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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

It’s rare when consumer karma actually works out for any buyer of any product made today, but then again, your friendly neighborhood Greenius is not your usual consumer. My brand new battery, made by LG in South Korea, was included in the recall. They then sold us a brand new 2021 Bolt EV Premier for $28,500.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. In recent years, there’s been an uptick in these pilot projects across Europe and the United States, as well as in China, Japan, and South Korea.

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

New BMW owners will be offered a growing list of music, gaming and news accessed through Bluetooth-enabled wireless gaming controllers that are connected to the infotainment system. Timing: PVB production is in South Korea with the North America on-sale date to be announced. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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Cupcake A.T.M.s and Fire Pits: What You Love at the Airport

Baua Electric

People are looking for that connection to the outdoors prior to spending however long they’re going to be on an aircraft,” he said. “It Incheon International Airport, which serves Seoul, in South Korea, also has city tours that visit ancient palaces and even local golf courses, but these require at least a daylong layover.