It has a 2-liter DOHC 16V Duratec engine and a 7.6kWh Advanced Lithium Ion battery (the regular C-MAX hybrid uses a 1.4kWh battery instead) that unfortunately takes up quite a bit of room in the trunk.
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The advanced lithium-ion battery pack carries an industry-competitive warranty of 8 years or 100, 000 miles.
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More impressively, thanks to its advanced lithium-ion batteries and lightweight carbon-composite construction, the Tesla Roadster has a range of 200-250 miles from an overnight charge.
Because owners plug in to charge the advanced lithium-ion battery in C-MAX Energi, the vehicle is able to achieve increased electric mode and total range.
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And some are doing both: Nissan has formed a joint venture with NEC to produce advanced Li-ion batteries that use a laminated structure to improve cooling.
It seems odd: After all the research Toyota Motor and its partner, Panasonic, have done in the area of advanced lithium-ion batteries, the Japanese carmaker decided that maybe Tesla Motors' crude approach--stringing together a bunch of laptop batteries--is the preferred way to power electric vehicles, at least for now.
To enable this sort of performance, however, the United States is going to have to become self-reliant in another critical technology: the production of advanced, high-performance lithium-ion batteries.
To further placate customers that opt-in for the handset, as well as to make up for the glaring lack of Android 4.0, elements of that more advanced system have been incorporated into the Ion: a screenshot shortcut (visible on the power menu) and audio controls on its lockscreen (accessible by swiping the time display to the left).
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In a petition filed yesterday, JCI asked the Delaware Court of Chancery yesterday to dissolve the automotive Li-ion battery joint venture, Johnson Controls-Saft Advanced Power Solutions LLC (JCS), which was formed in 2006 to develop and manufacture lithium-ion automotive battery solutions.
The 787, Boeing's newest and most technologically-advanced plane, is the first airliner to make extensive use of lithium-ion batteries.
Johnson Controls is also increasing its production capacity of advanced battery types like Absorbent Glass Mat that power start-stop vehicles and Li-ion that power hybrid and electric vehicles.
The turbos, smaller engine blocks and advanced fuel-management systems available on the Cruze and others may not be as sexy as lithium-ion batteries.
The Nao also has all of the features of its less advanced counterparts: water resistance, a comfortable and easy-to-adjust strap and a rechargeable Li-ion battery that, in a pinch, can be swapped out easily for two AAA batteries.
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