Sentences with phrase «with electric propulsion»

* It's worth noting that the Tesla is essentially a Lotus with electric propulsion.

Unlike competing systems, Honda's two - motor hybrid technology works without the need for a conventional automatic transmission, with the electric propulsion motor directly powering the drive axles.

There is also in discussion a successor for the R - Class which could be offer only with electric propulsion.

«The next step for sure is an electric, unique Bentley that isn't based on an existing car but a completely fresh and new development, with electric propulsion and obviously different proportions following the function.

The Pacifica Hybrid builds on all the winning features of the standard Pacifica, but adds a plug - in hybrid drivetrain, complementing its V6 engine with electric propulsion.

As a concept, the Nissan Townpod comes with an impressive design, innovative features but also with an electric propulsion system borrowed from Nissan Leaf.

As the powertrain already produces a combined 1500hp and with electric propulsion providing instant torque from the Direct Drive system, we did not have to go as extreme on ICE power.

But as a statement of the company's design direction it's certainly interesting, and with electric propulsion, autonomous tech and a carbonfibre central cell, there's a strong technological aspect too.

«You actually can get to the moon with electric propulsion by spiraling slowly away from Earth for a year and building up speed,» says Belbruno.

This interior design could be implemented in Virgin Hyperloop One's functional pod with an electric propulsion system which could achieve speeds up to 700 mph inside a near - vacuum.

Not exact matches

The most established electric propulsion concepts, for example gridded - ion thrusters, accelerate and emit a larger number of positively charged particles than those with negative charge.

Here electric propulsion, with its higher exhaust speed, is preferred as it typically uses less propellant that than chemical rockets.

AC Propulsion, a San Dimas, Calif., maker of electric vehicle drive systems, discovered this when working with Tesla Motors.

The engineering solution may be for NeMO to use solar - electric propulsion to turn around and fly back to Earth hauling an entire separate spacecraft that carries the goods from Mars, he says, or it could tote a special - purpose entry vehicle that's topped off with Mars regolith and rock for drop - off here at home.

Compared with the roar of chemical rockets, electric propulsion produces only a gentle purr.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

As the largest U.S. icebreaker, the Healy measures 420 feet long and plies the seas with 30,000 horsepower of diesel electric propulsion.

Several scientifically interesting asteroids could be visited by astronauts with flight times ranging from six months to a year and a half using a 200 - kilowatt (kW) electric propulsion system, which is a reasonable advance over our present capability; the ISS currently has 260 kW of solar arrays installed.

«With advanced electric propulsion, we will have the ability to move habitat systems to various orbits around the moon,» he said.

Using advanced Solar Electric Propulsion (SEP) technologies is an essential part of future missions into deep space with larger payloads.

Electric propulsion systems in the 50 - to 100 - kilowatt level may be needed to get crews to Mars faster than is possible with conventional chemical propulsion.

«Electric propulsion can offer the ability to move large masses through space with minimum fuel usage,» said Bill Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations.

In cooperation with a number of companies, General Motors engineers worked on the 1971 Lunar Rover and was responsible for designing the electric propulsion system, suspension, mesh wire wheels, and drive controller made to accommodate lunar gloves.

«The user can «top up» the battery pack with electricity one or more times during the day,» Volvo vice president of electric propulsion systems Lennart Stegland said in a statement.

Electric propulsion comes with more benefits than just smooth, torquey acceleration.

Credit Ford for filling a gaping hole in the vehicular fleet with this excellent Turkish - built import, and for realizing that converting a few of them to electric propulsion is a sensible means of spreading the Transit Connect's reach.

Propulsion for the For - Us is also all - electric, though with more battery power: its powered by an electric motor good for 74 hp and 98 lb - ft of torque and the juice is stored in a set of 17.6 kWh lithium - ion batteries.

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.

Jaguar's effort is a fully factory - backed team and has support from Williams Advanced Engineering — a firm with significant experience in electric propulsion and advanced powertrains.

