Word: overheat
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...battery has to absorb energy from braking and provide short bursts of power for acceleration. Lithium-ion batteries, with their high density-to-weight ratio, provide the greatest acceleration and range with the fewest batteries compared with lead-acid or nickel-metal-hydride batteries. One big problem: they can overheat and even blow up - bad enough in a single-battery laptop but potentially disastrous in a multibattery electric car. So engineers have been busy resolving the heat problem and refining the batteries' ability to handle partial charge-discharge cycles...
...state institutions still functioning, the generals - who imposed temporary military rule on Jos - can begin to look like Nigeria's last hope. Tanko Abubakar Yakassai, a former special assistant to Shehu Shagari, President between 1979 and 1983, warned: "People have to be very careful with their utterances not to overheat the polity and create the opportunity for some crazy people in the military to take advantage." But Lai Mohammed, spokesman of the main opposition party, Action Congress, told TIME that while "we must never wish for a coup" and "the worst civilian government is better than the most benevolent military...