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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

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Rivian also plans to offer a more affordable 105-kilowatt-hour pack with a roughly 230-mile range. USB ports, 12-volt and 110-volt outlets are sprinkled through the cabin and cargo bed, topped with a power tonneau cover to keep cargo safe. Even more improbably, the Rivian doesn’t feel like a runaway semi at speed.

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The State of the Transistor in 3 Charts

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Here is a small sampling of what transistors have become in the last 75 years: Ephemeral: Researchers in Illinois developed circuits that dissolve in the body using a combination of ultrathin silicon membranes, magnesium conductors, and magnesium oxide insulators. Five minutes in water was enough to turn the first generation to mush.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win! At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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University of Illinois. with Increased Photosynthetic Efficiency into the Saccharinae The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign team will. Scalable Real-time Decentralized Volt/VAR Control Caltech will develop scalable, real-time, decentralized. affordably and dynamically control power flow will open up. Technology.

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