electric battery
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Unplug Your Laptop Now, or It Will Stay Plugged in Forever
Do you want to be chained to an outlet for the rest of your life? Of course not. That’s why you got a laptop in the first place. Somewhere down the line, many of us got the idea that our laptops should always be plugged in to improve their performance. This is a myth that’s…
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E-Bike Batteries Trigger Deadly Fire
A 3-alarm fire in lower Manhattan killed four people and left two others in critical condition in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Lithium-ion e-bike batteries are to blame, according to the New York City Fire Department. The blaze, which began in an e-bike shop on the first floor of a multi-story, mixed-use building in…
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Scientists Discover a Way to Make Cheaper Batteries From Everyday Elements
The world is going all-in on electrifying transportation, mostly. Right now, some automakers are exploring a future with all-electric line-ups; some are also looking at things like hydrogen power or synthetic fuels. The latter of those, might be a more viable solution if we continue making batteries with precious metals for everything we use daily…
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French Carmaker Renault Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Car
French car manufacturer Renault unveiled a potentially groundbreaking reimagining of their Scénic model that features a battery that runs on hydrogen. The announcement was a part of a ChangeNOW summit that took place today in Paris.