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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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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. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Female drivers in the United States: From a minority to a majority?

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The first year in which female drivers became a majority was 2005. Women with a driver’s license as a percentage of all persons with a driver’s license. Female drivers are now both a majority and a minority: They constitute a majority of persons with a driver’s license, but still a minority of persons on the road.

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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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CO 2 emissions from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third (31%) between 2005 and 2019, rising faster than commercial aviation emissions, according to a new report from environmental campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E). The report, Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero emission aviation?

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New Honda FCEV Concept to make world debut at 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show

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The Honda FCEV Concept demonstrates the company’s vision for the future of personal mobility and our commitment to developing advanced alternative fuel vehicles. Honda also was the first automaker to put a fuel-cell electric vehicle in the hands of an individual retail consumer in 2005.

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Comment on Full text: Nio CEO William Li's 1st letter to employees in 2024 by John Hanna

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It may seem counter-intuitive, but it's because they know of , and respect, Musk's own personal genius in both physics and other physical sciences, as well as in business. founded and headed Bitauto Holdings Limited 2000 - or 2005 - depending on which source. Just not "How". In 20i3 Li sold Bitauto.

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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SiFAB, a scalable proprietary silicon anode battery technology demonstrated in a number of applications, including electric vehicles, power tools, smartphones, personal computers, medical devices and aviation, can deliver up to a 20% increase in gravimetric energy density in lithium-ion batteries versus cells using a graphite anode.

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UMTRI study concludes number of LDVs in the US likely has not yet peaked

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However, he notes, the rates of vehicles per person, licensed driver, and household reached their maxima prior to the onset of the current economic downturn. In terms of the rates of vehicles per three variables of interest: Vehicles per person. vehicles per person. In 1984 there were 0.66 Vehicles per licensed driver.

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