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  2. History of the battery - Wikipedia

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    This was known as the trough battery. [4] Volta himself invented a variant that consisted of a chain of cups filled with a salt solution, linked together by metallic arcs dipped into the liquid. This was known as the Crown of Cups. These arcs were made of two different metals (e.g., zinc and copper) soldered together.

  3. 2007 Boston Mooninite panic - Wikipedia

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    The LED lights were arranged to represent the Mooninite characters Ignignokt and Err displaying the middle finger. [11] [12] Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said that the device "had a very sinister appearance. It had a battery behind it, and wires". [13] Others compared the displays to the Lite-Brite electric toy. [13]

  4. Timeline of transportation technology - Wikipedia

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    1859 - Gaston Planté invented the lead–acid battery, the first-ever battery that could be recharged by passing a reverse current through it. 1860 - first urban horse railway line (a predecessor of trams), opened in Saint Petersburg. [24] 1862 – Étienne Lenoir made a gasoline engine automobile.

  5. What are electric car batteries made of, and why do ... - AOL

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    Fear not — Edmunds explains what electric car batteries are made of. To start, let's establish that even though a Tesla battery and a Chevrolet Bolt battery are both lithium-ion batteries, that ...

  6. History of the lithium-ion battery - Wikipedia

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    2008: The launch of Tesla Roadster- the first highway legal, serial production, all-electric car to use lithium-ion battery cells, and the first production all-electric car to travel more than 244 miles (393 km) per charge- ushered a new era in the history of Li-ion batteries, which is signified as inflection points in the plots "The log number ...

  7. History of the automobile - Wikipedia

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    Only two of these were made. [9] Development was hindered in the mid-19th century by a backlash against large vehicles, yet progress continued on some internal combustion engines. The engine evolved as engineers created two-and four-cycle combustion engines and began using gasoline.

  8. Automotive battery - Wikipedia

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    A typical 12 V, 40 Ah lead-acid car battery. An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle.

  9. Thomas Davenport (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    As early as 1834, he developed a battery-powered electric motor, along with his wife Emily Davenport. They used it to operate a small model car on a short section of track, paving the way for the later electrification of streetcars. [2] It is the first attempt to apply electrification to locomotion. [3]