Example collocations logo

Electric in sentence

794 examples of Electric in a sentence

Sales of electric cars have increased dramatically in recent years; some 750,000 were registered in 2016 – nearly half in China.
Investing in electric mobility and infrastructure – including electrified public transportation, charging stations, and electric car-sharing programs – will help, not hurt, development.
Some industry officials insist that electric cars are not ready for mass rollout, and that a better solution would be to build more efficient gasoline and diesel engines.
I have been fortunate to experience firsthand what electric mobility feels like, and how it is superior to gasoline- and diesel-only cars.
Costa Rica’s legislature is also debating a bill to provide tax incentives for electric transportation.
Others in Latin America are finding their own ways to promote electric mobility.
This gives us an incentive to lead the global transition from gas-powered vehicles to electric cars, buses, and trains.
To be sure, pushing the electric engine past the gas-powered relic will remain an uphill battle.
Just like the CEO of Shell, I, too, believe that the transition to electric mobility is inevitable.
And private companies play world-leading roles in renewable energy and electric vehicles.
High-priority sectors such as robotics, aerospace, electric vehicles, and advanced medical equipment have been identified; targets for increased spending on research and development have been established; and leading state-owned companies will play a major role, alongside private companies.
Moreover, outside of the oil and electric power sectors, state-owned enterprises in Iraq have never been major employers.
China was also engaged in constructing a $500 million electric plant and railway link between Tajikistan and Pakistan.
Legally mandated breakups – such as of Standard Oil in 1911 and AT&T in 1982 – are rare, and regulating prices charged by “natural monopolies” (such as electric utilities) is uncommon.
Major Chinese companies already play a leading role in the development of electric cars, and Chinese cities are by far the biggest buyers of electric buses.
In electric transport, Chinese companies are as well placed as their European and American counterparts to innovate and be globally competitive.
So the faster the Chinese economy moves to electric transport, the better placed Chinese companies will be.
In the electrical transmission mediated by gap junctions, the plasma membranes of adjacent neurons are separated by a gap of about two nanometers (two-billionths of a meter), but contain small channels (the gap junctions) that connect the cytoplasm of the adjoining neurons, permitting the diffusion of small molecules and the flow of electric current.
In March 2016, for example, the fully electric Tesla Model 3 was unveiled and priced at a relatively reasonable $35,000.
Consider the following example: Chile is the world’s largest producer of lithium and Japan’s Panasonic is the largest manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, but it is China’s BAIC that is the largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer.
The reason is obvious: this is a technology that, like the electric car, requires a social decision and a government that enables that choice.
Fish learn to avoid unpleasant experiences, like electric shocks.
Adding insult to injury, a beautiful photograph shows electric cars finishing the “Zero Emissions Race” in Geneva.
And, more importantly, most of our planet’s inhabitants still dream of owning some form of mechanized transport – which is unlikely to be an electric vehicle with a price tag of $50,000 or more.
For example, an American who buys an electric car receives a $7,000 tax reduction.
Likewise, to rein in pollutants from motor vehicles, China’s government has made adoption of electric vehicles a high priority, setting a target of five million on the country’s roads by 2020.
Describing a transition to electric vehicles as a job killer, Trump has advocated ending federal subsidies that encourage domestic development, manufacture, and purchase, such as the $7,500 federal tax credit for consumers.
Government investment in roads, traffic signals, and parking infrastructure built the platform that engendered a global auto industry, and that today supports continuous upgrades in gas, diesel, electric, and hybrid vehicles.
Recent developments show that even automotive internal combustion engines will not yield to electric motors or fuel cells as rapidly as many enthusiasts have hoped.
To solve women’s urban mobility challenges, we need a completely reimagined vehicle that is electric, shared, safe, and “smart.”
Back