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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. We believe both NiMH and Li-Ion are ready.

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This Machine Could Keep Moore’s Law on Track

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Called high-numerical-aperture EUV lithography, it involves a major overhaul of the system’s internal optics. High-NA EUV in production in 2025 The first high-NA EUV system, the ASML EXE:5000, will be installed in a new lab that we’re opening jointly with the Belgium-based nanoelectronics research facility Imec, in early 2024.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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a subsidiary of Commodore International Ltd. Another flaw is the computer’s crude internal software. Mercury News criticized the “flashbulb effect” noticeable during the swimming event. That, according to Nelson, is not an “effect”—the C-64 used by the Mercury News reviewer simply doesn’t do horizontal scrolling properly.

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