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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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Vehicle theft increases by 2.5x in India in 2023; Delhi tops the list: ACKO report – ET Auto

Baua Electric

While Bhajanpura and Uttam Nagar continue being the most theft-prone areas from 2022, the report reveals three new locations in the northern part of the geography appeared as the most theft-prone areas namely, Shahdara, Patparganj, and Badarpur.

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No Garage Space to Work In

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I'm considering several options: Sell the 914 EV so I have garage space and more money for parts Lend the 914 EV to a trusted friend so that they can commute with it and save gas while I work on the Civic Park the 914 EV outside and take the risk that it will get stolen by thieves, or dirtied from the outside weather. (I

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

The Torrance Hillside Overlay district , covers most of the historic Hollywood Riviera neighborhood where the Creative Greenius lives and I can tell you that it’s a zoning law that is pure politics. Is this part of Torrance’s history when it comes to installing solar in the city? It’s part of my tribute to him. Pass it on.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Always a pleasure to be part of IEEE. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. In the same way that making all of your PC parts and accessories work together initially was pretty lumpy. It has a highway part and a city part. car market.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Always a pleasure to be part of IEEE. It might be in your neighborhood, but it's something that you will find along interstates or major travel routes. In the same way that making all of your PC parts and accessories work together initially was pretty lumpy. It has a highway part and a city part. car market.

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The Most Powerful Greenius In America

Creative Greenius

Yes, even these unfortunate dimwits can still save what’s left of their retirement funds while helping out the rest of us who weren’t fooled by the right wing, unabashed carbon pimps who ran things in the US government from 2000-2008 and did more damage to our environment than any government in history. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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