Flywheel technology uses two electric motors at the front axle to supplement the engine (in this case, a 480 horsepower rear-mounted engine).
FORBES: Names You Need to Know in 2011: Flywheel Battery Technology
Noah, the umbrella body for animal rights groups in Israel, has been the main engine behind the case.
First, Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to make termination of the second engine a test case of whether Congress is committed to eliminating waste, and has won White House backing for a veto of the defense spending measure if the extra engine is funded.
For five years now the E2.0 platform provider community has argued the case for collaboration as a new engine of growth and efficiency and the case will be made again next week at Virtual E.20.
FORBES: Should Your Focus be a Collaboration or Innovation Platform?
In 2010, the IMO adopted rules that require any large cruise ship built after July 1 of that year to have a separate, redundant system able to maintain the ship's propulsion, steering and so forth in case one engine is disabled by fire.
In this case, the TDI engine is also shut off and decoupled from the drivetrain to ensure maximum regeneration.
ENGADGET: VW unveils CrossBlue plug-in SUV with iPad mini headrests and 85MPGe efficiency (eyes-on)
He gunned the engine a couple of times, in case I wanted to say anything else that needed drowning out.
Proponents of the so-called alternate engine have never made a very convincing case for why the government benefits from paying for two design teams, production lines, supply chains and maintenance systems.
It's probably mostly its tiny size -- and the fire engine red probably doesn't help its case much in that respect, either.
In any case, the failure of one engine would be unlikely of itself to cause a crash, as a modern jet could keep flying with its second engine alone.
In my case, I've installed a search engine called Google Desktop that lets me quickly scour my hard drive for files, and a product by Xobni Corp. that does something similar for Outlook email, even though neither is approved by my IT department.
That is not the case however and Quantitative Easing did in fact rev the engine just enough to keep more coming.
In this case it's a four-cylinder BMW-sourced engine providing that extra range, exhaust peeking out just behind the front-left wheel.
ENGADGET: Fisker Atlantic EVer unveiled in New York, we go eyes-on
Ford has put its Jaguar team and Cosworth engine maker up for sale because it could not make a compelling business case to continue next season.
In the case of the Splendor, the heat generated by the fire damaged two engine control switchboards directly above and melted electrical cabling, causing a total loss of electrical power on board and the failure of the forward engine room.
In the case of Famo.us, the innovation has been to bypass the webkit render engine by writing a new, higher-performance engine.
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.
ENGADGET: VW unveils CrossBlue plug-in SUV with iPad mini headrests and 85MPGe efficiency (eyes-on)
In the case of the U.S.-spec iQ, there's some packaging giveback in the engine compartment.
WSJ: 2012 Scion iQ Review: Slow, Whiny, Tiny��but Great to Park | Rumble Seat by Dan Neil
应用推荐