Sentences with phrase «heavier than the batteries»

It's pricier and heavier than the batteries I usually recommend, but it's also significantly more powerful.

The latest upgrade to be announced, which came as a holiday gift late last year, is an upgraded, more energy - dense battery pack than holds 40 % more energy and should extend range by about 35 % (because it is also heavier than the battery pack it replaces).

Not exact matches

Improvements to the battery are also important for the upcoming Model X crossover vehicle, which is bigger and heavier than the existing Model S.

So far the journey has not been good, much heavier to carry and drains batteries faster than I can insert them.

But to fill you in on the hospital grade machines, these are usually only slightly heavier than the medium weight ones, but could be as big as a car battery.

In this regard, researchers are diligently looking for new materials that exhibit a greater energy density and charging capacity, but which are no heavier or larger than those used in today's lithium - ion batteries.

Supercapacitors can accept and deliver charges much faster than rechargeable batteries and are ideal for cars, trains, elevators and other heavy - duty equipment.

The fuel cell version of the Equinox outweighs its standard cousin by more than 500 pounds (225 kilograms) thanks to its heavy nickel — metal hydride battery pack, GM says, but press down on the accelerator and the Equinox can run with the rest of the road traffic.

But spokesman Jerry Berg, at Marshall, points out that solar - powered craft need to carry heavy batteries to remain aloft at night, while balloons are more difficult than airplanes to hold in one location.

Research by an affiliate of the insurance group, the Highway Loss Data Institute, estimates that overall chances of being injured in a crash are 25 percent lower in hybrids because their large batteries make them heavier than similar gasoline - powered cars.

Part of the reason weight had to be reduced was to compensate for new battery tech, which will be 10 percent heavier than today's systems.

If instead, your positive battery post has only one heavy red wire leading to the solenoid, but the same stud on the solenoid also has a smaller red wire (still much heavier than most of the other wire under your hood) that leads off to the fuseblock or into the wire loom, then that wire is your suspect.

Even with the addition of the battery pack and electric motor, the compact engine and transaxle mean the hybrid model is only about 221 pounds heavier than an equivalent non-hybrid model.

With its heavy battery pack located just behind the rear seat, the Altima hybrid's rear suspension exhibits a bit more up - and - down motion than other Altimas, but it's not as pronounced as in the Camry hybrid (possibly because of the Toyota carries more weight).

The hybrid's 16 - kWh battery pack is mounted in the floor, so Chrysler's popular Stow & Go seats are unavailable; compared to the outgoing Town & Country, the hybrid weighs an extra 300 lb — figure about 500 lb heavier than a base Pacifica.

At 800 pounds heavier than the V - 8 SLS, the E-cell doesn't feel as agile, but mounting the battery pack low in the center of the car makes for profoundly less body roll.

The 2015 Kia Soul EV's battery pack weighs 620 pounds, and the entire car tips the scales at 489 pounds heavier than its gasoline - powered counterpart.

And because the new motor and lithium - ion battery are lighter and more compact than in past Lexus hybrids, the company says adding the automatic doesn't make the overall powertrain any heavier than other hybrids.

The lithium - ion battery pack that occupies most of the space between the axles makes the entire powertrain heavier than even a big - block V8 engine.

I did consider the Fusion Energi, but that car is more expensive, and me being an apartment dweller, I have no place to plug it in at night, so I went with the standard Hybrid, which actually gets better mileage than the Energi does once the Energi is in regular hybrid mode, because the Energi is much heavier due to its larger battery.

The hybrid version, because of its very heavy battery, also weighs about 400 lbs more than the gas version.

The system uses a component called a capacitor, rather than a heavy battery, to store energy captured in braking.

Due to the increase in battery capacity and size, the all new Samsung I929 Galaxy S II Duos is 1.3 mm thicker and 16g heavier than the Samsung I900 Galaxy S II.

That said, it still shares many of the downsides if you primarily intend to use it for reading: these tablets are more expensive, bigger, thicker, heavier, and more complicated than e-ink readers, and they have less - readable LCD screens and much worse battery life.

None of which is a bad thing — the worst you can say about this year's iPads is that they're heavier and thicker than last year's because of the bigger battery required to service the Retina Display.

Aside from being 28g heavier than its» predecessor, supporting 2 way QC 3.0 and coming in a transparent packaging, the Mi PowerBank 2C has the same design as the Mi PowerBank 2 with the same 20,000 mAh Lithium Polymer battery capacity.

Some minor negatives: little heavier than you would imagine, screen and battery life are average, navigation is not the smoothest.

This means they tend to be more expensive, heavier and have less battery life than their Android and iOS counterparts, although improvements to their processors mean this is less of an issue now than it was in the past.

