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Optimistic EVs – the cure for range anxiety | Opinion

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In that time the big, stylish and reasonably spacious Mercedes did all kinds of duty, from ferrying multiple children to tipsy adults, picking up an electric drum kit and keeping it hidden in the boot until Christmas Eve and transporting unfeasible amounts of alcohol. Hyundai Kona Electric.

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MAEAA Web Links

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Micro :Electronics, Kits, Surplus, Online Catalog Cand H Sales Co.: Home PowerMagazine : While not an EV magazine, they do have a regular EV section. Nuts& Volts Magazine : For the serious gadgeteer. Nice folks. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Alltronics American Science& Surplus B.G. Fair RadioSales Co.:

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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There was a rivalry in Datamation [magazine] advertisements between Xerox’s SDS and DEC,” recalled Alan Kay, who came to PARC as a researcher from Stanford University ‘s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in late 1970. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY. MS, 1959, Ph.D., Rochester, N.Y.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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April 12, 2009 2:08 pm Link Obama’s “Social Democratic&# dream will be further unveiled after the failure of GM and Chrysler is certain and on the books. . — jerryd 7. Next: a carbon tax. Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Posted by: Mike99 | Apr 13, 2009 6:25:20 PM The EV1 was an engineering Success. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management. Posted by: Mike99 | Apr 13, 2009 6:27:25 PM To al lthe EV1 conspirators.

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