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Kia surprisingly tops Hyundai in market value with affordable EVs rolling out

Baua Electric

The Hyundai Motor Group was formed in 2000 after buying out Kia. Despite a “difficult business environment” expected this year, Kia plans to keep the momentum up by launching new lower-cost EVs. The new low-cost EVs were revealed during Kia’s first EV day in October. million in sales (wholesale).

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. When Adobe was founded, the cheapest cost around $10,000. No earlier technology had done them justice.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

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The flashy launch of Windows 95 , hosted by Jay Leno, leaned on media features to convince consumers it was time to retire MS-DOS computers and buy a Windows replacement. The hard work came to fruition in Flight Simulator 2000 , which reached a technical milestone: It mapped the entire planet in 1-kilometer blocks.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. The Intel marketing department they estimated that sales [of microprocessors] might total only 2000 chips a year. You’re crazy.” But word went out. Cambridge, Mass.;

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

A limit was imposed on emissions from the power plants, and utilities were allowed to buy and sell permits to comply. These reductions in power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and nitrogen oxides (NO x ) were achieved at a significantly lower cost than originally assumed. Issues Regional Cap-and-Trade Programs Must Address.

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