Sentences with phrase «charged by the battery»

The U.S. pioneer in luxury electric cars charged by batteries was one of the first companies to offer steering that could be operated hands - free, one of the first steps to full self - driving that industry experts say may be available by 2020.
(They must also work with an auxiliary power pack that can be charged by a battery.)
All top battery cases for iPhone 8 give you quick charging solutions; moreover, you can keep your iPhone in your hands while it is being charged by the battery case.

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The Los Angeles - based company has developed technology that transmits ultrasonic waves (at a register well beyond what's audible) that are translated by devices as a microscopic quiver; this vibration is converted back into an electrical charge to power anything with a battery, no wires or wall plugs required.
WA's world - leading lithium sector could ride a wave of demand led by the charge in battery storage technology.
Duracell, however, sets itself apart from its competitors through its PowerForward program, which helps communities recover from natural disasters by providing internet access, charging phones, and offering free batteries during power outages.
The basics: The car is powered by an advanced lithium - ion battery technology that can be charged at a conventional charging station or via a plate that can be stored in your garage.
Engineers at Apple even tried for many years to build a smarter battery by adding solar charging to iPhones and iPods, a former Apple executive said.
Load shifting — The battery can provide economic benefit to its owner and the grid by charging during low rate periods when demand for electricity is lower and discharging during more expensive rate periods when electricity demand is higher.
Samsung pursued a stake in BYD after its affiliate was among foreign battery makers left off a list of suppliers approved by China, where sales of electric vehicles are surging and the government has sped up construction of charging points.
The company estimates that it will be possible to utilize surplus energy produced by the system (after fully charging the battery) for mining virtual coins and thereby generate substantial additional revenue for system users,» Apollo Power said.
The altenator will be spun by the engine which will provide the electrical energy to keep the battery charged and split water «ON DEMAND!»
«I was relaxing, charging the batteries mentally, surrounded by family, friends in a quiet environment.
These scooters are not propelled by children, they use batteries and often need to be charged over night, for about 40 minutes of run time.
The battery that supplies all electrical power is charged by little generators built into the rear wheels and the battery should rarely (if ever) need to be charged by external means.
Hein, accompanied by a battery of lawyers, convened a Friday - afternoon press conference where, as usual, he took charge of events.
White House press secretary Josh Earnest blasted GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump for standing by his campaign manager charged with battery.
Congestion pricing has been in political limbo for weeks since Fix NYC, a state task force assembled by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, called for charging a daily fee — $ 11.52 for passenger cars — to drive into a congestion zone in Manhattan from 60th Street south to the Battery at busy times, as part of a plan to reduce gridlock on the streets and raise money for the struggling subway below.
«The unit's Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD) team scanned the general area and discovered 1 Cylinder main charge, 1 Pressure plate and 3 Battery suspected to have been abandoned by the terrorists.
It's powered by a good Li - Ion battery for typically more than an hour of runtime on a single charge.
The trimmer is powered by Ni - Mh rechargeable battery, which has one of the best charge - to - runtime ratios on the market — in about an hour the battery takes enough charge for up to 50 minutes of use.
Your camera's battery life is measured by how many photos it can take on a full charge before it's completely depleted.
The clipper is powered by electricity, or you can charge up the battery and run it for over an hour without needing to plug in.
It's powered by standard AA batteries so there's no need to worry about carrying around a charging base or cord.
Though a corded rotary tool is limited by its distance from an outlet and extension cord, you won't have to worry about charging batteries.
Virus Batteries Seung - Wuk Lee, a bioengineer at the University of California, Berkeley, has found that a virus called M13 is a natural generator, responding to movements (such as the tap of a foot or the beat of a heart) by building up an electric charge.
The Novcolxya 4WD RC is powered by a rechargeable battery (charged with a USB cable) while the transmitter is powered by AA batteries.
And by «going the distance» I mean how far the Tomahawk can travel on one full charge of the battery.
By plugging them into cars and squeezing nearly 300 miles out of a single charge, Tesla helped drive battery technology, and a reluctant auto industry, forward.
A new technique developed by researchers at Technische Universität München, Forschungszentrum Jülich, and RWTH Aachen University, published in Elsevier's Materials Today, provides a unique insight into how the charging rate of lithium ion batteries can be a factor limiting their lifetime and safety.
Currently, reducing charging time by increasing the charging current compromises battery lifetime and safety.
Xcel hopes to convert up to 500 hybrid cars owned by the county, the city of Boulder, and the University of Colorado to plug - in hybrids by adding larger batteries that can be charged from the grid.
However, the practical application of sulfur has been greatly hindered by challenges including poor conductivity and poor cyclability, meaning the battery loses power after each charge and dies after a lower number of recharges.
It produces about 40 milliwatts of energy from a band measuring 10 centimeters by 10 centimeters, which could trickle out a charge to keep a cellphone or smart - watch battery charged.
Led by Professor Chen Xiaodong, Associate Chair (Faculty) at the School of Materials Science & Engineering, the team reported in the journal Advanced Materials (print edition 8 January) how they have created the wearable power source, a supercapacitor, which works like a fast - charging battery and can be recharged many times.
To avoid the expense of solar panels, Nomad's batteries were charged by a gasoline generator, which handlers refueled every night.
These are separated from one another by a liquid electrolyte that helps ferry charged ions through the battery as it charges and discharges.
We hope to develop rechargeable batteries with quick charging time by applying our findings to the design of materials and conditions that are optimum for creating a stable intermediate state.»
Like all batteries, microbatteries work by shuttling electron - toting compounds from a negatively charged electrode to one that is positively charged, where the electrons are siphoned off.
Today's most popular rechargeables, lithium ion batteries, are made from negative and positive electrodes separated by an electrolyte through which positively charged lithium ions can flow back and forth.
In particular, they have to increase the number of charge / discharge cycles significantly, which could be achieved by improving battery and electrode designs as well as by using coatings other than reduced graphite oxide.
This way the batteries can be charged at home and not just by the gas engine and other on - board features, thus greatly reducing the need for gas except for long trips.
Some people charge their battery electric cars by plugging into the power grid, which delivers electricity generated largely from carbon - emitting fossil fuels.
When the hitchhiking spacecraft tethers itself to a comet, it acts like a regenerative brake, charging its batteries by slowing...
Now battery - maker PolyPlus claims to have created such a battery by encasing the lithium in a special membrane that allows it to pass charge without melting down.
The heart, made by Abiomed Inc. of Danvers, Massachusetts, is powered by a battery implant that holds a 30 - to -40-minute charge.
The new development by Pobl Group, the largest housing association in Wales, features solar roofs, shared battery storage and the potential for charging points for electric vehicles.
By adding a vanadium battery to the system, one can run the diesel generator while charging the battery, turn the diesel off, run the battery, then repeat the cycle nonstop.
But for all their perceived advantages, magnesium batteries have proven too good to be true since they were first proposed in the 1990s and essentially sidelined by a variety of problems; primarily, the lack of a suitable cathode, or positive electrode — otherwise known as the part of a battery where the magnesium ions enter during discharge of the battery to power an electronic device and then exit during charging.
One downside: lithium ion batteries do not dispense their charge — carried by lithium ions and electrons, hence the power source's name — very quickly compared with some other types of storage batteries.
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