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Volvo EX30 EV takes a page out of Tesla’s design book

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New materials add creative textures, color, and personality to the cabin, while smart functionality and a great user experience are the hallmarks of every true Volvo creation. Volvo’s EX30 EV will be part of a new wave of BEVs as electric vehicle manufacturers focus on producing smaller, more affordable cars.

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Volkswagen starts update program for ID.4 software in US, with performance improvements and new features

Green Car Congress

One of the parts of the ID.4 Owners of MY21 vehicles will receive communication requesting that they book in-person appointments with their local dealers for the software update and replacement of the vehicle’s 12-volt battery. This first update is a prerequisite for future features.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Twitter Files part 14 sheds light on “Russian bots” and #ReleaseTheMemo

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The Twitter Files part 14, written by independent journalist, Matt Taibbi, shed light on a false narrative of Russian bots and the hashtag #ReleaseTheMemo. The post Twitter Files part 14 sheds light on “Russian bots” and #ReleaseTheMemo appeared first on TESLARATI. — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 12, 2023. .

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Led by Tesla, US EV prices dropped by 13% year-over-year in February

Baua Electric

EV prices dropped by nearly 13% year-over-year in February, led in part by Tesla Model 3 and Model Y price drops, reports Kelley Blue Book. The market’s general EV price decline has been led in part by the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y, the two most popular EVs in the US. Get started here. –ad*

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part II)

The Truth About Cars

Conceived as a new high-end convertible in the years leading up to the personal luxury car, the Series 62 Eldorado “sports convertible” wore unique sheet metal to all other Cadillac models in 1953. There was an 11-page instruction book for the operation of the Eldorado’s roof, as it was largely manual.&

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

Cars That Think

Wong describes the new digital afterlife industry in a chapter of her new book from MIT Press, We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. So your book takes on a much broader topic, the datafication of our daily lives and the human rights implications of that phenomenon. But death is not really part of that framework.