You may have missed that Compaq nc2400 ultraportable business laptop among the slew of notebooks we reported on yesterday, but according to Laptop magazine, those on a budget looking to travel light should probably give the 3.6-pound (with battery) model from HP a second look.
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The Environmental Protection Agency estimates the 85-kilowatt-hour battery in the Model S Broder tested has a range of 265 miles.
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The maker of battery-powered Model S sedans has a goal of becoming profitable this quarter, with vehicle deliveries forecast to rise to a record 20, 000 units this year.
Also being announced today is that the small battery option for the Model S will not enter production, due to lack of demand.
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As the State of Charge log shows, the Model S battery never ran out of energy at any time, including when Broder called the flatbed truck.
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The second model, sans battery, will be offered in black.
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Meanwhile, Tesla is due to launch the Model X, a battery electric SUV, by 2014.
That time should now be cut in half and on the Model S with the largest battery, a half-hour charge should add about 200 miles to range.
It has a large enough screen where consumers will expect far more than a smartphone experience, but also has a usage model that demands all-day battery life.
Tesla designed the Model S to have a swappable battery and in the coming months will roll out a battery-switch option at its service stations, though the company declined to provide details on how it will work or the cost.
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The same document lists a 5600mAh battery for the tablet itself, as well as a model number: RZ09-0093.
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Battery life has also been boosted, as the new model packs enough stamina to shoot up to 500 photos (CIPA measurement) from a single charge.
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On the plus side, battery life seems to be very good, clocking in at almost six hours with the standard six-cell battery and about nine with an optional nice-cell model.
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It sounds like a raw deal, but Tesla promises customers that the artificially limited Model S will reap unexpected benefits from the battery swap -- that is, improved acceleration and a higher top speed.
Acer is refreshing their C7 Chromebook lineup with the C710-2055 model, bumping available RAM and significantly upgrading the battery life of its budget-priced Chromebook.
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Like recent offerings from Ford and others, the 2014 model adds a much larger 9.4 kWh battery to last year's non-plug-in hybrid, letting you trundle on electrons alone at up to 80MPH for 20 miles or so with with nary a puff of CO2.
Ultrabook shoppers looking for a well-built, unusually compact 13-inch model should consider the Dell, but the relatively poor battery life might be a deal breaker for some.
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Setting the bar for electric driving range, Model S offers 40 kWh, 60 kWh and 85 kWh battery options.
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And like the predecessor model the two round instruments show the charge status of the battery and the energy used and recuperated.
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Until now, all the Model S vehicles sold have come equipped with the 85 kWh battery pack (the largest available, with the greatest range).
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If Apple finally adds 4G LTE and increases the display size in the new iPhone model, then odds are Apple will be very concerned with battery life.
You should get at least 10 hours of battery life out of your iPad if it's the WiFi-only model, and 9 hours of life if it's LTE.
The service-orientated slate (as opposed to a gadget, which CEO Jeff Bezos claims nobody wants) comes with a bigger battery, a new processor and 1GB RAM -- double that of the 2011 model.
The battery failures resulted in release of flammable electrolytes, heat damage, and smoke on two Model 787 airplanes.
In its model, consumers (or fleet owners) buy EVs, but lease the battery and get electricity through service contracts with Better Place.
Between that bigger cell and new chipset, Acer is rating the battery life at seven hours, which, if true, would correct one of the OG model's biggest shortcomings.
There's also a higher-end J10Q variant that steps up to a Core i5, 128GB SSD, 2GB of RAM, WiFi, HDMI output, inbuilt WiMAX model and an SDXC slot, with the craziest aspect being the claimed 12 hours of battery life.
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Furthermore, the model might be identical to its 2.5G equivalent in every other respect, leaving the battery and platform issues unaddressed.
Mostly to make room for a larger battery, the new iPad weighs about 8% more and is about 7% thicker than the prior model.
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Fixing the battery problem quickly and definitively is paramount for the company, considering the sizable investment of the industry following the model's problem-plagued development.
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