News tagged with battery pack

Study finds benefits of plug-in vehicles depend on battery size

Thinking about buying a new plug-in vehicle? You may want to check the size of its battery first.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NTT Docomo's new smartphone features wireless charger

(PhysOrg.com) -- Charging your cell phone can be a hassle, mostly because you have to find your cord, and if you are anything like most people, you don't have just one charging cord lying around your house. ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Seagate portable storage goes wireless (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Seagate's GoFlex Satellite is the first portable hard drive, with integrated Wi-Fi and battery pack, that lets you stream 500 GB directly to any mobile or Wi-Fi equipped device without using ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

In winter's chill, cold batteries mean trouble for plug-in cars

Nobody worried about cold-weather performance of electric vehicle battery packs when it was warm outside, but now that Old Man Winter has descended, the problem is beginning to surface. When cars have a range of no more ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 01, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 9

Tesla Motors to raise up to $214.3M (Update)

(AP) -- Electric car upstart Tesla Motors Inc. will sell common stock again, this time with hopes of raising $214 million to expand its limited model lineup.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cooling fins help keep Chevrolet volt battery at ideal temperature

Engineers of the four-seat Chevrolet Volt electric car often refer to its 435-pound battery pack as the fifth passenger. Given the care taken to keep the pack at just the right temperature in all temperature ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Five myths about electric cars

Despite how many times they're told differently, some Americans persist in their belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Sorry, nope. And almost as enduring are the myths about the forthcoming ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 23, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (27) | comments 24

Latest Flip is bigger, but better

Since its debut in 2007, the Flip video camera has turned millions of people into filmmakers by providing a foolproof way to shoot videos and upload them to the Web.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0