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Rule of the Robots: Warning Signs

Cars That Think

There is increasing evidence, however, that this primary engine of progress is beginning to sputter out. Right now, an experiment might be in seven figures, but it's not going to go to nine or ten figures, it's not possible, nobody can afford that. Basically you just need to keep making it bigger and faster, and it will get better.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

I met with Preeti Gupta, a freelancer with the BBC. A lot of re-engineering was done on the Etergo. Affordable EV space is important to the company. ​Not stepping back from day to day operations, but going deeper into engineering and transformational projects. Since then he has stayed with the same battery.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Why pay $40K for a GM volt… which will look nothing more than a Malibu anyway and only get 40 miles before the gasoline engine kicks in. The fuel engine on the Volt is used to run the generator to recharge the battery when a trip exceeds 40 miles, and it’s rage on a full tank is around 400 miles. Where is affordable.

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