The feature allows a fully depleted battery to be charged to 80 percent capacity in 30 minutes using a 480-volt power source.

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Inventories have now been almost fully depleted, paving the way for a jump in production in the last four months of the year.

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According to Ford, a fully depleted battery takes less than 3 hours to charge using a 220V charger, and 7 hours with a drop cord plugged into to a household wall socket, hillbilly style.

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The company returned to profitability by 2000, but it soon got into a different kind of trouble: In a world where three-quarters of sea fish varieties are considered to be fully fished or depleted, illicit operators use subterfuge to exceed catch limits.

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The device will have enough electricity-generating oomph to fully juice up a depleted iPhone 4S or similar smart phone between 10 and 14 times.

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It's not news that nearly 70 percent of global fish stocks are fully exploited, overexploited or depleted.

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