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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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& However, the paper doesn’t favor everyone running out to buy the largest diesel pickup they can afford. The report is even entitled “ Car harm: A Global Review of Automobility's Harm to People and the Environment.” & Your author cannot say that every single idea to come out of Vision Zero is a bad one.

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Ford developing a strategy to address urban personal mobility globally; a mobility company, not just an auto company

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Ford Motor Company is mapping out a strategy to address the requirements for personal mobility in the context of the megatrend of increasing global urbanization, both in mature economies as well as in emerging markets. We defined it as accessibility for people, goods, and services to go efficiently, affordably and safely.

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The Lisa Was Apple’s Best Failure

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From DOS to the Graphical User Interface There was a time when a majority of personal computer users interacted with their machines via command-line interfaces—that is, through text-based operating systems such as CP/M and MS/DOS, in which users had to type arcane commands to control their computers. But price wasn’t the Lisa’s only problem.

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CA’s solar tax supporters are trying to run a “wealthy vs disadvantaged” narrative: It doesn’t have to be

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Tesla launches efforts to stop CA’s solar tax, which Musk dubs as “anti-environment” As critics of the initiative, such as Tesla and other renewable companies and organizations in the state, launched efforts to combat the NEM 3.0 Affordable Clean Energy for All , a coalition of groups that include open NEM 3.0

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

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It was a PR2 , from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the PR2 was able to locate a person and bring them a bottle of medicine. I imagined using it as a way to once again manipulate my physical environment after years of just lying in bed.”

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Chevrolet unveils the Bolt EV

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It also features advanced connectivity technologies designed to enhance and personalize the driving experience. GM said that the Bolt EV benefits directly from the suggestions and ideas of Volt owners and features technologies that make owning a long-range electric vehicle easy. —Mary Barra. MyLink color touch-screen display.

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This Engineer Is Helping to Make India a Global Semiconductor Hub

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Title Head, Renesas -Tata Consultancy Services Joint Innovation Center Member grade Senior member Alma maters Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, in Delhi, India; University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada “The idea is to enable more end-to-end solutions for India as well as other global markets,” he says.

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