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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

Green Car Congress

In addition to trolleybuses, under the contract, the company will also provide batteries that will allow the modernization of 21 other vehicles, by replacing nickel-cadmium batteries with lithium-ion ones, together with appropriate power electronics.

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How Long Does an Electric Car Battery Last?

EV Connect

EV Batteries: The Basics Electric cars are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which are more energy dense than the lead-acid batteries found in internal combustion engines or rechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries found in some hybrids. Connect with us today. Interested in EV charging stations?

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

Cars That Think

Inside the disk are wires connecting a contact on one side of the disk to a different one on the other side. The disk is connected electrically to a typewriter-like keyboard. The HX-63 includes, in addition to the hand crank, a nickel-cadmium battery to run the rotor circuit and printer if no mains power is available.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. The telecom companies will always be primarily motivated by: customers x arpu = revenue Because of this they will push caps on connections, charge for crap like text messaging and stunt the growth of our communications systems.

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