Better: Electric or Hybrid? In today’s economy not everyone can afford fifty to a hundred dollars here and there‚ every week or two. In our constant innovation and search for developing better and more efficient ways has finally led us to options. New technology has helped us further advance the automotive industry‚ but hastily neglected the environment. In order to help out with the carelessness of the environment; automotative companies have began creating more powerful and proficient electric and
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A solar car is a solar vehicle used for land transport. Solar cars combine technology typically used in the aerospace‚ bicycle‚alternative energy and automotive industries. The design of a solar vehicle is severely limited by the amount of energy input into the car. Most solar cars have been built for the purpose of solar car races. Exceptions include solar-powered cars and utility vehicles. Solar cars are often fitted with gauges as seen in conventional cars. To keep the car running smoothly‚
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For Mr D Clare Harper Adams Engineering Dept 1. Summary. 3 2. Introduction. 4 3. Electric Drive 5 4. Efficiency 7 5. Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) 8 6
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will produce batteries for Tesla vehicles. As you can imagine‚ the factory will cover a lot of ground to the tune of 10 million square feet. This will mean that Tesla will be able to produce close to 500‚000 vehicles by 2020. In turn it will create employment for 6‚500 people and consumers will find it more affordable to purchase batteries for their electric vehicles that are currently selling for around $5‚000‚ including installation costs. The Giga factory will ensure the battery costs will be
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especially the air is to introduce the latest technology that have been invented by the automaker named hybrid technology. Hybrid technology is the most term commonly refers to hybrid electric vehicle and for addition the most common form of hybrid electric vehicle is the hybrid electric car. The difference of the hybrid electric car with the conventional car is the type of engine use to move the car on the roads. Therefore‚ the hybrid car technology is one of the ways to reduce the air pollution. 2
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the passage better place is a company which is driven by the impulse of making people adapt and drive electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse emissions. The companies approach is to own the battery that powers electric car and make recharge mechanism easier for Electric Vehicles consumer. Better place is committed towards making ubiquitous charging so that they will be able to charge battery from anywhere. It can be plugged in at home‚ at work at work or in a public car parking space. Better
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have started to reconsider the usage of electric cars (Global EV Outlook‚ 2013). Electric Vehicles [EV] have been around since the 1830s‚ yet it is only recently that countries have experienced an increase in their production thus redefining tomorrow’s automobile and transportation industry. This year‚ the global production of EV is predicted to rise by 67% (IHS‚ 2014). 1.1 Market Trends According to the Green Car Guide (2014)‚ top Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) models include the BMW I3‚ Renault
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or GM‚ unless they start producing lower priced vehicles. In order to produce these vehicles‚ Tesla has to cut its production costs and step out of the luxury electric vehicle niche they have created for themselves. My proposal covers three methods that will help Tesla reduce production costs and make them a volume seller of automobiles. The methods are to reduce the production costs of the battery pack‚ eliminating the luxury features of the vehicle‚ and reintroducing the more affordable 40kwh model
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production‚ and marketing of electric powered vehicles founded in 2003 by the young businessman‚ Elon Musk. Elon is well known for co-founding paypal‚ and now he amazes the world again with his incredible vision of Tesla Motors‚ and being the main product architect. Tesla Motors appeals to the environmentally friendly market‚ by currently being the only company to sell a zero-emission sports car. Tesla’s fundamental motive and selling point is producing only electric vehicles‚ as opposed to competing
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OnLine Electric Vehicles (OLEV) - Wireless technology can now deliver electric power to moving vehicles. In next-generation electric cars‚ pick-up coil sets under the vehicle floor receive power remotely via an electromagnetic field broadcast from cables installed under the road. The current also charges an onboard battery used to power the vehicle when it is out of range. As electricity is supplied externally‚ these vehicles need only a fifth of the battery capacity of a standard electric car‚ and
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