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REPORT: Panasonic to follow the Tesla model of laptop batteries in cars {Autoblog Green}
Oct 5th 2009 4:47PM so i should just charge it to the 80% range, unplug it, and keep charing to maintain in in that range?
makes sense about the cars. glad they're foreseeing all this and taking measures to prevent batteries from dying out.
REPORT: Panasonic to follow the Tesla model of laptop batteries in cars {Autoblog Green}
Oct 5th 2009 4:33PM I know this is a little off topic but please enlighten me.
I only have 128 cycles and have only ever charged it when the battery goes down to 10% or below. Then I charge it to a hundred a leave it plugged in (assuming that it's only taking power from the AC and not the battery once it reaches 100) and only take it out when i need to, and let it go down to 10% again and recharge to 100. Is that not how you're supposed to do it?
REPORT: Panasonic to follow the Tesla model of laptop batteries in cars {Autoblog Green}
Oct 5th 2009 4:13PM My laptop battery is a year old and now iStat tells me it has 22% health. It only holds a charge for about an hour on minimal use when before it would last 4 hours with moderate use. I've been taking good care of it, etc.
What does this mean for electric cars running on these type of batteries?
When you buy the car it'll have a range of 200 miles but a year later it could potentially only range 50?
Apple thefts continue, but don't work so well for the crooks {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 3rd 2009 12:25AM You guys really need to stop publicizing this. It's not a helpful feature if everyone and their mother knows how to disable "find my iphone."
REPORT: Japan could require hybrids to emit sound {Autoblog Green}
Jul 3rd 2009 6:50PM This seems a little absurd to me. If you go out on the road and listen, most of the sound from cars come from the wheels on the ground and some wind. You rarely hear engine noise unless someone is really accelerating. And hybrids already have that faint electric purr which is definitely noticeable.
Spy Shots: Rolls Royce Mini one-off {Autoblog Green}
Jun 6th 2009 1:41AM BMW is just money hungry lately. First they slap an M badge on their SUV, then a useless 5 series GT, and now slapping a Rolls badge on a Mini?
Shame.
This is going to piss off a lot of Rolls buyers once they see their prestigious badge all over town on a bunch of Minis.
Rumor: iPhone next gen specs, on-sale date July 17 {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 19th 2009 3:47PM faster processor! faster processor! faster processor! pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease
New York police to start patrolling in Nissan Altima hybrids {Autoblog Green}
May 2nd 2009 7:24PM edit: cheaper than the Altima AND the Impala.
Not to mention it gets even better efficiency than the Nissan.
A for effort but F for execution.
New York police to start patrolling in Nissan Altima hybrids {Autoblog Green}
May 2nd 2009 7:22PM I completely agree. Why not a Fusion Hybrid? This is America!
The Fusion Hybrid starts at 23,870 after the $3,400 tax break making it cheaper than the Altima too.
I really don't understand this move at all.
Can the Tesla Model S be profitable at $57,400? Not according to these calculations... {Autoblog Green}
Apr 30th 2009 3:29AM nope. wrong.
the touchscreen WILL NOT BE AN OPTION.
the only options that will be on the Tesla are the various battery packs. That is all.
But other than that, good analysis.
