Ferrari Gasoline-Electric Plug Plug-in 
Baua Electric
JANUARY 21, 2024
A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. This generally occurs at slower city speeds.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 17, 2015
liter, three-cylinder hybrid drive unit in the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid being declared the overall winner—as well as picking up two class wins—edging out Ford’s 1.0L The BMW i8 TwinPower Turbo three-cylinder gasoline engine was voted class winner in the 1.4-liter kWh of electricity. three-cylinder EcoBoost. liter to 1.8-liter
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) Institute of Vehicle Concepts in Stuttgart have developed a demonstrator multi-fuel free-piston linear generator (FPLG, or Freikolbenlineargenerator, FKLG in German) as a range extender for electric vehicles. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)
Cars That Think
MARCH 29, 2022
Something strange is happening in the Ferrari SF90. Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. The twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 31, 2009
million from the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program ( earlier post ) to complete its prototype development of a new gasoline-fueled wave disc engine and electricity generator that promises to be five times more efficient than traditional auto engines in electricity production, 20% lighter, and 30% cheaper to manufacture.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 13, 2024
The 2024 Kia EV6 GT is one of the best electric vehicles you can buy. And yes, you boot-up, power-on and power-down an EV just like a computer, unless of course your computer is powered by a gasoline engine! seconds, the 1/4 mile at 118 mph and, if daring enough, spin the dual electric motors to their maximum of 161 miles per hour.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 27, 2008
“This is the electric car?&#. It does zero to 60 in under 4 seconds, and it’s totally electric.&#. The car is lightning fast — an instant throwback to the purr of the EV1 electric car — only this time there is almost universal agreement that the car is damn sexy. Even I was surprised. metro photos: M.Garfield.
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