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JULY 2, 2023

This article was first published as “Design case history: Apple’s Macintosh.” The author spoke with many members of the design team in the months following the 1984 introduction of the Macintosh, however, Steve Jobs did not grant an interview for this article. It appeared in the December 1984 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

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APRIL 25, 2013

Stanford / SLAC’s new lithium-polysulfide flow battery design compared to conventional “redox” flow batteries. Unlike previous work on Li/S batteries with discharge products such as solid state Li 2 S 2 and Li 2 S, the catholyte is designed to cycle only in the range between sulfur and Li 2 S 4. Credit: Greg Stewart/SLAC).

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JUNE 23, 2015

The individual elements are all commercial, which minimizes design risk and allows for rapid implementation of the IH 2 technology. The design feedstock for the facility will be forest residues including slash, sawdust, bark and wood chips with the ability to process select agricultural and municipal residues as well. Click to enlarge.

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Teslarati

JULY 5, 2021

Those updated goals came hand in hand with significant changes to the design and operation of both Starship and its Super Heavy booster, which at one point was expected to utilize a “Boost” variant of Raptor that would trade thrust vector control (TVC; i.e. gimballing) and a wide throttle range for far greater thrust.

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MAY 23, 2011

PVI started marketing 100% electric buses at the beginning of 2000. This agreement is designed to meet the needs of customers who are seeking to spread the upfront costs of the batteries over several years, while also being reassured about the reliability of the battery pack onboard each vehicle.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The decrease in CO 2 equivalent emissions of ODSs (ozone-depleting substances: CFCs, halons, HCFCs, and others) may be offset by the projected increase in their non-ozone depleting substitutes (HFCs) (lines designated as HFC scenarios). W m -2 relative to 2000. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. Non-HFC substances.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Since November 2000, there has always have been a select few people living apart from the rest of us—the astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station. Conceptually, their designs borrow heavily from the ISS, with cylindrical modules and photovoltaic panels docked together. What is that? $50

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MARCH 23, 2012

(stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state.

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JULY 26, 2022

There will also be separate battery life in battery packs that discharge differently.Several major issues on the application surface are: the same model for batteries as electric vehicles; design improvements for electric vehicles, construction and management of charging stations, and management of battery circulation. ?

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AUGUST 14, 2012

Union Pacific Railroad is investing $20 million to test new technology designed to reduce diesel emissions from freight locomotives in California. In 2008, EPA estimated the social cost of the new program (rail and marine) will be approximately $740 million in 2030. transportation services in 2030 estimated to increase by about 0.6%

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AUGUST 6, 2015

—Mooibroek and Cornish (2000). Due to extreme price fluctuations characterizing natural rubber, ranging from $1 to $4 per pound, the monetary and environmental cost of shipping the rubber internationally, and a desire to lower each vehicle’s environmental footprint, Ford is searching for a more sustainable domestic rubber source.

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JULY 1, 2011

Improvements in fuel economy, CO 2 emissions and cost of ownership have been achieved through a combination of engineering developments, the introduction of a new range of small and light cars, and the expanded availability of alternative fuel vehicles such as diesel and LPG. Fuel consumption for the EcoLPI engine is listed at 12.5

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FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Engine: 2000 bar injection pressure. liter engine increase the maximum injection pressure by 25% to as much as 2000 bar. There are three versions of the engine with internal designation 4P10 available: 96 kW (130 hp) at 3000-3500 rpm, 300 N·m at 1300-3050 rpm. New injectors for the 3.0-liter Canter Eco Hybrid. Canter 4x4.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

We believe that a key enabling technology in this quest is a computer-aided design (CAD) program for genome editing, which our organization is launching this week at the. Those fragments of synthesized DNA can then be sent to a foundry for assembly, and finally to a lab where the designed genomes can be tested in cells.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2009

The projects—led by FuelCell Energy, in partnership with VersaPower Systems, and Siemens Energy—have successfully demonstrated solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) designed for aggregation and use in coal-fueled central power generation. Cost of $700 per kilowatt (2007 dollars) for an integrated fuel cell power block.

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JULY 8, 2022

Rather, the data and communication systems are designed to be incredibly, unquestionably dependable and reliable. Menzel says he first saw the frequency selection proposals for JWST around 2000, when he was working at Northrop Grumman. The Webb’s comms aren't flashy. He became the mission systems engineer in 2004. “I

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

Delphi is the only high-volume automotive power electronics company that designs and manufactures in the United States for the global EDV market. Delphi is focused on reducing the cost of hybrid power electronics while, at the same time, designing in market-leading functionality and reliability.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Moore is best known for his 1965 prediction, which would become known as Moore’s Law : the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would grow exponentially while the retail cost of computers would decrease. His projection came true over the decade that followed. billion to charitable causes.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Built on an all-new platform, the K5 is wider, longer and lower than the Optima, more powerful, and takes design cues from the performance minded Kia Stinger. The K5 was an all-new model in 2021, with the head-turning design carrying over to 2022. The running lights also double as turn signals, with what Kia calls a “Heartbeat” design.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The lack of any mechanical coupling or other form of linkage through the system’s casing enables Kinergy to offer a robust, compact and lightweight package suitable both for incorporation into new product designs as well as retrofit applications aimed at improving the efficiency of existing vehicle fleets and industrial equipment.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2013

In Europe, the adoption of national legislation in several countries in the 1990s and the European Directive adopted in 2000 have led to significant improvements in the treatment of end-of-life vehicles in an environmentally-friendly manner. Japan also introduced similar legislation in 2002(Act No. 87 of July 12, 2002).

