Also worth note, Instacube sports a built-in rechargeable battery, allowing it to operate completely untethered when the mood strikes.

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Battery technology allows the vehicle to operate with zero emissions.

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Based on Samsung's BSI low power process technology, the S5K3H2 is able to operate on 1.2 voltage levels enabling longer battery life for high-end mobile and smartphones.

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That project got put on the backburner and Better Place instead said it would build battery switch stations for a small fleet of electric taxis that would operate from the San Francisco and San Jose airports.

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