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Consumer Federation analysis of polling data and tech pricing finds consumer demands aligned with proposed MY 2017-2025 CAFE and GHG regulations for light-duty vehicles

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74% of those polled said the new fuel economy standards are a good idea. The analysis found that a Chevy Malibu’s improvements in fuel economy over the past decade have increased the sticker price $348 compared to the 2002 price. Similarly, a Ford F-150 pickup costs $950 more than it did in 2002 due to fuel economy improvements.

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Will Robots Triumph over World Cup Winners by 2050?

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Middle-Size League The Middle-Size League final between Tech United and the Falcons at RoboCup 2022 in Bangkok, Thailand. Humanoid League The RoboCup Humanoid League , launched in 2002, is critical to meeting our objective of fielding a team of highly skilled humanoid robots by 2050.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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He worked at Georgia Power in Atlanta for more than 20 years, and he was a principal research engineer at the National Electric Energy Testing Research and Applications Center at Georgia Tech for more than 25 years, becoming NEETRAC's associate director. He had earned bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at Georgia Tech.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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And this incremental nature of innovation means that controlling the spread, manufacturing, and further development of new ideas is almost impossible. it meant you must have a good idea and you should make the most of it, as quickly as possible.”—Henn This wasn’t a rare job at the time. Clones, in a sense, are marvelous….it

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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military during the war, and the company revisited the idea immediately after. 3M was instantly recognizable among those responsible for creating the disks we needed to load up Number Munchers and Commander Keen , and as a result, its name is forever imprinted into the brains of retro-tech nerds the world over.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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A Test of Vehicle-to-Grid Tech By the turn of the millennium, however, selling EV propulsion systems had become a hard way to make a living. While interest in this idea seems likely to grow as EVs proliferate, the prospect of electric car owners becoming power entrepreneurs appears more distant. A strong V2G patron has yet to emerge.

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Tesla And Other Tech Giants Scramble For Lithium As Prices Double

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And the battle for market share in and around this commodity has everyone from major tech players to trend-setting investor gurus vying for a foothold. To give you an idea of just how meaningful this is, Tesla produced less than 50,000 cars last year.

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