Sentences with phrase «like car battery»

Burns are serious injuries and can be extremely painful, whether the incident involves anything from a small scalding water burn, to a chemical burn from substances like car battery acid.

@ogrote: I don't think it runs out of battery when plug in, tablet pc system is like car battery system, the external plug in source will supply electricity when plug in, while same time partially charging the battery.

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Battery - powered cars offered by the likes of Tesla are gaining traction faster than fuel cell vehicles backed by Hyundai and Toyota Motor Corp..

«A fully electric car will never be a mainstream car like a Honda Accord until the battery is much cheaper and lighter.

Kevin Bai and Xuan «Joe» Zhou at Kettering University work in labs and in battery industry research, but they talk like car shoppers than laboratory wonks.

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

Companies like General Motors and Toyota were also investing in electric vehicle technology, but Tesla was the first to show that a battery - powered car could be sexy.

You can, however, make some pocket money by recycling everyday products like broken electronics, car batteries, bottles and cans, ink cartridges, and paper.

Battery prices are falling fast, more and more models are available, and countries like China are buying record numbers of zero - emission cars.

Then, credibility restored, Tesla will easily raise cash to build the Model Y. For all the triumphant bear fuss lately, Tesla went public at $ 17 a share and remains a 17 - bagger at $ 295 — and, as Moody's notes, fundamentals like battery cost, public acceptance of electric cars and regulatory support are stable or improving.

On the other hand, economist Larry Summers argues in Foreign Affairs that running deficits can stimulate the economy — like giving a car battery a boost to get it going.

Tesla's battery powered cars and self - driving technology were a threat to European luxury carmakers like BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen's Audi unit, which remain heavily invested in internal combustion engines.

Chinese electric cars are not known for providing the best driving experience and battery life, so having a standard like Tesla could help encourage the domestic market and drive up competition.

This surging stock looks like a promising bet on electric cars — and it's not Tesla Battery - materials company Umicore is among the few electric - vehicle «champions,» analyst saysAs Yogi Berra might have put it: Nobody buys Tesla stock anymore.

Even if a computer «learns» (like certain models of a car that does when the battery is disconnected and then reconnected, to «relearn» its idle settings), where did the original code come from?

It's like when my car has a «dead» battery.

And so I'm housebound, my only exercise a daily pentathlon of running (nose), jumping (car battery), catching (pneumonia), throwing (my back out shoveling) and jogging (my memory to recall what grass, sun, birds, flowers and life look like).

Like other squad cars, it has additions specific to the department, few of which are well suited to racing: a heavy cage in the back; special alternators, brakes, and electronics to fuel the lights; extra batteries; a heavy - duty cooling system; an altered suspension.

His invention is human - powered (using a treadle, like an old sewing machine) and can charge old car batteries that then provide...

His invention is human - powered (using a treadle, like an old sewing machine) and can charge old car batteries that then provide electricity for night - time LED lighting (so kids can read!)

Other weather related problems like dead batteries and cars stuck in snow banks have also increased this winter.

The goal is to turn scientific advances into deployable technology, like better batteries for the electric cars that could further reduce U.S. demand for oil and cheaper photovoltaics to produce the electricity that would go into those batteries.

The hybrid GE is developing with the marine engineering firm C - MAR works something like the upcoming Chevy Volt car, which uses an electric motor as its primary drive and carries a small combustion engine to charge batteries that run low.

«I always liked science,» he says, noting that as a child he was less interested in operating his remote - controlled car than he was in calculating how long it could run before the batteries ran out.

McCain's platform revolves chiefly around monetary challenges for companies and consumers — including a $ 5,000 tax credit for consumers who buy zero - emission cars (encouraging automakers to create such vehicles) and a $ 300 - million X PRIZE — like competition to develop a battery for plug - in hybrids and fully electric cars.

But fuel cell advocates point out that given the space available in a car frame and the laws of thermodynamics, today's batteries can only provide a limited driving range — 40 miles (65 kilometers) for GM's own Chevrolet Volt — before requiring a recharge, such as by the gasoline motor in a full hybrid like the Toyota Prius.

U.S. scientists have warned Congress that the significant demand for these minerals for use in high - tech and green technologies (like wind turbines, computer parts, and hybrid car batteries) could lead to shortages.

