Now that Boeing has delivered the first of its long-haul 787 Dreamliners, following problems with suppliers, it is promising to throttle up the programme and turn out ten a month by the end of 2013.
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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The software upgrade turns up the throttle response to 11 and so, if you bury your foot, the car will take a deep breath and then lunge forward (and a little sideways) on gusts of turbo boost and a blizzard of revs.
Beyond the initial surge of torque, the car slowly builds up momentum regardless of any further throttle input.
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Between the thrumming of the sport tires and the amped-up, reactive feel of the steering and throttle, the XKR-S is seriously, credibly sporty-feeling.
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It provides roughly 50% of the U.S. electricity sector's needs--even with the "going green" craze at full throttle, power companies aren't going to stop gobbling up coal.
By using an electric drive of the sort that is purring away in Leicestershire, ships can fire up their engines one at a time and run each at its most economical throttle setting.
Vocally enhanced by a pumped-up soundtrack and accompanied by the Royal Opera House Orchestra, under the high-throttle leadership of Antonio Pappano, they all sound magnificent.
Meanwhile, the feds' fuel-economy administrators are currently operating at a dead run trying to keep up with a host of new, highly digitized fuel-saving technologies, such as "Eco" throttle mapping and stop-start (the engine cuts out as the vehicle coasts or stops), which were practically invented to hack the EPA testing cycle.
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