sentences with phrase «which conventional cars»

«The results, which demonstrate a reduction in both noise and energy consumption, raise the interesting issue of a technology «transfer» by which conventional cars could be fitted with tires developed for electric cars, combined with a re-assessment of what road surfacing textures should be used in heavy traffic areas.

Again, Honda's simpler hybrid system would allow the cars to be started using any method by which a conventional car might be, given the extreme conditions.

Not exact matches

Unveiling its mid-term Vision 2030 strategy plan, Honda said it would boost coordination between R&D, procurement, and manufacturing to tame development costs as it acknowledged it must look beyond conventional vehicles to survive in an industry which is moving rapidly into electric and self - driving cars.

A rear wing was later added too, making the car look much more conventional than originally planned - apart from the sidepods, which extended all the way to the rear wing.

Currently more than 40 per cent of the US corn crop goes into producing ethanol, which is mostly mixed with gasoline to fuel conventional cars.

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

THERE are grave flaws in a study which claims that replacing conventional cars with electric vehicles will expose people to dangerous levels of lead, according to industry and environmental groups.

Conventional cars use an air - fuel mixture in which all the oxygen and fuel is burned during combustion.

This makes it more than twice as efficient as conventional hybrid cars, which can only recover about 30 per cent of the braking energy, he says.

The SLS AMG, which debuted in 2010 in both gullwing coupe and conventional convertible form, was the first car designed and developed from the ground up by AMG.

Still some way behind conventional, non-SUV cars - the 5 - series on which the X3 is based dips as low as 0.22, and has a smaller frontal area too.

The final powertrain could make it to the new car, which would be an interesting way of differentiating it from conventional BMW stablemates like the 4 Series and Z4.

Just like the TT in which it debuted, this replaces conventional instruments with a high - tech TFT screen that displays both car data and useful info from the navigation system or infotainment setup.

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Then there was Cupra, an offshoot of Volkswagen Group's Spanish brand Seat, which showcased several conventional offerings, but the car that stood out the most was a purpose - built EV racing concept called the Cupra E-Racer.

The cars» cabins will look pretty much like a conventional 2016 Volvo XC90 interior, which of course includes a navigation screen on the dashboard.

On cars produced after the summer break in August 1975 (for the 1976 model year), the conventional two wiper system changed to a single wiper which parks on the passenger side of the windscreen, while the driver also benefited from improved, lighter, steering linkage.

The test overlaps 25 % of the front of the car instead of the IIHS» conventional 40 % - overlap frontal test, which IIHS still conducts.

In many ways this Superlegerra epitomises the final point of the evolution of the conventional, useable supercar — and by that I mean a car which is small enough and inexpensive enough to be used on the public highway the way God intended.

Yet this hasn't deterred a growing number of automakers from pouring vast amounts of money into the development of hydrogen fuel - cell technology, which can provide a car with range commensurate with conventional gasoline - engine models while emitting nothing but water in the form of steam.

The format is reminiscent of the original Trans - Am Series, combining conventional sports cars and touring cars, though the Trans - Am Series usually had a single driver per car, unlike the Continental Challenge, which has two drivers per car.

The optional cameras replace conventional door mirrors with much smaller cameras, which project digital images onto screens located inside the car on the leading edge between the doors and dashboard.

As opposed to BMW, Mercedes will not develop its electric models on the platforms of its conventional models, opting instead for a dedicated modular architecture called MEA (Mercedes Electric Architecture) which will support a wide variety of applications — as many as 10 models, from compact cars to luxury sedans in the vein of the S - Class.

This generation of car borrows its platform from the conventional executive S80 saloon, which in real terms means more cabin space and improved safety measures.

D - 4S combines both direct injection and conventional port injection for each cylinder which means two injectors per cylinder, or eight injectors if the engine is a 4 - cylinder boxer like the FT - 86 production car will have.

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The truth is that it is very difficult to classify this car; it's small and fits in the premium hatchback segment but the strong shoulder line with a large glass area clearly states that this is no conventional hatchback, but a compact crossover which can not be missed.

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.

