And, even if the batteries die, you can still use the old standby: an actual key.
The gasoline engine drives the front wheels, but it also sends some current to the batteries.
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But it's still great for tapping out long e-mails, and the batteries last a long time.
Soon he was urging the Chinese company to scale up the batteries for cars.
The batteries can be recharged and are expected to last for more than 100 tests.
The batteries will power the Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in hybrid coming later this year.
They are thinking--thinking, nothing is definite--of leasing the batteries--on top of the price of the car.
Meanwhile, Airbus has scrapped plans to use the batteries in its A350 passenger jet.
All 50 Dreamliners in operation were grounded after the batteries emitted smoke on several separate occasions.
As concerns about the batteries have increased, the FAA has conducted extensive testing of their performance.
That means that by 2012, the batteries will be manufactured here in Holland, Michigan.
But in the few cases under investigation, the batteries heated up and caught on fire.
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And then 123 -- A123 hired them both to help manufacture the batteries of tomorrow.
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The batteries are suspected of contributing to two jumbo-jet 747 freighter crashes since 2010.
Now, these are the batteries that go into electric cars and electric trucks and hybrids.
E. electric sedans but Better Place owns the batteries, charging for the miles driven.
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Toyota, which depends on these minerals in the batteries for its hybrids, reportedly possesses a one-year supply.
Last month, I posted ideas from MIT professor, Don Sadoway, on how to fix the batteries.
Speaking in April, he said he believed the batteries were intended for use by the automotive industry.
The batteries could then be used as a power supply for the European Space Agency's (Esa) spacecraft.
E. sedans but Better Place owns the batteries and charges a monthly fee for the kilometers driven.
If that happens, the batteries can simply be replaced, and the fleet can be returned to flight.
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Any change in the batteries would have to be incorporated into the Dreamliner's complex, globe-straddling supply chain.
"Even when she was 2, she would point to her ears if the batteries got low, " Ross said.
It weighs less than the batteries in many modern smartphones -- those that still have removable batteries, anyway.
For starters, Boeing will require more exacting standards in the manufacture of the batteries and their individual cells.
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The FAA has also approved limited test flights for two aircraft to test the changes in the batteries.
This means that only the batteries on the ends have any hope of venting the heat they generate.
The batteries in question are manufactured by Japan's GS Yuasa, under a subcontract to France-based Thales, Boeing said.
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With the batteries below the floor pan, the car's centre of gravity has been lowered, which improves handling.
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