And unless they are fitted with petrol-driven generators known as range extenders, electric cars cannot go far without topping up the batteries.
"The reported deal on so-called 'tax extenders' prioritizes corporate interests while doing far too little for struggling American families," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the top-ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee.
While you may not get the same amount of juice from two AAAs that you would from an extender with a built-in lithium ion battery, you get far more convenience.
There were still brief outages in my music playback, but there were far less and they were far shorter than when the Range Extender was off.
Memex stood for "memory extender".
From zBoost comes a cellphone extender for the car.
Some systems have a "Wi-Fi Extender" mode instead.
The Net Extender, which retails for $100, consists of two black boxes; connect one to your cable or D.S.L. modem and the other to your game console and they work as an invisible cable, transmitting data as far as 100 feet.
But it also has a range extender, or rather two.
Requesting a seat-belt extender can draw stares.
