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Tier 1 HELLA evaluating PowerGenix NiZn batteries for 48V mild hybrid vehicles

Green Car Congress

Micro hybrid vehicles are traditional gasoline- or diesel-powered cars with automatic, battery-powered stop-start systems that shut off the engine while the vehicle is at rest and restart it upon re-engaging the gas pedal. Nickel-zinc batteries are chemically very similar to nickel-cadmium, NiCd.

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

Cars That Think

My friend gave me an internal history of the company written by its founder, Boris Hagelin. In the center of the cast-aluminum base of the HX-63 cipher machine is a precision Swiss-made direct-current gear motor. A 12-volt DC linear power supply runs the motor and printer and charges the battery. Peter Adams.