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One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

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Alamouti says tokens, enabled by distributed ledgers, could replace cash as a method of exchange, with low-cost transaction fees. Alamouti began his engineering career as a part-time contract worker designing and building mobile-data protocols for taxi dispatch systems at Mobile Data International , in Vancouver. in Burnaby.

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Daimler creates subsidiary for innovative mobility services; targeting €100M revenue within next 24 months

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With the smartphone app, customers can easily and conveniently compare mobility options such as car2go, taxis, ridesharing services, and local public transport in terms of various parameters, e.g. trip duration and costs. which is headquartered in San Francisco, at the end of December 2012.

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ICCT report assesses domestic fuel efficiency performance of US airlines for 2010; Alaska Airlines on top, Allegiant on the bottom

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This approach permits a precise distinction between fuel burned to provide a given level of service and fuel burned as a result of inefficiencies, such as the use of older technology, circuitous routing, or taxiing with two engines instead of one. aircraft technology or operational practices). Shorter trips—e.g.,

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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Already Porsche, Mercedes and other high-end automotive manufacturers are making such PHEVs because of the availability of low-cost electricity from wind and solar and the availability of government incentives which make them competitively priced in the beginning. The convenience and low cost of this concept alone merit attention.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple. BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

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And they have obviously been operating in San Francisco for a while. We have hundreds of them in different cities, in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, New York, a lot of different locations. The next question is about the robo taxi unveil. That’s actually quite helpful. So these approvals are happening rapidly.

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