Two hi-tech cables link the kite to an electric generator on the ground where the electrical power is generated.
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He has people working to develop a drone the size of a hummingbird and others working on an electric generator powered by ocean waves.
The 2013 Volt can travel an average of 38 miles on one full electric charge before its onboard gas-powered electric generator seamlessly switches on.
It's powered by a hydrogen internal combustion engine that turns a 44-kilowatt electric generator that runs eight propellers and whatever communications equipment is loaded on board.
By applying the brakes or reducing speed by letting off the accelerator, the electric motor acts as an electric generator, converting energy that would otherwise be wasted into battery energy.
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Buy CPFL Energia (CPL, 71.8) , Brazil's largest electric power generator with 13% of the market and 6.6 million customers in 2009 spanning just 4 of Brazil's 26 states.
Coming in 2012, a hybrid version of the flagship Audi A8 sedan will team a 2.0-liter turbocharged gasoline engine with an electric motor generator and self-charging 1.3 kWh lithium-ion battery pack to realize an impressive 37 mpg.
In addition to the petrol engine and electric motor, the LF-CC hybrid drive system further comprises a generator, a high-performance battery, a power split device which, via planetary reduction gears, combines and re-allocates power from the engine, electric motor and generator according to operational requirements, and a compact power control unit to govern the high speed interaction of the system components.
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Instead of stepped gears like a conventional transmission, it has a fixed planetary gear, and changes engine speed by adjusting the generator electric load.
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His discoveries laid the foundations for the electric motor and the electrical generator, and thus for electrification in general.
The DOE said presently less than 10 percent of power electronics is involved in the electric industry, from the generator to the use of the electricity.
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In this case, however, the front electric motor-which is now supplied with energy by the TDI engine-operates exclusively as a generator and a power source for the electric motor at the rear.
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In their quest to root out inefficiencies and to produce competitive markets, federal regulators sought in the 1990s to create open access to electric transmission lines, allowing any generator to send its power to prospective customers.
Fisker, electric with a small gasoline-engine generator, had effectively addressed only a sliver of the potential market for his magnificent car.
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The 1.4-liter gasoline engine under the hood functions as a generator, creating juice for the electric motor.
The ELR will run on an electric propulsion system made of a T-shaped lithium ion battery, an electric drive unit and a four-cylinder engine generator.
Korea Electric Power (KEP, 13) is its sole electricity generator.
The gasoline engine only turns a generator, which charges the battery and sends electricity to two electric traction motors that drive the car.
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The Lexus' whirligig is familiar from the Toyota Camry and Avalon hybrids: a lean-burning Atkinson-cycle, 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder (156 hp) coupled with two electric motors, one a 141-hp traction motor, the other a starter-generator.
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It is optimized to provide the ability to travel in all-electric mode for typical daily use, but can also leverage the existing gasoline infrastructure to power its range extending generator, as needed, thereby eliminating 'Range Anxiety' and providing the freedom, flexibility, and peace of mind that comes with the extended range of a conventional vehicle.
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