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Battle for ‘tech luxury’ in China as EVs get smarter – and cheaper – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The battle for consumer attention in China’s electric car market is being fought over touches of “ tech luxury ” that car buyers in other markets have never seen. At Chinese tech giant Huawei’s flagship store in central Beijing earlier this week, Jack Xu was shopping not for a smartphone but for his first EV.

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Huawei’s smart car tech offers automakers route to China sales – ET Auto

Baua Electric

BOOSTING COMPETITIVENESS Huawei’s market entry has been smoothed by the sheer pace of development in the industry, with legacy automakers struggling to keep up with EV manufacturers such as BYD who are packing one-time premium features into cars as cheap as USD 20,000.

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Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

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This month we’re celebrating the launch of our second PDF collection of Hands On articles, which IEEE members can download from IEEE Spectrum ’s website and share with friends. Far and away our most popular article in the last five years has been “ Build Your Own Professional-Grade Audio Amp on the Sort of Cheap ” (November 2018).

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The Inefficiency of Car Buying

Clean Car

They don’t care that its an end of line car with an older engine and a socket for a nokia 6310, its cheap and its better than what they are driving today. The steps are easy: Download the CleanCar app. Because once a year they take the caravan and the kids to wales for a week. What can you do to be more efficient. Enable GPS.

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Europe Expands Virtual Borders To Thwart Migrants

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If it were legal to deliver rescued migrants to Libya, it would be as cheap as sending rescue boats a few extra kilometers south instead of east. In 2021, Hawkeye 360’s satellite network offered downloads of their detection data a few times a day, using two clusters of three satellites. What the tech is up against.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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Specifically, upload and download speeds for 5G networks around the world were generally worse, compared to performance metrics from a year earlier. That would require reversing the trend by tech companies to turn their platforms, services, and apps into walled gardens. Quite simply, things should simply work together.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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More Miami on the cheap House prices in Miami soared, then crashed. Answer a few questions and get graded on your money skills. More Hired by Uncle Sam After serving his country, Jon Leitzinger was hired by the Federal Aviation Administration. Now buyers, like the Lamuses, are venturing back. A Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.