Cars That Think
JULY 21, 2021
On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 1, 2013
The Scuderi Engine is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a conventional combustion cycle over two paired cylinders. The Scuderi Engine is a split-cycle design that divides the four strokes of a conventional combustion cycle over two paired cylinders. a more efficient internal combustion engine. Earlier post.).
Baua Electric
JUNE 8, 2023
since 2002, is getting into its 3rd era with a ground-up redesign and 2 unutilized trims that bolster off-road personality and capacity. liter V-6 engine that generates 349 hp and 479 pound-feet of torque, and each and every has a 10-speed transmission and awd. The GX, which has been within the U.S.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 13, 2011
Following a Board meeting on a 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle. The accident resulted in 11 fatalities. Globally, there are 5.3
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Regardless of what you might think about AI, the reality is that just about every successful deployment has either one of two expedients: It has a person somewhere in the loop, or the cost of failure, should the system blunder, is very low. These haven't been the only terrible failures of AI systems when no person was in the loop.
Green Car Congress
MAY 17, 2015
With the 2016 XC90 ( earlier post ) heading to dealerships across the US, Volvo Cars gave media an opportunity to experience the next generation of its full-size luxury SUV—in both its conventional T6 and plug-in hybrid T8 Drive-E Twin Engine forms—in and around Los Angeles. Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine. Earlier post.)
Cars That Think
JANUARY 7, 2022
We spoke with Shegerian about e-waste’s effect on the future of our world and our privacy, and the role engineers can play in solutions. John Shegerian: When we got into the industry [in 2002], Al Gore had not yet won his awards for “ An Inconvenient Truth.” The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
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