Making use of this theory, PTC is applied extensively in household refrigerator and air-conditioner motor-starter and so on.

利用这个原理，在家用电冰箱和空调机等电器马达启动上得到了广泛的使用。

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That is fine for turning a starter motor, but it is not so good for powering an electric motor intended to move a car any distance.

对于启动马达这是很好的，但对于打算驱动一辆车行驶任何距离的一台电机来说，它并不是那么好。

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Those are possible problems, but tell me, when you turn the key, do you hear the starter motor crank?

这些都可能存在问题。但是你先告诉我，当你转动钥匙时，你听到发动机转动了吗？

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The Lexus' whirligig is familiar from the Toyota Camry and Avalon hybrids: a lean-burning Atkinson-cycle, 2.5-liter in-line four-cylinder (156 hp) coupled with two electric motors, one a 141-hp traction motor, the other a starter-generator.

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With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it.

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With neither a battery nor a starter motor--they add too much weight--the only way to get this vehicle going is by push-starting it with a Chevy Suburban.

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