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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Investigators pulled the voyage data recorder, a device that records alarms, voice communications on the bridge, engine speed, navigation information and rudder angle, Cuty said.
The computer can control the throttle and measure the engine speed.
One possible use of this technology is to provide context information from the car, something like the engine speed has reached 2000 rpm, the parking brake has been disengaged, the transmission gear is in drive and the brake pedal is fully off the floor.
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However, new six-speed gearboxes should help, by matching the engine's speed more closely to the vehicle's road speed.
In an hour or so Spetter can get a 1, 000hp engine to set speed records and smoothly cruise through suburbia without overheating in traffic.
The 616-horsepower Spider has a 3.8-litre V8 engine and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission with rear-wheel drive.
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And trust fuels the engine that produces the speed businesses require to outperform the competition.
The hull's shape and the medium speed diesel engine means the yacht produces low emissions.
The car has a V8 engine, five-speed manual transmission and 102, 755 miles on the odometer.
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I'm rather looking forward to driving the car with the hot little turbo engine and six-speed manual.
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The amount of radiation likely won't change unless there's a rocket engine developed that can speed up the interplanetary ride, researchers said.
Big Data and a high-speed analytics engine helped a travel agency deliver answers to would-be holiday makers fast, before they impatiently moved to another site.
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Beneath its carbon fiber skin the 6.5-litre V12 engine and seven-speed single-clutch gearbox get the car to 60 miles per hour in a flat three seconds.
Flying Spur bests Mulsanne, however, in sheer power: It holds a 6-liter, 616-horsepower W12 engine and eight-speed transmission and will go 0-60 miles per hour in 4.3 seconds.
Later the car was modified to accommodate a Simpson Special land-speed record engine (no. 1522), a motor that had won ten records at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
The Death Star project concept falls in a practical sense at the first hurdle as nobody knows how to build a near light speed propulsion engine for it.
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The X-51A WaveRider flew for more than three minutes under power from its exotic scramjet engine and hit a speed of Mach 5.1, or more than five times the speed of sound.
The investigation found that the autorotation training the pilot received was not representative of an actual engine failure at cruise speed, which likely contributed to his failure to successfully execute the maneuver.
The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.
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The car has a 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine with a 6-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
The Samsung's unique in-house developed DRIMe IV imaging engine provides outstanding developments in speed, and image quality.
Under the Hood: The Altitude model is equipped with a 5.6 liter V8 engine and a six-speed transmission.
It comes with a 744cc, 48.8-horsepower engine and a five-speed transmission. (Beware the first-gear kick down that Italian personality makes it finicky sometimes to lock into place.) I found it stable to drive, even on Old Montauk Highway, and perfectly suited to zipping from Navy Beach to Clam Shack and back again.
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Ferrari's experimental 599 has the car's V12 engine coupled to a seven-speed automated gearbox which also contains an electric motor.
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Fuel consumption and emission levels can then be measured (for urban driving, say, or cruising at a particular speed) and the engine's tuning adjusted accordingly.
Meanwhile, Ford is rolling out a more fuel-efficient lineup of power trains for its 2011 F-150, including a 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine and a new six-speed transmission.
This XKR-S is still, after all, a 2-ton two-plus-two coupe with a big engine up front and a six-speed automatic transmission.
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Two-and-half-hour stints are a breeze, thanks to the surprising suppleness of the suspension, potent engine, smooth-shifting seven-speed automatic transmission and quiet interior.
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The most efficient Cruze model, the Eco, uses a 138-horsepower, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and a manual, six-speed transmission to achieve an EPA rating of 28 mpg city, 42 highway.
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