The Audi e-tron, for instance, is an experimental sports coupe that relies on a battery alone to drive four electric motors one for each wheel.
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The ELR will run on an electric propulsion system made of a T-shaped lithium ion battery, an electric drive unit and a four-cylinder engine generator.
The inspection report on the Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative grant came a day after President Barack Obama lauded U.S. efforts to invest in alternative energy.
The electricity generated by a micro-wind turbine is transmitted and stored in a battery before being used to drive home electrical appliances such as lights, LCD monitors and TV sets.
Where cities have pollution restrictions, for example, a driver could elect to drive purely on the battery, or to switch to that quieter mode in a school zone.
In Israel, Better Place recently marked the inauguration of a network of battery switching stations that allows motorists to drive the length of the country.
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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Included in the wide array of impressive features is a high-speed FireWire port (Apple says the iPod can transfer a full CD in ten seconds), a five-gigabyte hard drive and an advanced rechargeable battery that Apple claims will last ten hours on an hour's charge.
The base model is tricked out with an Intel i7 3630QM 2.4GHz processor, an NVIDIA Geforce GTX 670MX 3GB GPU, 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive, an 8x DVD drive, an 8-cell battery and a 17.3-inch glossy, backlit display.
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In the future, Navistar may try to sell trucks with battery packs customized for the route the truck will drive.
The gasoline engine only turns a generator, which charges the battery and sends electricity to two electric traction motors that drive the car.
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If I don't drive it for four or five days, the battery is drained.
Broder also mentions that he didn't drive around a parking lot to run down the battery, but did so since he couldn't find the poorly-lit and unmarked Supercharger at night.
However, the dock has a lot going for it, on top of its general rigidity: extra ports (including HDMI and USB 3.0), an SD card expansion slot, a 500GB hard drive to complement the fast solid state drive within the tablet itself, and a second battery to increase running time.
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In addition to the higher battery capacity clear improvements have been made to the efficiency of the drive system, resulting in a greater range.
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As you'd expect, the keyboard dock packs a second battery, though it also makes room for an optional 500GB hard drive to complement the SSD inside the actual tablet.
In addition, the drive offers device sleep (DEVSLP), which increases system battery life while maintaining system responsiveness.
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The updated model doubles the memory to 4GB RAM, expands the hard drive storage to 320GB, and packs a 6-cell battery with a rated life of 6 hours.
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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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As the leading provider of power management ICs, including battery management and power supply technology, TI relies on power design expertise to drive innovations in wireless charging.
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In addition, the notebook trio offers a versatile modular bay allowing users to remove the optical drive to lighten the load when travelling or to install a second battery, which along with the high-capacity standard battery provides up to 15.5 hours(1) of operation.
The battery that runs your laptop on a cross-country flight has enough electricity to drive your car 100 feet.
Let's focus on the actual machine first: here we have a Core i5-2410M (2.3GHz to 2.9GHz) rig packing a 14-inch 1, 366 x 768 LCD, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 500GB 7200rpm hard drive, and a DVD burner that can be swapped with a secondary battery.
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The battery switch system could also prove attractive to owners of corporate and government fleets whose vehicles drive predictable routes and face rising gasoline prices.
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The device will also apparently come in a couple of different models, each boasting a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 touchscreen, a full QWERTY keypad, AMD LX900 or LX800 Geode processors, 30GB or 60GB hard drives (with a 6GB SSD drive an option on some models), and a promised 7 hours of battery life (or 11-12 hours with the optional expanded battery).
With its slim form factor, the "A-Drive" could fit into tablet devices, greatly expanding its storage space while extending battery life by up to 30%.
The company sells the Fluence but owns the battery, the most expensive component of an electric car and charges drivers for the miles they drive.
The drive is also more durable and power efficient, delivering a reliable computing experience while maximizing battery life.
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That marathon battery life is made possible in part by the slow-spinning 4, 200 rpm 30GB hard drive and low-power (in more ways than one) Core Solo U1300 processor, running at a sprightly 1.06GHz.
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According to its label, this swivel-hinged machine packed a Core i7-3520M, 8GB of RAM, 500GB 7, 200rpm hard drive, Blu-ray burner, LTE radio and a 72Wh (6, 700mAh) battery.
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