Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Thus, the different leg parts will still execute the intended motion, but based on the center of mass and the measured rotation errors of the support foot, some leg parts are slowed down if needed. [ In comparison, animals developed multi-segment legs, mechanical coupling between joints, and multi-segmented feet.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

As a comparison, over the same periods, total Ford brand sales rose 8.6%, with sales of Ford cars rising 3.0% Edge sales in New York City were up 56% in February and 27% year-to-date; in San Francisco, Edge was up 57% in February and 22% year-to-date. Sales of Ford’s utilities for January and February 2016 were up 16.1%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

By comparison, the Nissan LEAF carries a 99 MPGe (combined) EPA rating, while the smaller i-MiEV carries a 112 MPGe (combined) rating. (1 The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Portland, Ore.;

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

Part of the design on an artificial leaf. Dr. Tongxiang Fan and colleagues presented their work at the 239 th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS) in San Francisco. Credit: Tongxiang Fan. Click to enlarge. The activity of these new “leaves”, are significantly higher than those prepared with classic routes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

The observed mean ambient particle E abs versus RBC during CalNex is shown for comparison (orange line). Black carbon is part of a group of pollution sources known as Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs), including methane gas and ozone, which are produced on earth. Credit: Cappa et al. Click to enlarge.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The idea from day one was hydrogen fuel cell-based drivetrains, but it’s hydrogen-electric, so you have to build the electric part. Val Miftakhov: As you can imagine, we did a lot of this [comparison] early on as well. One is, that part of the flight where you really have a severe problem is relatively short. Val Miftakhov: No.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

IHS CERA’s earlier comparison of 11 publicly available life-cycle analysis studies found that fuel produced from oil sands mining has average well-to–retail pump greenhouse gas emissions 1.3 The well-to-retail pump part of the emissions (before vehicle use) accounts for some 20-30% of the total life-cycle GHG emissions, the company says.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 21, 2023

The sleek exterior with a long hood and short, almost bustle-like rear give it a very low 0.197 coefficient of drag (C d ) In comparison, the Mercedes-Benz EQS comes in at.200 The center part is the infotainment screen that, with a swipe down, moves content to another screen just below. 200 C d , and the Tesla Model S at.208

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All-Electric Miles Tahoe Charging 80

EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Tesla, suspended production of Model 3 and Model Y electric cars at its Fremont factory, with CEO Elon Musk reportedly citing a “parts shortage”. Power Finds The Best Way To Sell EVs Is Getting Butts In Seats – As part of its Electric Vehicle Consideration Study, J.D. – February 24, via San Francisco Chronicle.

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Volvo All-Electric Tax Credit Fisker 95

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

The new metric gives fleet owners, operators, municipalities, and policymakers a direct apples-to-apples comparison between gasoline or diesel fuel and electricity pricing. San Francisco, conversely, has extreme time-variable rates. AMPLY used publicly compiled data to develop a dollar per gallon-equivalent metric (DPGe).

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 16, 2024

They described their work in a paper presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting , held this past December in San Francisco. So the current flowing through the SiC JFET is controlled by a gate and source terminals that are in the GaN part of the device.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

It develops an efficiency metric that recognizes that airlines burn fuel to provide both mobility (measured in terms of passenger miles traveled) and access (frequency of service and number of airports served), allowing an equitable comparison between airlines. Getting the methodology right and establishing this baseline was the hardest part.

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2010 Alaska Fuel Miles 246

Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

Smith, who was a repairman in the Apple II maintenance department in 1979, had become hooked on microprocessors several years earlier during a visit to the electronics-industry area south of San Francisco known as Silicon Valley. So one key challenge for the design group was to use inexpensive parts and to keep the parts count low.

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Design Engine Parts Personal 119

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This includes hot testing in Death Valley, cold testing in Yellowknife, Canada, steep grade hill climbs in San Francisco and high altitude trips in Colorado. The hydrogen tanks and other hydrogen-related parts are located outside the cabin to ensure that if hydrogen leaks, it will dissipate easily. The Prius analogy.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Oleg: It’s a part of CharIN Global, but created here with a focus on local markets, so we can combine global thinking and global technology with being able to act locally and focus on the issues that are specific to our region. We just had one that happened in Germany and [another] in the San Francisco Bay area.

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North America America Charging Plug-in 81

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles. It is alarming to see comparisons of the Chevrolet Volt PHEV with battery electric cars when the comparison focuses only on the electric range and ignores the other important differences. More information on e-mile comparisons is given by Reference Nº 2.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 4, 2022

It employs approximately 350 researchers, managers, and support staff (by comparison, Bell Laboratories before the AT&T breakup employed roughly 25,000). When I asked him how he got one, he told me that he went around to the various laboratories, collected parts that people owed him, and put it together himself.” and Toronto, Ont.,

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Future Engine Personal IDEA 145

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Based on the benefits of its own analysis of anonymized driving data from its plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicle customers, Ford is encouraging the adoption of a standard way to analyze driving data for OEMs and regulatory agencies to understand the real world electric driving usage in comparison to regulatory test cycles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

That… may take some doing on GMs part. How about using a competition sailplane for comparison, instead? April 18, 2009 5:03 pm Link Does NYT’s own part stock in soon to be defunk GM ? — Sean 13. April 17, 2009 8:00 pm Link I also think that the task force is being short-sighted in their comments on the Volt.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2013

One of approximately twenty VW Golf blue e-motion prototypes under test in the United States, with Eaton’s 50kW DC Quick Charger, at Volkswagen’s Electronics Research Laboratory, near San Francisco. Three-phase AC is readily available in many parts of Europe, and is used in those areas to power high-demand appliances.

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Standards Charging Eaton DC 319

EV Adoption

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

For more background and detail on changing to refundable tax credit, read my article from September — Proposed Changes to Federal EV Tax Credit – Part 5: Making the Credit Refundable. These lower cost EVs will also come with smaller batteries that produce fewer carbon emissions than their larger counter parts.

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