Fuel-saving technology like hybrid power and turbo-charging, they say, isn't enough to do the trick.
Mitsuru Homma, the chief of Sanyo's power unit, said the hybrid power pack should be available within two years.
The other flywheel system, developed by Automotive Hybrid Power, also in Britain, for the Williams F1 team, runs at 100, 000 revolutions a minute.
The hybrid power cell in the CORE motor technology makes it capable of storing and delivering large amounts of power in a very small package.
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The three-layer version, in particular, provides a unique hybrid power supply.
Planetary Power plans to follow-up their introduction of HyGen with a truly unique solar hybrid power generator early next year that will again change the game for energy generation both on and off the power grid.
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Such a grid is being tested at the army's model forward operating base (FOB) in Fort Irwin, California, along with prototypes of a mobile, hybrid power station that combines solar panels and wind turbines with a conventional generator.
Areva would buy the panels for its hybrid solar power plant, though it is unclear how exactly Areva plants to integrate the electricity-generating panels with its solar-concentrating mirrors and steam system.
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Anne Lauvergeon, chief executive of the French nuclear giant Areva, hinted last week during a meeting in Forbes offices that Areva is developing a hybrid solar power plant concept that combines a solar thermal system with solar photovoltaic (PV) panels.
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Heartening news rang forth from the renewable energy sector this week as a UN-backed study reported that the building of new renewable energy plants has officially overtaken fossil fuel plants in Europe and the US. We also took a look at two brand new types of power plants -- the world's first hydrogen-driven power plant in Italy and the first hybrid coal-solar power plant in Colorado.
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We questioned our sanity for a moment when feeling around for this hybrid's power button.
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Johnson Controls is also increasing its production capacity of advanced battery types like Absorbent Glass Mat that power start-stop vehicles and Li-ion that power hybrid and electric vehicles.
Porsche is using this hybrid technology to power race cars.
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Specialty metals include metals like rare earth elements, which are being used more often in applications such as consumer electronics, solar panels and magnets used to power hybrid vehicles.
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Although it is a hybrid, there is power available to the driver when needed.
The new C-MAX Energi also has 60 more horsepower than the Prius plug-in hybrid considering full battery power, along with class-exclusive technologies such as hands-free liftgate and active park assist for easier parallel parking.
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One solution: The hybrid solar-wind power plant.
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Think about that as your hybrid runs stealthily on battery power, brought to motion by the conductivity of copper.
Thankfully the researchers at hand believe the technology could eventually be used to power electric and hybrid vehicles, which is always the dream, right?
This case involves something called rare earth materials, which are used by American manufacturers to make high-tech products like advanced batteries that power everything from hybrid cars to cell phones.
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By knowing that the hybrid-style processor will power the phone ahead of time, they can write their software code to handle different levels of CPU activities, or swap between the two.
The hybrid explosive has nearly the same explosive power as CL-20 but the lower sensitivity of HMX.
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And as Micheal Omotoso of JD Power points out, the hybrid price premium is often thousands of dollars.
Ovshinsky proudly takes credit for the car, claiming he invented the "enabling technology" that helps power the gas-electric hybrid.
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Solar-power patents rose 134% while hybrid and EVs vehicles increased 60% over the previous year.
The contract will fund development of a lower-cost lithium-ion phosphate battery technology with enhanced power, lifetime and durability for hybrid-electric vehicle applications.
Thus the HDD spindle motors can be spun down more often resulting in reduced power usage in the computer the hybrid storage device is used in.
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"Moreover, in places that do generate electricity from renewable sources, it would be more cost-effective to use that electricity to power electric or plug-in hybrid cars than high-speed rail, " O'Toole said.
True to the bitter rivalry between the men, Livingstone has pledged to cancel orders for more Routemasters in favor of hybrid vehicles if Londoners vote him back into power, although he will allow the current eight buses to remain in service.
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