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These components are combined with electrical parts that are also "made by Volkswagen, " such as the lithium-ion battery in the center tunnel and the 54-hp front and 114-hp rear electric motors.
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As for the immediate problem of getting the 787 back into the air, the news this morning is that overcharging seems to have been ruled out as the cause of the battery problems at the center of the crisis.
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The Conrad New York opens 19 March in Battery Park City, near the World Financial Center, with Hudson River views and 463 rooms.
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The CrossBlue's lithium-ion battery has an energy capacity of 9.8 kWh and is housed in the center tunnel.
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United Technologies is a fuel cell leader, and David Parekh, director of the United Technologies Research Center, says that expertise has allowed the company to improve the energy density of a standard flow battery by 10 times, albeit on a small scale.
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"The flow battery architecture has huge advantages, " says Michael Perry, project director of electrochemical systems at United Technologies' Research Center.
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