And a couple of future cars, like the mid-sized Aura and the replacement for the current Ion, look wonderful, both inside and out.

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In this way, it is possible to check the current charge status of the lithium-ion battery or to verify the vehicle's current range on a map.

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In the meantime Toshiba has just announced a new Lithium Ion battery that recharges something like 60 times faster than current batteries.

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In January, Sadoway told me that the 787 has two lithium-ion batteries one to provide a surge of current to get the engines started and another to provide backup power in case the main power sources fail.

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As Sadoway explained to me in a January 25 interview, the 787 has two lithium-ion batteries one to provide a surge of current to get the engines started and another to provide backup power in case the main power sources fail.

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Although the current batteries are "durable and reliable, " Hartline said lithium ion batteries pack more energy into a smaller space.

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If you zap purified water with electric current, you can split apart a water molecule into a positively charged hydrogen ion and a negatively charged hydroxide ion (oxygen attached to hydrogen).

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