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DENSO and Toyota Tsusho to test quantum computing analysis of IoT traffic data

Green Car Congress

The test will collect and analyze location information from about 130,000 taxis and trucks in Thailand through cloud-based quantum computer devices developed by Canada-based D-Wave Systems Inc. D-Wave’s latest-generation system is the 2000-qubit D-Wave 2000Q quantum computer. DENSO will present the concept and overviews at CES 2018.

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EADS demonstrating electric and hybrid aviation propulsion; innovative distributed propulsion series hybrid

Green Car Congress

The aft main wheel is driven by a 6 kW electric motor providing power for taxiing and acceleration up to 60 km/h (37 mph) during take-off, reducing overall electrical power consumption in day-to-day operation. Structural stator vanes that pass electrical power and cryogenic coolant. Aviation Batteries Electric (Battery) Hybrids'

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

He left for UK in the seventies - and started an arts supply store. His son has now taken over the store, closed it down - and shifted to an entirely online model. Was 2000 hrs by then. We reached there around 1100 hrs - and found a Blu Smart MG taxi already charging. Was 1900 hrs by the time we left.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Both will be sold first in China, primarily to fleet users: the government, post office, utilities, and taxi companies, all of which will build central fast-charging facilities. "Solar is an endless source of energy," Wang says.

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