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Ham Radio Inspired This Scranton University Student to Pursue Engineering

Cars That Think

The junior is president of the university’s W3USR amateur radio club. He’s also a member of Scranton’s IEEE student branch, the IEEE Club. Ham radio researcher Piccini joined Scranton’s amateur radio club when he was a freshman. Scranton’s IEEE Club offers presentations by engineering companies and technical talks.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Rio S 5-door Hatchback

Clean Fleet Report

Low-cost but not cheap. The front-wheel drive 2022 Kia Rio is powered by a 1.6-liter The suspension set-up for the 2,765-pound Rio had electric power steering, 15-inch alloy wheels shod with 185/65 Michelin ProContact tires, front MacPherson struts, a coupled rear Torsion Beam axle and shock absorbers at both ends. Drivetrain.

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Super FET working Comments on Sykro Controller

Open Source Civic EV Kit

It gives a lot of power when requested and is quite easy to tune various internal parameters through the user-interface over the USB port. Also, the power given to the motor instantly reflects whatever is specified on the potbox. This weekend is the biggest day of the year for our local EV club. In short, it's great.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

There are digital side mirrors, vehicle-to-load (V2L) functionality to charge/power your electric devices, active air flaps in the lower bumper, 700 Parametric Pixels (all those cool lights) in and around the car, 12-inch infotainment touchscreen, 12-inch digital driver display and dual colour ambient lighting with choice of 64 different hues.

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

The charging infrastructure area will be a difficult one for businesses, noted Mark Duvall, Director Electric Transportation, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), in his session. Electricity is a cheap entity—not a commodity, but is its fundamentally very cheap. Think of them as a giant fan club and focus group.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

Green Car Congress

Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Technology leaders hold the power. Elections bring populists to power in the world’s largest democracies; nationalism grows. The result is a win–win for climate and security.

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Upcyling a 40-year-old Tandy Model 100 Portable Computer

Cars That Think

Thanks to the work of the Club 100 user group , I was able to tap into a universe of software written for the Model 100 (also known as the M100). I was able to identify the faulty component, and rather than attempt to find a new replacement, I bought a cheap, broken M100 that was being sold for parts on eBay.

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