Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

When Theodore Maiman demonstrated a laser at Hughes Research Laboratories, in California, in 1960, Porter immediately realized it was the light source he’d been waiting for. In a series of provocative newspaper articles and a 1959 lecture at Cambridge entitled “ The Two Cultures ,” the novelist and physical chemist C.P.

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BBC London Light Mercury 98

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., “ We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California. ” California is currently in its third year of serious drought. I don’t actually see how they can keep their cities going.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car proponents at The California Cars Initiative believe the task force was unduly influenced by “plug-in skeptics” at the Boston Consulting Group , which is under government contract to provide input on the prospects for G.M. Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done.

Volt 42

Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sven Thesen, the communication and technology director for Better Place , a start-up that is gaining traction (see this recent New York Times article ) in its effort to create a network for electric cars in various countries, likened the concept of electric cars to cellphones. Fifteen years ago, how many people had a cellphone?”

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47