It's also possible to grab bursts of nine still images from video at the touch of a button, similar to what can be done using the motor drive on an SLR still camera.
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The motor and drive unit are assembled at GM's Baltimore operations plant in White Marsh, Md.
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And second, the Franco-German motor will continue to drive the process of European integration.
In the latter scenarios, the regenerative drive generates electric power as the motor rotates backwards.
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Compounding the problem: the floods have also have affected component suppliers, including the disk-drive motor company Nidec and suspension arm manufacturer Hutchinson Technology, among others.
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In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.
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In addition to the Forstars, a near-production version of the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive is on display at the Paris Motor Show, which continues through October 14.
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The drive unit and motor will be assembled of U.S. and globally sourced parts at GM's White Marsh, Md.
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The SUV features a front-mounted diesel engine paired with an electric motor in a traditional hybrid configuration, plus a second, more powerful electric motor in the rear to drive those wheels in the back.
Separately, from April 2013 the law will be changed to ban a practice which has helped drive up motor premiums in the past decade.
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The same amount of work is required of the motor in the first two scenarios with or without a regenerative drive.
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The third generation smart fortwo electric drive features a 55 kW magneto-electric motor - the first product from the EM-motive joint venture founded together with Bosch - which ensures that it is as agile and lively as ever.
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Each of the four wheels contains an electric motor, drive train, suspension and steering and braking mechanisms.
The company also is developing four-wheel-drive technology that powers two wheels with an internal combustion engine and two with an electric motor, eliminating the need for a drive train that takes up floor space, Ho said.
Last week, the plant celebrated Spark EV motor production, marking the first time a major U.S. auto manufacturer has designed and built both a complete electric motor and drive unit for a modern electric vehicle in the United States.
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The electric drive produces 95 hp, more than double the power of the previous model's electric motor (47 hp).
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Designed to be lightweight and cheap to produce, the robotic bicep upgrade uses a (mostly) aluminum frame, battery-powered DC motor, cable drive system, racket braking and thumbstick controller for movement, with a BeagleBone board supervising the electronics that pull it all together.
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Among the problems discovered by inspectors were "four undercarriage frame cracks including at the drive axle, at the cross member for the motor mounts, and at the differential and over the right front steering axle, " according to a letter sent by Berwick to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Anne Ferro.
Once at the motor sports complex, journalists took turns testing all-wheel-drive XJs and smaller XFs, which also get the system as an option for 2013, by flinging them through various obstacle courses, every one of which was covered in several inches of snow with thick ice underneath.
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Because the drive generates this power at a time distinct from when the motor is running, it should not be considered an energy efficiency measure.
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Thanks to a new LSI drive circuit, autofocus speed of the SSM (Super Sonic Wave Motor) is around four times quicker than before.
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The motor's design has been patented, along with 30 other unique designs for the "A-Drive".
That hybrid car that you smugly drive contains about 100 pounds of the stuff, largely in the electrical cables and the electric motor.
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