In the medium term, solar power combined with improved battery storage systems will make a difference, as will military vehicles with hybrid electric engines.
To commemorate the anniversary a special service will run on Sunday 13 January, which will include a steam locomotive and one of the first electric engines.
The Japanese company is using General Electric engines in some of its latest equipment, even as Cat works with Mitsubishi Electric to power one of its forthcoming lines.
Whereas the Blue Train is pulled by no-nonsense diesel and electric engines, Rovos offers passengers a retro whiff of steam, though only for the first hour into or out of Pretoria.
On the other hand, this conflation makes far more sense in the long term, as our electrical grid becomes more sophisticated, and as electric vehicles begin the inevitable switch from internal combustion engines to electric motors or some other renewable source of power.
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The double-decker buses have climate control, free wi-fi and hybrid electric-diesel engines to save fuel.
Moreover, a host of new technologies will be required, including more-powerful solar panels, electric-ion engines, extraterrestrial mining equipment and robotic refineries.
Far Solitaire is powered by a conventional diesel-electric system consisting of three engines connected to generators that run electric motors.
Mechanical looms, steam- powered locomotives, gasoline engines, electric motors ? none had an instant effect on productivity.
Both combine conventional petrol engines with electric motors that will boost their performance.
Toyota is teaming up with BMW on diesel engines and electric batteries.
But if, as many predict, the shift from cars with conventional combustion engines to electric cars is set to remain slow for years yet, there is another, less visible, electric motoring revolution taking place.
Stefanie Lang of Bernstein says this will force carmakers to work together on developing new technology: Toyota, for example, has agreed to work with Ford on hybrid sport-utility vehicles and with BMW on both electric batteries and diesel engines.
In the power systems business that manufactures and sells a variety of engines and diesel-electric locomotives, sales were driven by petroleum and rail applications.
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Friends of Mr. McNerney say the low profile is consistent with his style throughout his career, which included a stint heading the aircraft engines unit of General Electric Co.
So when General Electric argues that fielding two competing engines for the F-35 fighter can save money and enhance performance, that implies certain actions on the part of the government that have precisely the opposite effect in the near term.
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Hybrids, already being sold by Honda and Toyota by the thousands, use battery-powered electric motors to assist traditional internal combustion engines.
The electronic warfare equipment would be built by US company Northrop Grumman while two other US companies - Pratt and Whitney and General Electric - were in competition for the engines.
The only area of growth for platinum is possible growth in the heavy-duty diesel sector in China, he said, while the only caveats for palladium is any move to smaller engines and the outlook for electric vehicles.
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After all, it spawned George and Robert Stephenson's railway engines, Joseph Swan's electric light bulbs, and Sir Charles Parson's steam turbines and electricity generators.
Electric cars (at least the ones without petrol engines to top up the battery) demand that they do.
Take a 20 kilometers-per-liter hybrid, which is a small car with two engines--one gasoline, one electric--that work in collaboration.
"In the future, electric motors might become as important to GM as engines are now, " said Thomas Stephens, GM's vice chairman for global product operations.
The plane's manufacturer, Airbus Industrie, said the plane was powered by two CFM56-5 engines, built by the US company General Electric and the French concern Snecma.
Cummins is leading global manufacturer of diesel and natural gas engines, engine-related component products, and electric power generation systems.
Although United Technologies has more experience than General Electric and Rolls-Royce in developing the high-performance fighter engines the government is seeking, there is a good chance the alternate-engine team can produce a world-class product.
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In 2010, a forward-thinking friend of mine took me for a ride in a Ford Fusion, a gas-electric hybrid that gets more miles per gallon than comparable cars with conventional engines.
Substantially more complex than previous aircraft, the new plane required the pilot to attend to the four engines, a retractable landing gear, new wing flaps, electric trim tabs that needed adjustment to maintain control at different airspeeds, and constant-speed propellers whose pitch had to be regulated with hydraulic controls, among other features.
General Electric, another American company, will sell more than a hundred advanced jet engines.
The Segway, that marvel of two-wheeled balance and electric mobility, may someday solve America's dependence on gas-powered engines.
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