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Potential Motors unveils the Adventure 1: an all-electric Overlanding van

Teslarati

Despite their age and limited availability outside of Japan, their 4×4 capabilities and Volkswagen Van aesthetics have garnered them a cult following. The vehicle starts at $136,600, and a preorder of the van isn’t cheap either at $1,000. The Toyota Hiace is THE small take-you-anywhere van.

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Utility solar dethrones coal as the cheapest power source in Asia

Baua Electric

However, there will be less of an impact on markets with limited uptake of Chinese turbines such as Japan and South Korea, which focus more on domestic supply chains. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. Get started here. –

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

Cars That Think

Intel microprocessors now power personal computers made by major manufacturers including Dell , HP , and IBM. It was nearly twice as fast as existing memory products by competitors including Fairchild and the Electrotechnical Laboratory of Tsukuba, Japan. Intel’s first product, the 3101 64-bit SRAM, was released in 1969.

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Carlos Ghosn sues Nissan for $1 billion, over funds and recognition

Baua Electric

It’s now not unclouded whether or not Japan’s judicial device, which Ghosn has mentioned is “rigged” and “violates the most basic principles of humanity,” can be keen to cooperate with government in Lebanon, which doesn’t extradite its electorate.

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Was the Jeep Wrangler 4xe 2021’s 3rd Highest-Selling EV in the US?

EV Adoption

I say apparently as a PR person with Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, stated the following to me in a January 18 email: I can tell you that it is true, we were the best selling plug-in hybrid SUV last year in the US. credit off the the cap cost makes it a real cheap lease on 53k Jeep. Leased mine. Rocksteadyrobk, 4xeForums.

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134. WHAT WE LEARNED FROM 100M SMARTPHONES

Qnovo

Data from the field indicate that unsafe battery failures account for 10 to 20 incidents per million devices (measured as parts per million, or ppm) — these incidents lead to property damage or personal injury to the user. These used cheap plastic lenses but corrected for their optical deficiencies using software.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

It would have been quite different had Warnock and company not been in the right place at the right time to meet the right person. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips.

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