Among less expensive solutions, Nissan engineered the 2013 Leaf with a new range-extending drive mode the company says can increase the distance it can travel on a single charge by up to 15%, to 84 miles, by allowing the customer to choose to use up 100% of the energy stored in the battery.
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The first GM-designed and built electric motors are scheduled to debut in 2013 in its next-generation, rear-wheel-drive, two-mode hybrid technology.
In Sport mode, the drive system's maximum power potential is exploited.
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As a result, vehicles give drivers more drive time in electric-only mode.
You have the career mode where you can drive through three seasons of Formula 1, starting with a team at the back of the grid and strive to win the Drivers Championship for one of the leading teams.
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It has a highly fuel-efficient gasoline engine that gives Volt drivers a peace of mind and a confidence about not being stranded that drivers of Nissan Leaf and other EVs can only envy coupled with most of the advantages of being able to drive Volt in electric-only mode when desired.
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Within seconds, Drive automatically returns to the stock routing mode, zooming into the road you're on and placing useful information -- the current speed limit, distance to your next turn, the road you're on, etc.
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It will also have an electric mode that allows the car to drive 12 miles or less at speeds up to 30 miles per hour without using the gas engine.
The 1GB of integrated flash memory is a nice touch, but it's not a substitute for the complete inabilty to access the laptop's hard drive when the unit is off or in sleep mode.
Somewhere near 53rd Street I remembered a saving grace: ECO mode, achieved by pushing and holding down the Drive knob in the center console.
The "B-mode" is in addition to the normal and Eco drive modes.
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Where cities have pollution restrictions, for example, a driver could elect to drive purely on the battery, or to switch to that quieter mode in a school zone.
The BMW ActiveHybrid 3 can drive solely on electric power under light throttle at speeds up to 37 mph in Comfort mode and up to 47 mph in Eco Pro.
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In vehicle mode, Dark of the Moon takes a page from Halo and attempts to redesign the way we drive.
Users can track changes in Word, manipulate pivot tables in Excel and view PowerPoint slideshows in full presentation mode right from an iPad, and access them at anytime in their Dropbox, Box or Google Drive account.
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While the car is on the move, the electric drive itself contributes to a favourable energy balance through recuperation, by converting kinetic energy into electric current in deceleration mode and during braking and feeding this energy into the battery.
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If Motherwell thought their re-structured defence would be given some respite by a Rangers team in party mode, they were quickly dispelled as goalscoring full-back Steven Whittaker threatened the crossbar with a trademark drive from 25 yards.
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