The California battery car start-up, Tesla Motors, bet on the performance factor when it made its first car to market the 2-seat Roadster.
This would eliminate what has historically been the only performance advantage of lead acid in starter battery applications, and is expected to considerably increase the value proposition of A123's Engine Start battery as a lighter-weight, longer-lasting alternative to absorbent glass mat (AGM) and other lead acid batteries.
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By enabling increased power at low temperatures, Nanophosphate EXT is expected to substantially improve the cold-cranking capabilities of A123's lithium ion 12V Engine Start battery.
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They founded CFX Battery, a start-up company based in Azsua, Calif.
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The HondaLink EV application will allow the user to remotely view the state of charge, initiate charging, and activate the air conditioning and heater to pre-condition the vehicle while connected to the grid to maximize battery range on start-up.
It has allowed us to help companies, for example, start advanced battery manufacturing here in the United States.
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Better Place also said Thursday that it plans to start building battery-exchange stations in California--its first U.S. destination--next year.
And the Toshiba came in last among the three in my tests of battery life, cold start-up time and reboot time.
Toyota and its battery suppliers have a head start on the nickel metal hydride batteries used in today's hybrids.
Shouldn't I expect the battery to stay charged to at least start the car?
The Suminoe factory will start producing 3.1Ah battery cells, the highest energy density cells available in the market.
Unfortunately for Fisker, the Karma was plagued with quality issues from the start, mostly due to battery problems from its supplier, A123 Systems.
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For example, you shut off the unit or the battery dies, and you have to start at the beginning or go through a medieval process of physically recording track numbers.
Despite the slow sales of battery-powered cars, the head-start they have over fuel-cell cars gives them a definitive advantage in terms of price.
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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.
Toshiba is rushing out such a battery, which it had originally planned to start selling in two years' time, to meet the expected demand from owners of electric cars.
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U.S. battery makers acknowledge that Asian companies have a head start but say that they have an advantage when it comes to delivering batteries tailored to their customers' needs.
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This start-up allows users to save battery power by keeping the power turned off when the camcorder is not in use, while making sure that unexpected shooting opportunities are not lost.
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One of the aircraft's two batteries was replaced in October after it failed to start the jet's engines, the battery's primary function.
Renault is particularly keen to promote fast-charging stations, along with exchange centres on motorways where depleted batteries can be quickly swapped for another one during long journeys. (This approach is being championed by Better Place, a start-up which has developed robots to handle the battery-swapping process.) Meanwhile the tinkerers are already at work: some are planning to build small, petrol-powered generators which can be towed behind battery-only cars on long trips.
It also tells you if you actually have a frozen battery (yes, really) before you really kill it by trying to start.
Some analysts said that Boeing's request to start test flights may be a way for them to establish that the battery issues that impacted the JAL and ANA flights may have been unique to those two planes.
It comes with a miniature aerial (MCX), a rod aerial with magnetic base and removable suction cup, a printed Quick Start Guide, and a USB charging cable (intended for use with the EyeTV Mobile battery, not designed to charge an iPad).
But start with this underlying fact: the cost of the raw materials alone necessary to make the battery is higher than the cost of gasoline.
After entering the planned departure time in the vehicle or the web portal the vehicle will be fully charged in a battery-saving and economical way, and pre-air conditioned if required so that it is ready to start.
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The AMD Z-60 APU comes loaded with features designed to enhance the tablet experience, including AMD Start Now technology that allows fast boot and resume from sleep times1, up to eight hours of battery life while Web browsing, and up to six hours of HD video playback2.
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