It's the first production electric car from Morgan, but don't expect it to be the last — the firm recently announced # 6 million in funding from the UK's Advanced Propulsion Centre, with a view to creating an entire range of electric and hybrid vehicles by the end of the decade.

They'll expect that with cars that have different propulsion systems,» said Dr. Rudolf Krebs, head of electric drivetrain development at Volkswagen.

With 115 hp and 199 lb - ft of torque, electric propulsion delivers a substantial feeling, like a breakfast smoothie fortified by a sweet potato.

«We can do lot more with today's propulsion systems, both gas and diesel, as you downsize and add direct - injection and electrification to those systems,» Smyth says, noting GM is working on all possible future powertrain technologies, including hybrid - and all - electric vehicles, as well as plug - in hybrids and hydrogen fuel cells.

With VW already promising renewed focus on cleaner methods of propulsion, it seems logical that Porsche would follow suit — though media attention on American firm Tesla has also prompted several manufacturers to take a closer look at electric performance cars.

It represents a new generation of concept car with electric hybrid propulsion where electricity is generated from hydrogen and oxygen (air) in a Toyota designed fuel cell.

Like the i3, the i8 has comfort, sport and eco-pro driving modes — all involve a combination of electric and gasoline propulsion, but with different throttle, steering and damping mapping.

The Insight features only one engine: A two - motor hybrid system with a 1.5 - liter Atkinson cycle four - cylinder engine, mated to an electric propulsion motor and lithium - ion battery pack.

Cadillac said the four - passenger Converj concept was intended to show how GM's revolutionary electric propulsion technology — called Voltec — could power a luxury coupe with a typically Cadillac «no compromises» design.

«That's why the team was tasked with delivering a propulsion system that would also make the Bolt EV an electric vehicle that owners would love to drive.»

The i8 has comfort, sport and eco-pro driving modes, all involving a combination of electric and gasoline propulsion with different throttle, steering and damping mapping.

Maneuvering through a parking garage at the start of my drive, the MDX Sport Hybrid drove quietly under electric propulsion, but with just a little more throttle, the engine smoothly kicked in.

Under most operating conditions, the Accord works in the Hybrid mode where the engine acts as a generator and supplies electric power to the battery with power being channelled to the wheels via the electric propulsion motor.

The 2017 Chevrolet Volt is equipped with the brand's award - winning Voltec propulsion system, consisting of a gas engine and battery pack powering twin electric motors, which produce 149 hp and 294 lb - ft of torque.

The high - performance propulsion system of the VELITE 6 plug - in hybrid electric vehicle is composed of an EVT electronically controlled variable transmission, two AC permanent - magnet synchronous motors with a high - performance lithium - ion battery, and a 1.5 L naturally aspirated engine especially tuned for hybrid vehicles.

Initially, the companies are working together to integrate UQM Technologies» PowerPhase electric propulsion system with BorgWarner's 31 - 03 eGearDrive transmission (earlier post) for the all - electric CODA front - wheel drive five - passenger sedan, scheduled for introduction in the... Read more →

The engine is paired with two Honda - developed electric motors — a propulsion motor and a generator / starter motor — that are the first drive motors in the world to use permanent magnets containing no heavy rare - earth metals.

This next Volt will come with an all - new Extended - range Electric Vehicle (EREV) propulsion system, which includes a smaller battery pack, drive unit, and a revised, high - compression, 1.5 - liter petrol engine, plus an overall curb weight that's had about 100 pounds shaved off.

And competition also came from the propulsion systems, with the Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid already on the market and the BMW X5 Plug - In Hybrid and the Mercedes GLE Plug - In Hybrid, all ready for this summer, with an electric range up to 35 km.

The iX3 will become in 2020 the first electric SUV from BMW, built on the CLAR modular platform (for models with longitudinal engines) of the recently launched new generation X3 sibling with conventional propulsion systems — built on the same production line.

The propulsion system favors a sporty layout and mimics the advantages of all - wheel drive with two identical 200 hp electric engines powering each axle, total power being rated at 400 hp.