Sentences with phrase «larger than the battery»

However, ultracapacitors need to be much larger than batteries to hold the same charge.

Not exact matches

Berkshire has more than 90 operating units, including large businesses such as the BNSF railroad, Geico auto insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Energy utilities, and smaller businesses making Dairy Queen ice cream, Duracell batteries, Fruit of the Loom underwear, Ginsu knives and the World Book encyclopedia.

Plus, its 27,000 mAh capacity is several times larger than a typical battery pack.

The company even built the world's largest lithium - ion battery farm (100 MW) in South Australia to win a bet, in fewer than 100 days.

Repair shops will probably recommend against installing a battery that has a larger capacity than the original, as there can be risks of damage.

Less than a month after Tesla unveiled a new backup power system in South Australia, the world's largest lithium - ion battery is already being put to the test.

Rather than requiring large, bulky batteries, the Jumperoo only needs three AA batteries, which most young parents already have tucked into a drawer somewhere anyway!

You can see from the dimensions and weight that this WindyNation battery is larger than the others we've reviewed so far.

This larger appetite for electrons translates directly into increased storage capacity: 47 % greater than standard manganese dioxide batteries of the same size.

Because the active components are separated, flow batteries are safer on large scales than conventional batteries.

An added benefit, Sadoway notes, is that lead is also much cheaper than antimony, so adding large amounts of lead will likely reduce the battery's overall cost.

«This will enable us to image chemical phases within the smallest available particles, often less than 100 nanometers in size, and still give us the penetrating power to look at large volumes of material, such as thousands of battery particles.

But X-ray microscopy can image a larger field of view and thicker materials than TEM, meaning it can study materials that more closely resemble real - world batteries.

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.

The answer to that, the report says, is for utilities to change their business model and prove to their customers that the larger power grid could be better and more reliable than a home fully reliant on solar panels and batteries.

«When taking into account that production of the far smaller batteries of plug - in hybrids is associated with less carbon dioxide emissions than production of the larger batteries of electric vehicles, their carbon dioxide balance is even better,» says Patrick Jochem of KIT's Institute for Industrial Production.

For years, scientists have considered sodium - ion batteries a safer and lower - cost candidate for large - scale energy storage than lithium - ion.

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.

The design permits larger amounts of energy to be stored at lower cost than with traditional batteries.

Ecologists implanted tiny, battery - powered tags smaller than a pencil eraser into more than 8,159 fish migrating down the Columbia, the nation's fourth - largest river, and released those fish at one of four sites anywhere from about 140 to 245 miles upstream from the ocean.

«When our aim was to produce the materials used in batteries from household supplies in a manner so cheaply that large - scale manufacturing facilities don't make any sense, we had to approach this differently than we normally would in the research lab,» Pint said.

Plug - in hybrids use large battery packs that can be recharged by plugging them in, reducing gasoline consumption far more than ordinary hybrids, which can't be plugged in.

In the plug - in hybrid, the 9.8 - kWh battery pack is around five times larger than in the standard Sonata Hybrid, making for an EV driving mode that can provide an estimated range of 22 miles running only on electric power.

The batteries and their capacities may be larger in pure EVs than in hybrids, but the voltages are roughly the same.

The battery array contains 6831 3.7 - volt lithium - ion cells, each of which measures 2.56 inches in length by 0.71 inch in diameter (about 30 percent larger than a AA battery).

In this driving mode, Hyundai expects the Sonata Plug - in Hybrid to deliver 38 mpg city, 43 mpg highway, and 40 mpg combined, each 1 mpg lower than the expected numbers from the standard Sonata Hybrid, likely due to the larger battery pack's higher weight.

Better yet, the manufacturing cost for both this battery and the primary battery — a larger AGM unit placed underhood — is far less than the lithium - ion pack, meaning GM can bundle it with the 2014 Malibu as standard equipment on all models, including the entry - level $ 22,965 2014 Malibu LT.

There's even scope for a more powerful 22kW charger to be fitted to the next Formula E safety car - Qualcomm says a 22kW charger could fill an i8's empty battery in as little 15 minutes, and perhaps more impressively, it could even fill the much larger battery of the all - electric i3 in less than an hour.

I upgraded it to 1200 CCA (had to rig up new battery mounts too, since it was so much larger than stock).

This version of the 2017 Toyota Prius has a larger battery capacity that lets you drive longer than ever before in EV Mode.

Ford engineers have had to work within the engineering confines of the existing Focus though, but it seems strange that the new Focus Electric has a larger battery capacity than the Ioniq for example, yet doesn't go as far on a single charge.

An efficient powertrain means the battery isn't too large which would increase weight and charging time, it's mainstream enough to match the Leaf on looks and general appeal, VW's selectable regen levels have been brought in to improve efficiency further, while the interior is more than practical enough for most families.

An AC - DC rectifier and a very large capacitor may used to store the regenerated energy, rather than a battery.

A weekly shop and push chair for example will fit in the back, though the floor is higher than you might expect because of the large battery pack.

The new model now has a 33.5 kWh battery, almost 50 % larger than the outgoing version.

In order to achieve these figures, the PP — OK, maybe we should just go with «Prime» — gets a larger 8.8 - Kwh battery pack bigger than its non-plug-in equivalent.

With a larger battery pack than the F1 car, Project One will also be able to glide under full electric power for about 15 miles.

I did not realize the large power gab between the battery and the motor (I wonder why the EV motor is more than twice as powerful as the battery that powers it?).

C - MAX Energi has an external charge port and a larger lithium - ion battery than the lithium - ion battery in C - MAX Hybrid, for an all - electric driving experience.

It is a larger mid-size sedan than most other EV offerings, but that should mean more space for a large battery pack too.

It's likely the battery pack size will be larger than the Nissan LEAF's 30 kWh pack, likely 34 kWh or larger.

The plug - in version uses a larger 9.8 kWh battery — about five times larger than the regular hybrid — and is expected to deliver around 35 kilometres of electric - only range.

Thanks to a lithium - ion battery that's 9.0 percent larger than before (1.76 kWh versus 1.62), fuel economy is up by 1 mpg in both city and highway driving to 40 and 46, respectively.

A downsized powerplant — now displacing an even two liters rather than the previous hybrid's 2.4 — is paired to a more powerful electric motor and 13 - percent larger battery pack.

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.

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.

Among the top selling affordable EVs in America, plug - in hybrids and range - extended hybrids now sell in larger numbers than battery - electric models.

These cars typically have larger battery packs than standard hybrids, and can drive greater distances on pure electricity.

Hence, it is hardly larger than a conventional car battery and is housed conveniently in the luggage compartment between the wheel arches of BMW ActiveHybrid 7, safely surrounded by a high - strength special casing.

Hence, it is only slightly larger than a conventional car battery and is housed conveniently in the trunk floor between the wheel arches of BMW ActiveHybrid 7, safely surrounded by a high - strength special casing.