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AUGUST 1, 2010

These projects focus on developing next-generation anodes to increase the energy and decrease the cost of lithium batteries while maintaining safety and cycle life. This project will design high surface-area metal foam architectures as substrates for metal or intermetallic anodes. Chan, Michael Miller, Wuwei Liang).

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AUGUST 16, 2021

They're preparing prototypes for flight and they've got designs for full-blown airliners capable of carrying scores of passengers. Shortly afterward, the federal government issued a contract to Boeing, which had prevailed over Lockheed and others in a design competition, to develop such a plane. supersonic airliner.

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MARCH 29, 2013

The Tier 3 proposal is also aligned with and designed to be implemented over the same timeframe as EPA’s program for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light-duty vehicles starting in model year 2017. EPA is proposing more stringent standards designed to eliminate fuel vapor-related evaporative emissions and improve durability.

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AUGUST 27, 2022

Although they were proficient in mathematics and well read, most of them had never carried out any serious work in design and construction. He is best known for designing microprocessor chips in the early 1990s that were fully compatible with Intel 80386 and 80486 chips. He also established and operated two centers for chip design.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

During his presentation at the TDI Efficiency Rally, UMTRI researcher Bruce Belzowski first presented a summary of his analysis of the total cost of ownership of diesels with a comparison to that of their gas vehicle counterparts. TDI is raised to 2000 bar, helping increase the power output and reduce emissions. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

The project will be designed with an innovative smart grid control system to improve grid reliability and enable the integration of wind and other intermittent renewable energy sources. Design, build, and deploy a utility-scale, low-cost compressed air energy storage system to support the integration of renewable energy sources onto the grid.

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JULY 30, 2023

Jonas Ekstromer/AFP/Getty Images In the early 1970s, Exxon scientists predicted that global oil production would peak in the year 2000 and then fall into a steady decline. By 1980, they had improved on Whittingham’s design, replacing titanium disulfide with lithium cobalt oxide. Goodenough passed away on 25 June at the age of 100.]

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Alice , a nine-seat commuter plane that had two pusher motors on the wing tips—a highly questionable design—and said, "This is not some future maybe…. trillion pkm by the year 2000, a 100-fold rise. Such enormous outlays require long planning horizons, embedded in commitments to specific designs and aircraft orders. It was not.

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APRIL 17, 2014

General project targets were to deliver diesel-like or better fuel economy using E10 gasoline (RON91), and to achieve low engine-out NO x and PM using low temperature combustion, the intention being to avoid the cost of aftertreatment for NO x and PM, in addition to meeting more stringent standards. DOE UFEV program targets. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 2, 2015

Current technology can remove the contaminants of concern and provide fuel that meets the purity requirements for fuel cell systems, but the costs are too high and they need to be custom‐designed for different types of fuel. kWh (OpEx). In the long term, additional reduction to 100,000 MW.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Steven Cherry My understanding is Tesla has a proprietary charging station design. It has its own charging station to design its own plug design. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? How big a deal is that when we consider this high initial cost of electric vehicles? in a Tesla.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Steven Cherry My understanding is Tesla has a proprietary charging station design. It has its own charging station to design its own plug design. Is it worth the extra almost 50 percent added to the cost of the car? How big a deal is that when we consider this high initial cost of electric vehicles? in a Tesla.

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JANUARY 22, 2014

This AOI is to address two major technical gaps in the performance of automotive aluminum alloys: Low strength among cost competitive automotive sheet alloys such as 5xxx and 6xxx series. High cost of high-strength aluminum alloys such as high performance 6xxx and 7xxx series.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2015

SNCF’s TER 2N NG trainsets that first entered service in 2000 are based on the Alstom Coradia Duplex electric multiple unit (EMU) platform. Primarily, unlike lead-acid batteries, the MRX design does not suffer from sudden death. First deliveries to SNCF started in the third quarter of 2015.

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JANUARY 24, 2006

consumers purchased more than 200,000 hybrid vehicles, which have grown from two models in 2000 to 11 models today. EPRI has teamed with DaimlerChrysler AG of Stuttgart, Germany, to design and build a plug-in prototype van that will be tested in a small number of American cities over the next year. Last year, U.S.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. The Busicom engineers had no interest in dumping their design in favor of Hoff’s unproved proposal. But Hoff, with Noyce’s blessing, started working on the project.

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