How to Use lithium-ion battery in a Sentence

lithium-ion battery

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  • The crash damaged the front of the car's lithium-ion battery case, which caused the fire to start.
    — Maria Pasquini, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The price of lithium-ion battery cells fell 97 percent over the past three decades.
    — New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That is not the case with the modern lithium-ion battery.
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The story of the lithium-ion battery shows that Pasteur was right.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • Fire marshals said a lithium-ion battery sparked the blaze.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The Buzz shares its 82 kWh lithium-ion battery and electric motor with the ID4.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2022
  • The 75-kWh lithium-ion battery is under the floor in an aluminum cage.
    — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The rechargeable lithium-ion battery packs stow neatly out of the way via snaps on the inside calf of each sock.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Fires from lithium-ion batteries can spread fast and are tough to put out.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • Each glove runs on a rechargeable lithium-ion battery and lasts up to eight hours on a full charge.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The cause of the fire was determined to be a lithium-ion battery that powered a scooter.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • This wet/dry shaver comes with a lithium-ion battery and USB cable and weights about 4½ ounces.
    — Abbie Kozolchyk, wsj.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the cars that crashed and remained on land contained paint and lithium-ion batteries.
    — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The crash damaged the high-voltage lithium-ion battery, where the fire began.
    — Tom Krisher, ajc, 10 May 2021
  • Flynn said the city has seen nearly 200 fires this year caused by a lithium-ion battery.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2022
  • All the clean, green energy is stored in the onboard lithium-ion battery.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2022
  • That wears out a lithium-ion battery even faster than normal.
    — PCMAG, 13 June 2022
  • Off the coaster, your mug (with its lithium-ion battery) can last for up to 4.8 hours on warm with the spill-resistant lid on.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Last year, there were more than 200 fires blamed on lithium-ion batteries in New York City.
    — Ash-Har Quraishi, Aparna Zalani, Ryan Beard, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Much of the Audi's heft can be attributed to its 95.0-kWh lithium-ion battery pack.
    — Greg Fink, Car and Driver, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The setup gets its juice from an 81-kWh lithium-ion battery that’s split into four packs.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
  • Recent years have seen the construction of large lithium-ion battery farms that do just that.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 12 June 2023
  • These minerals were once part of lithium-ion battery cells and will be once again.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024
  • That's in part from its 81.5-kWh lithium-ion battery pack and two electric motors.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 27 Feb. 2022
  • The Escape does make the most of its lithium-ion battery, which is smaller than competitors'.
    — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 26 July 2023
  • Running a modern lithium-ion battery down to 0% all the time is harmful.
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 18 Jan. 2022
  • The cordless design runs on a lithium-ion battery and promises to last for 15 minutes on a full charge.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The vehicles are powered by a 18.0 kWh lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in as little as two-and-a-half hours.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Furthermore, any machine powered by a lithium-ion battery could potentially be a miniature time bomb and, therefore, is now suspect.
    — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2024
  • This technology does not make use of any of the critical minerals that are problematic in lithium-ion batteries.
    — Kat Friedrich, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024

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