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VW Commercial Vehicles unveils e-BULLI; electric T1

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The combination of the high-end classic and high-tech electric vehicle will be available to buy for real. As the basis for the future e-BULLI the team chose a T1 Samba Bus produced in Hannover in 1966, which prior to its conversion spent half a century on the roads of California.

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Road Test: 2022 Acura RDX SH-AWD A-Spec Advance

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The EPA fuel economy numbers of 21 mpg city/26 highway/23 combined are almost exactly what we got covering 301 miles driving through Southern California. The center console has a lower area to store smaller items and where the wireless phone charger is located. Power, but not enough efficiency to hit 30 mpg.

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Volkswagen unveils MEB-based battery-electric dune buggy at Geneva: ID. BUGGY concept

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Drawing inspiration from the classic California dune buggies of the 1960s, the ID. The power electronics convert direct current (DC) stored in the battery into alternating current (AC). Volkswagen introduced the next member of the ID. concept family—the I.D. BUGGY—at the 89 th Geneva International Motor Show.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. He started his explorations with chemistry. MS, 1959, Ph.D.,

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. Photograph by Chris Duffey. “For us, the new regulations, especially the warranty, are a deal breaker.&#.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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And in a true smart grid, electric cars will not only be able to draw on electricity to run their motors, they will also be able to do the reverse: send electricity stored in their batteries back into the grid when it is needed. “Electric vehicles could be connected to the grid and could store energy at times when too much is produced

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Political Backlash Ramps Up Digital Privacy Laws

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The wheels of justice may turn slowly, but tech ramifications sometimes turn around on a shorter timetable. At the moment, unlike in the early 1970s when the previous Supreme Court precedent was set, broad-sweeping digital tool kits are widely available. Supreme Court’s 2022 overruling of its landmark 1973 Roe v.