But the project's first concept is most decidedly a four-wheeler: a plug-in electric Mini powered by a lithium-ion battery.
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are small battery-powered devices that can deliver a small electric shock to the heart in response to a life-threatening arrhythmia (when the heart starts beating rapidly and inefficiently).
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The Karma Sedan is a series Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powered by a lithium-ion battery and an efficient 2.0-liter range-extending gasoline engine.
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As I zip silently around the San Francisco Bay Area in a new Ford Focus Electric, the stylish battery-powered car emits not a molecule of carbon pollution.
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Hybrids, already being sold by Honda and Toyota by the thousands, use battery-powered electric motors to assist traditional internal combustion engines.
With all due respect to Nissan and its nifty electric Leaf, BMW, long aligned with the idea of performance, decided it needed to understand more about driver behavior before introducing its own battery-powered electric vehicle.
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The Ford Focus Electric will be powered by a 23 kWh lithium-ion battery with an estimated 100-mile range that can be recharged by both 120V and 240V power sources.
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Back in June I wrote about electric car road rage after I found someone had unplugged the battery-powered Ford Focus I was charging at a public parking garage so they could juice their own electric car.
For example, she says we should throw out our electric alarm clocks or turn off that feature on our cell phones in favor of battery-powered clocks.
Every battery-powered device could be affected, from cell phones to cameras to electric cars.
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It is a hybrid, powered by both a small internal combustion engine and a battery-driven electric motor.
Professor Blythe, who's studying consumer reaction to battery-powered vehicles, reckons 5-10% of British cars will be electric within 10 years.
Your home, your car, your appliances can all be powered through the advanced battery that will sit inside your plug-in electric vehicle.
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The big investment play on electric-powered vehicles, Tesla Motors (TSLA), the leading developer and maker of battery electric vehicles, recently revised downward its third-quarter delivery from 500 vehicles to 200-225, and its full year target from 5, 000 to 2, 700-3, 250 due to production issues, including delays in delivery due in part to flooding at one of its component suppliers.
While some could argue that pure electric cars are still not ready for prime time, the Volt exists as the bridge between internal combustion and battery-powered propulsion.
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