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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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To achieve this, the Volkswagen brand—the highest volume brand of the Group—is counting on electric mobility (zero-emission and plug-in hybrid models); on continually more fuel-efficient combustion engines and gearboxes; progressive lightweight design; aerodynamics; and efficiency “ in every conceivable area ”. The start-stop 2.0

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Day 1: My first electric vehicle experience

EV Driver

That was the case, until I discovered E-Car Club on the 23rd Google search page under “car hire for under 21s”. Starting my EV experience I downloaded E-Car Club’s app and processed a 2-hour booking for a Renault Zoe. Is a hybrid the answer? Plus, I’m only 20 years old so hiring a car has always been out of the question.

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Volvo Cars says early demand for fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge P8 AWD is strong

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Volvo Cars has opened order books for the XC40 Recharge P8 AWD ( earlier post ), the company’s first fully electric car which is based on the best-selling SUV, in selected markets. The Recharge car line is the name for all Volvos with a fully electric and plug-in hybrid powertrain.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. If we were to list them ourselves, it would surely include Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple.

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Volkswagen showcases inductive charging w/ “power lift”, autonomous and semi-autonomous capabilities & gesture control at CES

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Over the mid-term, it will be even easier and more convenient to charge EVs and plug-in hybrids with the market launch of inductive charging systems; Volkswagen is demonstrating this with an e-Golf at CES. The numerous apps that can be incorporated via Android Auto include classics such as Google Maps, Google Play, WhatsApp and Spotify.

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Top Programming Languages 2022

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Sources include Github, Google, Stack Overflow, Twitter and IEEE Xplore. Creating the rankings also pulls us into the typical dilemmas faced by any taxonomist—you might think you’ve got a straightforward and unambiguous way to classify things, but then edge cases and weird hybrids invariably slither into view.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Steven Cherry You know, if you look in Google Maps, for example, you can get nearby restaurants, you can get nearby regular gas stations, you can't get charging stations when you put. It makes no sense to me to own a gas-only car in 2030 or even just a plain hybrid. But what about plug-in hybrids?