Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

While OPEC mulls over further steps to once again support falling oil prices, tech startups are quietly ushering in a new era in oil and gas: the era of the digital oil field. These are cheap computing with industrial-application capabilities; ubiquitous communication networks; and, of course, cloud tech. What’s not to like?

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Cars That Think

JULY 21, 2021

Albeit slowly, entrepreneurs who helped build out the products and services over the tech boom of the past 20 years are now searching for technologies to address the crisis. Nonprofits are already using cheap sensors to pinpoint heat islands in cities, or neighborhoods where air pollution disproportionately affects communities of color.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

This article was first published as "‘PostScript’ prints anything: a case history." The entrepreneurs in 1982 found Adobe a suitable name since the creek meandered near both their domes and, even more important, had none of the Qs, Xs, Ys, and Zs then popular with high-tech startups. As noted earlier, one was a cheap laser printer.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With cheap energy generation, one high cost of EV charging can be removed, assisting organizations in achieving profitability. While physical EV charging remains the only viable option , the organization is investing in wireless charging tech that they hope to place in certain sections of roadways in the coming years.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The biggest leap forward happened in 2012 when it was discovered that USB stick TV tuners using the RTL2832U demodulator chip could be tapped to make very cheap but effective SDR receivers. Building off the demand stimulated by this activity, a number of manufacturers have started making premium, but still relatively cheap, SDRs.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Imagine using cheap wind- and solar-generated electricity to pull carbon out of the atmosphere and turn it into feedstock for large-scale 3D printing of building components. This article appears in the March 2022 print issue as “Building Boom.”. Combine all these factors and a dazzling possibility emerges.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. But Tan reasoned that “if the company just manufactured the player, it would not make a lot of money,” according to a 2005 article in the Straits Times.

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Cars That Think

MAY 17, 2023

It’s a textbook example of the mixture of amazement and, especially, anxiety that often accompanies a tech triumph. Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

In Issue 49, we reviewed some of the more promising advancements in materials and construction techniques for EV traction motors , one of which—the axial flux design—will be the focus of this article. This article appeared in Charged Issue 54 – March/April 2021 – Subscribe now.

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Charged EVs

APRIL 12, 2023

In my very first article for Charged over 10 years ago, I opined that the Switched Reluctance Motor , or SRM, would eventually come to dominate the EV traction market, if for no other reason than the fact that it is almost as cheap as dirt to manufacture.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The article is a doozy of automotive ignorance. If Dan Kois wants us to live in a world where we all drive cheap, underpowered cars that are limited to 85 mph, he has that right. A world where even a lowly $20K car isn’t too strictly speed-limited by on-board tech. First, a disclosure and a caveat. All of the above?

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Once Tesla started selling the Model S in 2012, EVs became high-tech accessories, signifying drivers’ cutting-edge status as owners of the latest and coolest automotive technology (something the Nissan LEAF or Chevy Volt struggled to convey). This article appeared in Charged Issue 52 – November/December 2020 – Subscribe now.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. A Test of Vehicle-to-Grid Tech By the turn of the millennium, however, selling EV propulsion systems had become a hard way to make a living.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 25, 2024

By far the most common component used for protection against transients and surges is the MOV, or Metal Oxide Varistor, mainly because it is both effective and very cheap to manufacture (the cynic in me says the latter is far more important…), as it is basically a compacted chunk of zinc oxide particles.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. Contrasting the two, Volvo is “warm and welcoming,” with “natural and humanistic” materials and style, but Polestar is “pure and minimalistic” with design that indicates it’s “high-tech and exclusive.” Volvo’s first EV.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

While nickel isn’t [as expensive as] cobalt, nickel isn’t as cheap as some others. This article appeared in Charged Issue 54 – March/April 2021 – Subscribe now. But as a result, the composition we’ve come up with doesn’t need to contain nickel and actually works better without nickel.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2022

That seems to have been the reaction you (dear devoted IEEE Spectrum reader) took with your semiconductor article consumption. The First High-Yield, Sub-Penny Plastic Processors I’ve been listening to promises of cheap, flexible electronics my whole career. So where’s my smart-banana?

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Part of the pitch for a private digital currency could be offering people in these communities access to cheap, secure financial services. That is not to say that a private digital currency created by one of these tech giants would create social value. Lacking other options, they may pay exorbitant interest rates on payday loans.

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Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

By far the most common example of passive humidity control is the humble packet of silica gel, which is so cheap it can be included in a disposable bag of beef jerky. This article appeared in Charged Issue 55 – May/June 2021 – Subscribe now.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

From low-tech tools such as screwdrivers and wrenches to digital constructs like computer operating systems, interoperability is critical, and the lack of it is often a roadblock to the adoption of new technologies. We were a startup company, and we sold our technology to STMicroelectronics, who produced it cheap. megawatts].

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

Well need to spend some more time with the car to find out how it holds up over longer drives, but the powertrain tech obviously works. 11 days ago See More Related Articles and Blog Posts Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1) 1 morgan 9:26PM (4/22/2009) Am I the only one who thinks this looks like a mid 90s car?

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

EVs ain’t cheap Price is another EV purchase risk that is comparable to EV range. Reliability and other major tech risks To perhaps distract wary EV buyers from range and affordability issues, the automakers have focused their efforts on highlighting EV performance.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. In the future, utilities will pay you to plug-in your vehicle. Remember its PURE D.C.

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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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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. None of the new electric cars are planning to use old-tech lead acid batteries. I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good.

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