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Additive manufacturing company Carbon3D named Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum; work with Ford

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Ford has been working with Carbon 3D since December 2014, and has produced elastomer grommets for the Ford Focus Electric and damping bumper parts for the Transit Connect. Ford worked to produce elastomer grommets for the Focus Electric and tested them against those made by traditional 3D printing methods.

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From Fixing Farm Equipment to Becoming a Director at 3M

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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. The company developed instrumentation and process control systems for Ford, Hotpoint , NASA , the U.S. As his fascination with different engineering fields grew, he set out to explore them.

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News: Range Milestones Hit by Lucid and Rivian

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Lucid also ran a real-world test of pre-production cars with Motor Trend magazine driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco that demonstrated the 500+ mile range of the car. The company also claims it can ford through three feet of water and will go from 0-60 mph in about three seconds. Rivian Tops 300-mile Range.

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A 100 m.p.g. truck? A Bright IDEA | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

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Three years ago, the magazine Popular Mechanics even wrote an article prodding the auto industry for not building the 100 m.p.g. They reality always seems to be just a few years away, the magazine complained. Both Ford Motor Co. car when tech-savvy types can configure one in their garage by rewiring their existing hybrids.

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Similarly, GE sold off GE Capital for $26 billion after the 2008 finance and banking collapse, which is a far cry from a decade earlier, when it was worth ten times that. It has to be for General Motors, Ford, and so on. James Cortada Timing is everything. IBM can't deal with small enterprises when it comes to a technology like that.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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By the time these cars hit the market, General Motors ( GM , Fortune 500 ) will be in production with the Chevrolet Volt range-extended electric car and Ford ( F , Fortune 500 ) will have its own plug-only compact car. They will also compete against new hybrids from Ford, Toyota ( TM ) and Honda ( HMC ), which are entering the market now.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Andy Grove on battery power To wean itself from imported oil, the U.S. must create a strong electric car industry. The answer may lie in Silicon Valley. and it still leads globally.

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