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Jaguar to build C-X75 hybrid supercar with Williams F1

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The C-X75 concept in Paris. Jaguar will develop the micro-turbine hybrid C-X75 concept car ( earlier post ) as a limited production supercar (maximum of 250), priced at between £700,000 - £900,000 (US$1.15 - $1.48 Newsome was at Jaguar Land Rover as Group Chief Engineer for Advanced Product Creation and Research between 2001 and 2007.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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Luiz André Barroso Data center pioneer Senior member, 59; died 16 September An engineer at Google for more than 20 years, Barroso is credited with designing the company’s warehouse-size data centers. as a researcher specializing in microprocessor design. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif.,

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Volta Trucks partners with Prodrive to develop its electric heavy-duty truck

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The Volta Trucks concept HGV positions its driver low down, centrally and forward of the front axle, to give uninterrupted vision at street level through 220 degrees. Prodrive will help develop the design into a drivable demonstrator by early summer 2020. ?. —Steve Price, the project leader at Prodrive. ?.

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Video-Game Engineer Sushama Chakraverty Answered the Call of Duty

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Back in 2001, she spotted a poster on her professor’s door advertising for an internship, and she applied without knowing the company she’d be working for. But as her degree program came to a close in 2001, Chakraverty was undecided about her next move. “I It turned out to be Atari , the legendary video-game company.

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

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For the first time since 2001, Kia surpassed Hyundai in market value with new affordable EVs rolling out this year. Kia EV4 concept (Source: Kia) The EV3 and EV4 concepts were introduced for the first time. It features a bold design with Kia’s “Opposites United” theme. trillion won). By 2030, Kia looks to sell 1.6

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Increasing complexity of vehicle design is driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers. injector optimization at ORNL); and reduced models for design optimization and control strategies. Low emission, low temperature engine concepts of the future operate in regimes where combustion is poorly understood.

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