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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

My personal K-Car experience hasn't been as positive. We can assume it would still be on the road today, had it not been hit in the right rear. It doesn't take much to total a car with a triple-digit resale value. Hey, that cash back just about covers the A/C and automatic!

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

Clean Fleet Report

We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Uber’s value proposition is that it is cheaper than using a taxi and much cheaper than using a personal car. In the U.S.

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Paying Tribute to Former IEEE President Richard Gowen

Cars That Think

His project led to the development of a device worn on a person's finger that measures blood pressure during physical exercise. It gave the research team "the ability to evaluate the movement of fluids on the cardiovascular system," Gowen wrote in an article about the research on the Engineering Technology and History Wiki.

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This Rwandan Engineer is Learning How to Manage Humanitarian Projects

Cars That Think

Thanks to a scholarship from IEEE Smart Village , she is now getting that education through the master’s degree program in development practice from Regis University , in Denver. As a member of the conference’s technical program committee, she helped develop the program and reviewed article submissions.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

Green Car Congress

Within the overall trends there are differences between cities with more or less public transit; while personal income also impacts heating and industrial fuel use. Whereas Denver, having the highest per capita emissions for electricity, heating/industrial fuels, and ground transportation is, not surprisingly, the top emitter.

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A Critical Look at AI-Generated Software

Cars That Think

In 2005, faulty software for the US $176 million baggage-handling system at Denver International Airport forced the whole thing to be scrapped. An influential 2005 article in IEEE Spectrum identified several factors, which are still quite relevant. Consider just a few of the more well-known software failures of the past two decades.

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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

The Denver EAA chapter is still dedicated to its core mission nearly 50 years after its founding. Members of the Denver Electric Vehicle Council tour the Xcel Energy Cherokee power plant. We did a tour of the Xcel Energy power plant in Denver where we got to see the different generators. Air Force Academy. “We