He says determining these reaction rates «is both quite fundamental and of immediate practical interest in high - power applications like traction batteries for cars, trucks, and buses.»

For this reason, flow batteries are unlikely to be found in mobile applications, like laptops or electric cars.

Like the battery in your cell phone or car, vanadium batteries are rechargeable, but chemically and structurally they go their own way.

It wasn't with batteries; the Impact runs on lead - acid units much like the ones in ordinary cars (albeit 32 of them).

Like an electric car, a gauge on the dashboard tells the pilot how much energy is in the batteries and the plane is plugged in when it needs to recharge.

If we want electric cars to have anything like the performance and versatility of internal combustion ones, they have to «refuel» reasonably quickly; the idea of exchangeable battery packs is an environmental and practical minefield.

Traditional lead - acid batteries (like the one that starts your car) produce energy for as little as one - tenth the cost of lithium batteries, but they wear out more quickly and are heavy.

Like a dead car battery needs a boost, your metabolism needs a jumpstart and Certified Holistic Nutritionist Melissa Pancini is here with her booster cables and all the info you need to hit RESET!

The combination might sound impractical and unwise, like wiring up a crowbar with a car battery, but you can't argue with results.

, published on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/quando-recursos-minerais-se-esgotarao-648952.shtml >, based on information from the US Geological Survey, the US government agency responsible for geological research that crossed information on the annual consumption, mineral reserves available on the planet and its predictable extinction: 1) Platinum (use in surgical materials)-- Extinction by 2049; 2) Silver (use in the manufacture of mirrors and cutlery)-- Extinction in 2016; 3) Copper (use in wire and cable and air conditioning ducts)-- Extinction in 2027; 4) Antimony (use in remote controls and other materials to increase strength)-- Extinction 2020; 5) Lithium (use in cell phone batteries, laptops and video games)-- Extinction in 2053; 6) Phosphorus (use in agricultural fertilizers)-- Extinction in 2149; 7) Uranium (use for electric power generation)-- Extinction in 2026; 8) Indian (use in smartphones and tablets touch screen screens)-- Extinction in 2020; 9) Tantalum (use in cameras lenses)-- Extinction in 2027; 10) Nickel (use in metal alloy coating, electronics such as cell phones)-- Extinction in 2064; 11) Tin (use in coating metal alloys, such as those used in the soft drink cans)-- Extinction 2024; 12) Lead (use in car batteries and trucks and welds and bearings)-- Extinction in 2015; 13) Gold (use as jewelry and computer microchips)-- Extinction in 2043; 14) Zinc (use to cover alloys, preventing rust that destroy objects like coins)-- Extinction in 2041.

@juhist I like the way you go into detail:) But most cars have the battery at the engine compartment and they work just fine without getting damaged by heat.

Things like that I recently replaced the battery because it was nearing the end of its servicable life (which didn't surprise me much, given my driving pattern) and before that had the cam belt replaced due to age when the car was approaching the ten year mark.

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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.»

(As electric - car adherents like to remind, the massive battery, nestling against the floorpan, lowers the center of gravity.)

When you begin to consider the Volt's other attributes, it's important to remind yourself that the majority of your 41,000 George Washingtons is funding the research, development, and production behind the powertrain and the battery, because the Volt neither rides nor handles like a $ 40,000 car.

You might also have a parasitic draw, i.e. something that is using too much current when the car is switched off - this can be checked by switching the meter into current mode (A on the dial) and putting it in series with the battery - but don't attempt to start the car like that or you'll destroy the meter...

Samra's been in the battery game for thirty years, watching promising cars like the GM EV1 and Toyota's electric RAV4 come and go.

In quiet cars like hybrid vehicles, the engine may be off when the driver exits the vehicle, but can come back on later when the vehicles» batteries run low.

Like the Chevy Volt, the Karma is primarily an EV, powered by a 600 - pound lithium - ion battery pack mounted longitudinally along the center of the car.

There is a relay in some cars to turn off other power loads like the radio to reduce the load at the battery during engine start.

They usually ask the very simple stuff like «did you check the battery, did you check this, check that, is the car on fire?».

The soft reboot is nice because it does not delete all the cars values like the battery voodoo.