During the holidays the resort decks the halls and grounds with light displays and offers ice skating and rides on an electric train.
Another room contains cars from a certain luxury European automaker that will use a Tesla electric drive train.
The i3, scheduled to roll out later this year may appear drastically different from the i8, but the two vehicles are of the same essence electric drive train, lightweight technology, carbon fiber body.
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These two models will be the first series-produced vehicles specially built with electric engine and electric hybrid drive train.
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In an ironic twist, one of the showstoppers is the VL Destino, which strips the Karma of its electric drive-train and inserts a fire-breathing, 638-horsepower Corvette ZR-1 gas engine in its place.
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For the purpose of American buyers and readers, it was the Penske Automotive group that brought the Smart Fortwo to market in 2007 and began the process of leasing 100 electric-drive train Smart fortwo cars in 2011.
Each of the four wheels contains an electric motor, drive train, suspension and steering and braking mechanisms.
Ryan McGee, who works on analytics for the power train in electric cars at Ford, is using the analytics inside his designs, hoping to look at things like weather, traffic, time of day and local regulations to build choices.
If something gets in the way of the door--a person's foot or a roof panel that's hanging down--the electric motor that closes the train door has to work harder and produces more current.
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.
And for folks who still want some independence around town, at train stations, visitors can rent bikes or electric cars via bike sharing and car sharing services.
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.
As the train's magnets pass over a frame, they induce an electric current in it and this, in turn, generates a magnetic field which repels the magnet that started the whole process and thus levitates the train.
The train also is expected to bring fuel oil from Umm Qasr to Baghdad to power electric plants in the Iraqi capital.
Westinghouse Electric Co. has invested "tens of millions" of dollars in a corporate university designed to train new and current employees, says Jim Ice, director of talent management.
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