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Sandia team puts power into local grid with supercritical CO2 closed-loop Brayton-cycle turbine

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In comparison, the Brayton cycle has a theoretical conversion efficiency upwards of 50%. We’ve been striving to get here for a number of years, and to be able to demonstrate that we can connect our system through a commercial device to the grid is the first bridge to more efficient electricity generation.

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“Charging Station” — Is That the Location or the “Charger”?

EV Adoption

believe it means the individual connection / charger / port / hardware. Depending on the person, each of us brings different backgrounds and context to this phrase creating confusion and a lack of clarity in the market. For one, clarity and consistency is critical for sharing statistics and making comparisons. Well actually no.

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Surfing the Metaverse’s Real Estate Boom

Cars That Think

Another spin on the concept can be found at MetaOasis DAO (not to be confused with MetaOasis , a separate metaverse project). Today’s metaverse platforms are tiny by comparison, but virtual real estate in a successful metaverse could be valuable for any company or person looking to connect with a younger audience.

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Craig Partridge Is Still Working to Improve Internet Traffic

Cars That Think

He focused on networking concepts and technologies while working at the ARPAnet and Internet pioneering firm Bolt Beranek & Newman (BBN), now Raytheon BBN Technologies. It was 1983, and BBN needed an additional person who could write TCP/IP code for the BSD [Berkeley Software Distribution] Unix operating system,” he says.

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Road Test: 2024 Nissan Leaf SV Plus EV

Clean Fleet Report

NissanConnect allows the driver to stay connected throughthe 8-inch color touchscreen, which houses the navigation, voice recognition and AM/FM/SiriusXM with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. There are four USB ports, two front and two rear, with Siri EyesFree and Bluetooth hands-free phone interface with text messaging.

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First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

The Truth About Cars

What we found seemed to be a familiar concept with lots of little improvements that added up to something grander than what’s currently on offer. Additional tie-down points have been added as well and there are standard outlets in the back (connected to the 400-watt inverter) if you want to hook up appliances.

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GM Unveils EN-V Concepts for Future Urban Mobility

Green Car Congress

Group (SAIC) unveiled three models of a concept new vehicle form called EN-V, short for Electric Networked-Vehicle. It is an evolution from the platform of the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (P.U.M.A.) The concepts will be showcased from 1 May through 31 October at the SAIC-GM Pavilion at World Expo 2010 Shanghai.

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