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New SoCalGas truck loan program for fleets interested in switching from diesel to near-zero natural gas trucks

Green Car Congress

This “try before you buy” program provides fleet owners with the opportunity to haul loads with the new truck for up to two weeks. g/bhp-hr) since 2001. As part of the rental program, customers will participate in a “pre-rental” and “post-rental” survey of their natural gas vehicle driving experience. g/bhp-hr optional standard.

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The Real Story of Pixar

Cars That Think

Steve, who had just been ousted from Apple , proposed that he buy us from Lucasfilm and run us as his next company. Note that Jobs did not buy Pixar. When you buy RenderMan, you get its shading language, a compiler for that language, and a complete rendering system for any hardware that supports the language. And he agreed.

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Perspective: A View Into the New GM

Green Car Congress

Aside from a box lunch, a couple of bottles of water and two absolutely delicious chocolate chip cookies, GCC received no compensation, expense reimbursement or branded merchandise from GM to attend the event. The upside of having 20% market share is that 80% of the people in America aren’t buying your products so they have growth potential.

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

“I’ve had solar hot water since 1985 and solar electric since 1990,” he says. “I haven’t paid for electricity for my house or my EV since 2001,” he says. So here’s the serious part. Thirty years, DOS. Ed, we bow and curtsey to your greatness. . The past decade was the warmest on record.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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is already up to his elbows in electronic parts, digging through stacks of dusty circuit boards. Ted Hoff is part of electronics industry legend. But the technical part of Hoff’s mind has no off-switch, and he quickly concluded that the engineers were going in the wrong direction. Ted) Hoff Jr. in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

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Flat Lenses Made of Nanostructures Transform Tiny Cameras and Projectors

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Taking up a big part of this valuable real estate are the cameras—just about every gadget needs a camera, or two, three, or more. And the most space-consuming part of the camera is the lens. Imagine a shallow marsh filled with seagrass standing in water. That year, Richard A.

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