One of the first things you notice after spending some time with the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is that the hardware feels quite solid; it's durable, yet not too heavy at 5.68 ounces — about an ounce more than both RIM's BlackBerry Bolds 9000 and 9650; the slider mechanism is smooth and there's very little horizontal - «give» while open vertically, which typically bodes well for its durability over time; the battery cover sits snuggly in place, even if you attempt to wiggle it around; and there's little - or - no squeaking or «creaking» if you squeeze and / or press various sections of the device, which hasn't necessarily been the case with other recent BlackBerry devices — expect for the top panel and trackpad, but I'll get to that in the next section.

The large battery and hinge mean that the Yoga is thicker and heavier than its rivals, though, and it's got a mid-range processor that's fine right now — but won't be able to keep up with the competition, especially further down the line.

However, I find that its LCD screen means it suffers from a number of drawbacks, including that it's heavy (15.8 oz), expensive ($ 110 more than the K3), has a short battery life (8 hours), and lacks 3G connectivity.

A fair amount of the weight is battery, I think: while the usage model is more iPad than Kindle in some ways, I easily made it through a couple days of fairly heavy usage without even turning off Wi - Fi.

Clovertrail isn't able to handle all the average users» Windows 8 scenarios so unless you can be sure it can do more than 100 % of what you need, it's not a solution you should buy â $ «especially as the 11.6 - inch devices make poor (large and heavy) casual tablets. Core - based tablets might be a better choice for many despite the lower battery life and heavier weight.

On the minus side, it's heavier than a Kindle and 12 hour battery life is a far cry from 2 - week battery life.

However, Asus has clearly put some thought into providing balance by making the keyboard part a little heavier than the screen, even though it doesn't incorporate its own battery.

I would like to throw in here that I'm currently testing the Kupa X11 Windows tablet and with its 5200mAh battery I'm seeing over 10 hours of battery life and its only slightly heavier than my Motorola Xoom.

Led by Apple's iPad and including several promised machines based on Google's Android OS, the tablets offer many more functions than e-readers but are heavier, have much shorter battery life and are typically more difficult to read for long periods of time.

Though it's more affordable than the previous DX model, the price is still within spitting distance of the more versatile iPad; heavier weight (than smaller Kindle) could make long reading sessions tiresome; doesn't support EPUB files; no protective carrying case included; battery is sealed into the device and isn't removable; no Wi - Fi option.

The Bad Though it's more affordable than the previous DX model, the price is still within spitting distance of the more versatile iPad; heavier weight (than smaller Kindle) could make long reading sessions tiresome; doesn't support EPUB files; no protective carrying case included; battery is sealed into the device and isn't removable; no Wi - Fi option.

It's important to note also that the severe living conditions imposed upon battery hens, coupled with their unnatural egg production inflicts a heavy toll upon them — some moreso than others — with few ever expected to live as long as their non factory farmed cousins.

But if a supply squeeze sends lithium prices through the roof — and causes fully - loaded batteries to add more than the current $ 10,000 or so to a car's total cost — lithium - heavy chemistry could be a luxury GM can't afford.

With help from EnergyCS, his outfit created the first plug - in Prius - though it used cheap lead - acid batteries, which are much heavier and shorter - lived than lithium - ion ones.

What if solar panels could be dirt, plants, and batteries rather than the expensive and often toxic chemicals and heavy metals used today?

Presence of heavy metals must be indicated on all batteries and button cells containing more than 0.0005 % mercury by weight (Hg), 0.002 % cadmium (Cd), and / or 0.004 % lead (Pb);

Even though the Model S is a much larger and heavier car than Roadster with ridiculously more cargo capacity the total battery energy consumption on the highway is only about 10 % more than for the Roadster!

This is heavier than the previous version of the Volkswagen L1 Concept which was truly feather - light at 300 kg (660 pounds), but it had the benefit of having only a 1 - cylinder diesel engine and no electric motor and batteries.

With medium to heavy use, the G Pro lasted more than 12 hours before getting to critical battery levels.

Purchasing this phone will most certainly be a matter of compromise: it's thicker and heavier than the original (and in our opinion, its design is a touch uglier as well), but in return you're getting a larger battery, LTE connectivity and a 16 - megapixel sensor instead of an 8 - megapixel one.

Apps actually come at a greater cost than the price tag on the app store: drains to battery life and data plans, especially from resource - heavy programs, can ultimately be a total money suck.

The 13 % bump in battery capacity is more impressive when you consider the fact that OnePlus was able to achieve it without making the phone any heavier or thicker than its namesake.