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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

Cars That Think

Gerard “Gus” Gaynor says he knew he would become an engineer when he was 7 years old, inspired by his father’s monthly Popular Mechanics magazines. Gaynor’s group also developed equipment for testing a streetcar’s exhaust and battery levels. As his fascination with different engineering fields grew, he set out to explore them.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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Especially since I’m straining to keep pace with Raffaele de Simone just ahead, the Ferrari test driver who routinely sets lap records on this historic circuit, just a few pasta lengths from its factory in Maranello, in northern Italy. In a test by Car and Driver magazine, the car exploded to 60 mph in 2.0 And don’t forget sound.

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