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Study finds stabilizing warming at 1.5 ?C would result in economic hit through 2100; benefits accrue by 2300

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A new study by a team from San Jose State University and Stanford University has found that—even under heightened damage estimates—the additional mitigation costs of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C C results in a net loss of gross world product of roughly US$40 trillion relative to 2 °C and achieving either 1.5 °C

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Nvidia Announces GR00T, a Foundation Model For Humanoids

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Nvidia’s ongoing GTC developer conference in San Jose is, unsurprisingly, almost entirely about AI this year. And to round out the announcements, the chip foundry TSMC and Synopsys, an electronic design automation company, each said they will be moving Nvidia’s inverse lithography tool, cuLitho , into production.

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Nissan LEAF test drive and first impressions

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Today, just prior to this weeks PlugIn 2010 conference in San Jose, CA, Nissan brought a production test LEAF to the Santana Row It is T-minus 4 months until the expected date for when the Nissan LEAF will be available in the U.S.

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Arcimoto's Pulse, the electric motorcycle for those who want to drive a space ship

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After a few years development the Arcimoto team is refining the design and preparing to enter production. Arcimoto attended the recent CleanTech and PlugIn 2010 conferences in San Jose, showing their 3rd prototype, where this writer was able to talk with them.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

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The “ Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 ” conference and exhibition will take place in Stuttgart, Germany 27–28 June. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November. There will be an investment session and an awards dinner.

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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Coughlin is founder and president of Coughlin Associates in San Jose, Calif., Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers ' Conference Program Committee and has published articles in several of the organization's journals. Flash Memory Summit Conference and Exhibition for 10 years. Life Fellow Thomas M.

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Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Sprout at Plug-in 2010

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Coulomb’s industry partners products include: Leviton: Level I and II residential and public charging stations for the US and Canada EV market. Eaton is introducing a full family of products for each of the three product market segments: Level 1 (120Vac), Level 2 (240Vac) and DC Quick Charge (480V).

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