Not exact matches
The design permits
larger amounts of energy to be stored at lower cost than with
traditional batteries.
The day that car
batteries get there, the demand will be so
large that
traditional companies like Ford and Toyota will be challenged by nontraditionals.»
BMW already says a
traditional hybrid version of the 5 Series, called the ActiveHybrid, but the plug - in will have a much
larger battery so it can drive for moderate distances with the gasoline engine shut off.
One of those
traditional practices being reconsidered might well be Toyota's stance that hybrids and plug - in hybrids with small
batteries are the best answer to the broad range of consumer needs rather than
large battery EVs.
To make the all - electric range useful, however, means
large and heavy
battery packs, so if most of your trips are longer, a regular hybrid or a
traditional gas or diesel - powered vehicle might be more cost effective.
The YotaPhone 2 is a high - end Android phone with a
large e-paper display on the back that uses no power when displaying static images and graphics, greatly extending
battery life when used often instead of the
traditional front display.
But the Asus ZenFone 3 Max is unusually cheap... for a 5.2 - inch Android handheld that packs such a
large battery it can even work as a portable power bank charging your other digital devices while you're away from a
traditional electrical socket.
Where fast charging comes into the equation is that the manufacturer accepts that the
battery capacity is never going to be good enough, but the issue with including a very
large battery is that it takes longer to recharge over a
traditional USB cable.
This
larger form factor with an ARM processor could have 20 - 30 hours
battery life and run iPad / iPhone apps, but not
traditional Mac OS X applications, which would be a significant change.