The length of time it has taken is nothing to do with lack of ability, everything to do with how the talent ladder of the motor racing system works - or doesn't.
Other noise reduction features include a quiet-operation windshield wiper motor, a sound insulation windshield design and a dual-isolated motor-mounting system.
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Spark EV is powered by an advanced electric motor and battery system.
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Because peak power arrives at different rpm for the gas engine and the electric traction motor, peak system horsepower nets out to be an even 200 hp at 5, 600 rpm, which is the rated redline.
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They optimized the battery management system specifically to our motor, rather than relying on a generic system like other brands.
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Designed to be lightweight and cheap to produce, the robotic bicep upgrade uses a (mostly) aluminum frame, battery-powered DC motor, cable drive system, racket braking and thumbstick controller for movement, with a BeagleBone board supervising the electronics that pull it all together.
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When the window hits the top of the door and stops, the high torque on the system damages the motor and can bend parts.
Each LNG In A Box unit is fully equipped with a gas pre-treatment system, cold box assembly and boil off gas compressor as well as a GE's turboexpander compressor, high-speed reciprocating compressor, electric motor, driver and control system.
The World Motor Sport Council approved a new system that would see the winner take 25 points with 20 awarded for second and 15 for third.
The Tobii PCEye eye tracking system allows people with limited motor skills and certain neurological problems, to use their eyes to tell their computer what to do.
For an example, in a hybrid car, a radiator works to cool the combustion engine while a second radiator cools the power electronic system that runs the electric motor.
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Even in highly disciplined Singapore, home of the most sophisticated road-pricing system in the world, citizens have had to be cajoled into accepting the latest flexible charging system with reductions on other motor taxes.
Each rat had, in effect, grown a new nervous system which ran from the motor cortexes of its brain, down its spinal column, past the breaks in its spine and into its back legs.
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Up to a third of cases are fatal and those who survive may face memory loss, impaired cognition and motor difficulties (the virus affects the nervous system).
Jore believes they can leverage the CORE motor technology in a wind turbine power generation system at Boulder Wind Power in Colorado for residential and commercial deployments.
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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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Its no-contact drive system uses an advanced low-noise motor and geared belt to ensure control over speed while filtering out vibration.
If your dream is to travel around the country in a motor home, better get it out of your system now.
Given a free hand in the design, his team developed a continuously variable transmission system that allows the petrol engine and electric motor to work separately or in tandem.
The GM designed oil-cooled, permanent magnet motor is the heart of the Spark EV's propulsion system.
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Microsoft has made a deal with Ford Motor Company to put its software into the dashboard with a system called Synch(ph).
In 1995, he represented Acorn in a key case upholding the new Motor Voter Act -- the very law whose mandated postcard registration system Acorn workers use to flood election offices with bogus registrations.
It has been long thought that this ability was innate, rather than learned, but the Duke researchers observed the mouse song system and were surprised to see that it included a motor cortex region active during singing.
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At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, GKN unveiled its new electronic torque-management system--think of it as artificial intelligence for the driveline.
The Disabled Drivers Motor Club (DDMC) wants Transport Secretary Alistair Darling to overhaul the system which was introduced in 1971 to enable disabled people better access to parking.
Rather than eliminate nitrogen oxide via a bulky chemical treatment system that even the EPA questioned initially, EGR would make the motor do all the work by piping exhaust gas back into the cylinders and burning it again a cleaner, cheaper, lower-maintenance solution, which would set Navistar ahead of the pack.
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Harvard Medical School may unwittingly assist with solving our (rather misguided) plight, as it just experimented with a system that lets a human mind trigger actions in a rat's motor cortex.
GaN switches convert power at higher frequencies than traditional components and can be easily embedded in virtually any electrical system from consumer electronics products to computer servers, HVAC equipment, industrial motor drives, and inverters for solar panels and electric vehicles.
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