Specialized engineers focused on three critical areas: the battery, motor and electronic interface as integrated components of a complete machine.
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That's good news, says Hawkes, since, with existing battery and electric motor technology, he can manage 14hp in a 22-foot sub but not much more.
It is a hybrid, powered by both a small internal combustion engine and a battery-driven electric motor.
Spark EV is powered by an advanced electric motor and battery system.
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With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it.
Like C-MAX Hybrid, C-MAX Energi has projected total system horsepower of 188 that stems from the combination of a gasoline engine and a battery-driven electric motor.
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With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it with a Chevy Suburban.
With the Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet accounts for more than 50 percent of all plug-in electric vehicle sales in the United States and Spark EV builds on Chevrolet's proven electric motor and battery development programs.
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The Ford Fusion, Honda Accord and Toyota Prius are all available as a plug-in hybrid, while General Motors uses a smaller motor and battery pack to give a little electric assist to cars like the Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet Malibu.
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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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Adding cape plug-in boards to the popular and expandable BeagleBone computer that is used as a development kit allows hobbyists and developers to quickly and easily augment BeagleBone's capabilities with LCD screens, motor control and battery power as well as the ability to create their own circuits.
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That means all the power from the battery will go to the starter motor.
Current regenerative braking systems use an alternator or electric motor connected to a battery pack.
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They optimized the battery management system specifically to our motor, rather than relying on a generic system like other brands.
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The AbioCor's motor runs on a battery inserted in the abdomen.
The system delivers about 165 watts of power per hour to an added battery, which helps powers the electric motor, Johanson said.
The new Panamera S E-Hybrid improves upon the concept offered by the previous Panamera S Hybrid with a more powerful electric motor, a higher-performance battery that supplies more energy and is able be recharged from home or public vehicle charging stations.
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Under the hood lies a 111HP motor powered by a 24 kWh battery that generates 147 pound-feet of torque -- not exactly the stump-pulling grunt of its new Yankee competition, but still plenty of power for such a small car.
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The car uses a 1.8-liter, 98-horsepower four-cylinder gasoline engine with an 80 hp (60 kW) electric motor charged on a Ni-MH battery.
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The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood acts as a generator after the 16.5 kWh battery is depleted and feeds electricity back to the motor.
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The battery powers a high-response 80kW AC synchronous motor, rated at 107 horsepower and 187 lb-ft of torque, which drives the front wheels through a single speed reducer.
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This configuration gives it all wheel drive and also allows the ECU to either send power to or retrieve power from (in the form of regeneration) either motor to recharge the on-board battery pack -- which can also be juiced up by plugging into the wall.
Motor companies insist that the reason the original battery cars failed was lack of consumer interest, but that view is turned on its head here.
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And unless an electric bike has regenerative braking, which lets the motor help slow you down while charging the battery at the same time, expect to change the brake pads more often than on a standard bike.
The battery was built from scratch to specific parameters, providing the motor with efficient, immediate and lasting power.
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It combines a 2-liter DOHC 16V Duratec (Atkinson cycle) engine and CVT with an AC synchronous motor powered by a 7.6kWh Lithium Ion battery.
Its battery is an 80 kilowatt-hour lithium ion battery made by A123 Systems that powers a 70-kilowatt motor (that translates to a pretty puny 93 horsepower).
With the environmental benefits of a hybrid come environmental costs: 30 extra pounds of copper, mostly in the motor windings, and 22 pounds of nickel in the battery.
It does have a small motor because it will go for about 40 miles on the battery.
The efficiency produces all the torque needed to let a 165-pound person walk, but with just a 30W to 60W motor versus SPARKy's 150W -- a big help to battery life that also reduces the AMP-Foot 2.0's weight to that of the fleshy kind.
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