Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:10:04 +0100 (Reuters) - Customers queue at the cashier to purchase for car batteries at a car parts shop in Berlin February 6, 2012. Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT PROFILE SOCIETY)
Car batteries are stacked-up on pallets and shelves for sale ...
Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:40:07 +0100 (Reuters) - Car batteries are stacked-up on pallets and shelves for sale in a car parts shop in Berlin February 6, 2012. Bitterly cold weather sweeping across Europe claimed more victims on Sunday, brought widespread disruption to transport services, and left thousands without power with warnings that low temperatures would continue into next week. REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski (GERMANY - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT PROFILE SOCIETY)
House Republicans Question Safety of Chevy Volt Batteries
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:00:17 +0100 House Republicans railed against the Obama Administration Wednesday during an investigative hearing on General Motors' Chevy Volt, after a probe conducted by the federal auto safety agency ruled that the electric cars' batteries are not prone to causing fires. "The Chevrolet Volt is safe to drive and it has been safe to drive the whole time," asserted David Strickland, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "Not only would I drive it, I would [take] my wife, my mother and my baby sister along for the ride." (Source: Yahoo! Contributor Network)
Nissan workers install batteries and other components into the ...
Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:30:12 +0100 (AFP/File) - Nissan workers install batteries and other components into the body of Leaf electric vehicle on the company's Oppama plant assembly line in Yokosuka. At first glance the production facility looks like any other but the high-tech facility is home to the production line of the car giant's all-electric Leaf car, key to the green ambitions of the Japanese auto giant.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)
Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs ...
Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:50:07 +0100 (AFP/DDP/File) - Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists gazing into their crystal balls.(AFP/DDP/File/Jens Schlueter)
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