Invented in 1951, the rotary engine is a revolutionary concept in internal combustion.
1951年发明的旋转引擎是内燃领域的一个革命性观念。
Mitochondria are often described as the tiny internal combustion engines of cells.
线粒体通常被形容成细胞的微型内燃机。
When the internal combustion engine was invented, oil became of worldwide importance.
当内燃机发明后,石油更具有世界性重要意义。
"Electric propulsion has a lot of benefits over internal combustion engines," he said.
他说:“电力推进相对内燃发动机来说有很多好处。”
All incorporate an internal combustion engine, a generator for recharging and an electric motor.
它们都包括一个内燃发动机,一个为充电使用的发电机和一个电机。
Next, we can use a different and cleaner fuel for the internal combustion engine with other designs.
接下来,我们可以让内燃机使用不同的更清洁的燃料。
Reliability: a pure electric vehicle has a lot fewer parts than one powered by an internal combustion engine.
可靠性:一辆纯电动汽车比一辆内燃机驱动的汽车零件更少。
Last but not the least, we are trying to control the emissions from the internal combustion engine much more strictly.
最后,我们正在尝试更加严格地控制内燃机释放的气体。
Eventually, it is hoped, fuel cells running on hydrogen will take the place of the ubiquitous internal combustion engine.
最终情况很有可能是——氢燃料电池取代现在无所不在的内燃机。
"What we should do in Seoul is agree that we will stop the endless addiction of mankind to the internal combustion engine," said Johnson.
约翰逊说:“在此次首尔会议上,我们应同意终止人类无止境的‘内燃机上瘾症’。”
But until they are widely available, simple changes to the internal combustion engine-and the way we drive-could as much as double gas mileage.
但是,在这些汽车还没有广泛使用之前,对内燃机简单的改变以及我们驾驶方式的改变能使汽油里程加倍。
Hybrid gas-electric power is the only serious alternative to the internal combustion, gasoline-powered engine that has emerged in one hundred years.
100年来,油电混合动力是汽油内燃机引擎的唯一切实有效的替代产品。
And not just a fuel, but, indirectly, a technology: the internal combustion engine, without which mankind might have taken to the roads but never to the skies.
但这又不仅仅是一种新的燃料,而是一种新的技术:内燃机。没有内燃机,人类可能会拥有道路,但是不可能会飞向蓝天。
Wood heated at high temperatures with minimal oxygen cannot burn completely. Instead, it creates gases that can be used to power generators or internal combustion engines.
木材高温加热,有限的氧气不足以使它完全燃烧,于是产生气体,可以作为发动机或内燃机的能源。
The Paice patent covers a way to supply torque to a car’s wheels from both an electric motor and internal combustion engine using a combination of high voltage and low current.
帕斯专利包括通过高电压和低电流从电动马达和内燃引擎向汽车车轮提供力转矩的方法。
"If we did it purely for profitability, we wouldn't be doing it," said Lutz, who predicts that even in a decade's time, at least 90% of cars sold will still be powered by internal combustion.
“如果只考虑利润率,我们不会那么做,”卢茨说,他预测,甚至在10年内,至少90%的汽车仍是由内燃机驱动的。
More efficient internal-combustion engines will wring out mileage from every drop of fuel, and hybrid powertrains will combine an electric motor with a conventional engine.
更高效的内燃发动机将进一步节约油耗,混合动力装置把电动马达同传统引擎组合在一起。
Once the steam engine put that idea into practice, developments such as the internal-combustion engine-which now powers the world's millions of automobiles-came as almost inevitable refinements.
当蒸汽机把理想变成了现实,那么驱动了现在世界上数以百万计的汽车的内燃机就是一种必然技术进步。
At Ford, with the internal-combustion engine and direct fuel injection, we're making a 25 percent improvement in miles per gallon and we're reducing CO2 [emissions] by 15 percent.
在福特,我们利用内燃机和燃油直喷技术,将每加仑燃油行驶里程数提高了25%,二氧化碳(排放)却下降了15%。
Like carmakers, they are trying to combine internal-combustion engines and electric motors to save fuel.
和汽车制造商一样,他们正试图将内燃机引擎和电动机结合起来以便节省燃油。
But so-called "range parity" - equalling the typical range of an internal-combustion engine on a full tank - is just as important a goal for battery manufacturers.
然而对电池制造商而言,他们要完成的重要目标就是实现所谓的“续行里程均等”-即拥有与一辆加满油的内燃机汽车相等的续航里程。
Oil is found in relatively few places, and its energy density, pumpability and ease of use in internal-combustion engines makes it particularly well suited as a transportation fuel.
储有石油的地方相对较少,因其能量密度、泵送能力及在内燃机上的易用性使其特别适宜成为运输燃料。
The Chevrolet Volt, a revolutionary electric car with a "range-extending" internal-combustion engine, due to be launched in 2010, made Toyota's Prius hybrid look a bit dated.
预计在2010年上市的雪弗兰volt,一款有着“扩展行程”功能的内燃机的新型电动汽车,使丰田的混合动力汽车普锐斯显得有些过时。
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