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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Ford launches app developer challenge to improve consumer understanding of personal fuel efficiency

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Ford launched a $50,000 challenge for software developers to write innovative apps to help consumers better understand and improve their personal fuel efficiency. Participants will have access to Ford’s OpenXC connectivity research platform as a sandbox to create and test their ideas for the Personalized Fuel Efficiency Apps Challenge.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. Chang & Jessika E.

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The first entirely US-made crystalline solar panels are coming to market

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US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who visited Suniva’s Norcross, Georgia, factory yesterday, said, “Before this Administration, solar companies across the United States were struggling. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisors to help you every step of the way.

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Biden-appointed Commerce Sec. calls on Tesla for chip help: ‘Too important to have…feelings hurt’

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Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk could be consulted by the United States government regarding how to battle chip shortages, although the leader of the same government fails to even mention the automaker’s name. “None of this is personal,” Raimondo said in the interview. government.

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Nissan Leaf’s phaseout might be good for the Japanese automaker: Opinion

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Since the Leaf’s debut in the US market in 2010, new electric vehicles and EV automakers have joined the auto market, introducing new ideas and fun features to customers. Phasing out the Nissan Leaf might be a good idea for the Japanese automaker.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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His parents emigrated to the United States when he was a small child and raised him in Ohio. He made the most of it, soon coming up with the idea for a “ troller ,” a wheeled contact point at the end of an electric street car’s pantograph arm that improved the transfer of current from overhead wires.