This collision testing is much more demanding than the conventional tests in which the car is crashed into a fixed barrier.

Throughout these car - to - car crash tests (which were designed to simulate conditions considerably harsher than those found in conventional stationary - barrier testing) the Integra was able to clear all target values, assuring the highest levels of enhanced safety performance.

A further comfort - related aspect of the 4MATIC is the omission of conventional differential locks which, as other all - wheel - drive passenger cars show, affect steerability and handling.

In addition, Bill Ford has also been one of the most visible proponents of the automaker's «Smart Mobility» plan, which provides a framework for the company's future as both a car - and - truck - manufacturer as it is today, and a so - called «mobility» company, selling transportation services beyond the conventional vehicle - ownership model.

Almost no one noticed, as the car looks almost identical to the all - electric Ioniq, which made a big splash at the New York International Auto Show in March alongside its sibling conventional hybrid and plug - in hybrid versions.

Sure, Lagonda explains that the lack of a conventional engine and transmission resulted in a shorter nose, but this is rarely the case with production electric cars, which have traditional, longer hoods in front of the windscreen.

The e-tron is designed to challenge the BMW i3 electric car (which is available with a range - extending petrol engine), but doesn't feel quite as revolutionary — although the Audi is more conventional and easier to live with.

Driven in the same manner as the twin - turbo car, the hybrid returned a fuel consumption of 9.0 L / 100 km — just over a litre less than the conventional LS, which finished up at 10.1 L / 100 km.

Buyers willing to settle for a traditional premium - grade convertible might also consider conventional soft - top versions of the Aston - Martin V8 Vantage, BMW 650i, Jaguar XK and Porsche 911, all of which are more expensive than the SC 430 and are also somewhat different types of cars.

Instead of a conventional V - 6 engine, there's a 3.5 - liter V - 6 coupled to Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive, which includes two separate motors (a third on all - wheel - drive versions), a continuously variable transmission instead of a six - speed automatic, and a hefty battery pack under the second - row seat.â $ Car Connection

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They won't say how, but Ford engineers have designed a continuously variable transmission for use with higher - torque V - 6 engines.The breakthrough means Ford can coax about 10 percent better fuel economy out of its large front - wheel - drive cars and minivans that use conventional automatic transmissions.Engineers are developing the CVT in a Ford Taurus with the Duratec 3.0 - liter V - 6, which generates 200 pounds - feet of torque.

Now the car looks and feels more conventional, which many shoppers might welcome readily.

There was an internal struggle at Nissan to decide which way to go — with a conventional design that was easier to engineer and manufacture, or with a bolder design that looked more like a concept car.

The I - Pace doesn't look like a conventional SUV: Its passenger compartment is placed virtually in the middle of the car, which features short front and rear overhangs, and a short hood.

And a world first in a series - produced car comes in the form of the optional laser headlights developed by BMW, which offer three times the intensity and twice the high - beam range of conventional systems, as well as extremely low energy consumption.

With conventional automobile insurance, your car is typically covered only up to its actual cash value, which is equivalent to its replacement cost minus depreciation.

As part of that, «Tesla's philosophy is to not make profits on servicing its cars (which aligns its interests with the EV owners — they now have incentives to make cars that don't break down),» but that approach severely cuts into the profits of the conventional dealership model.

Of course, there are smaller cars and any form of two wheel transportation, both of which take up a fraction of the space that conventional car parking does.

In the grand scenarios of transportation analysts, plug - in hybrids occupy a box of indefinite length straddling those of conventional hybrids in the very near future and, farther out, fuel - cell cars, which experts predict will begin to dominate in 20, 30, or 40 years... — Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) International 2004 Technology Forecast, chose the DaimlerChrysler Sprinter PHEV (now in development) as Category Winner in Electric Power.

The «B» setting on the drive selector offers an intermediate setting that increases regenerative braking over that in the standard mode, which mimics the behavior of a conventional car with an automatic transmission.

With additional battery packs added to a conventional gas / electric hybrid, a car can run on electric power alone for somewhere between 20 and 60 miles, at which point it switches over to the hybrid system.