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SAIC-GM-Wuling is China’s first vehicle manufacturer to reach 1M units in sales in 2011

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It is available at 120 Baojun 4S stores nationwide. It is also expanding its exports of complete knockdown (CKD) kits for assembly at other GM facilities around the globe. SGMW, a joint venture between GM China, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group (SAIC) and Wuling Motors, was launched in 2002.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

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Valence’s Saphion technology, commercially introduced in 2002, refers to the processes and materials used in developing the novel patented lithium iron magnesium phosphate cathode materials. For reference, a typical lead acid battery can survive 500-800 cycles while 2,800 cycles is almost 8 years of use assuming one cycle a day.

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Five Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell vehicles joining London hydrogen project

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Kit Malthouse, London Deputy Mayor for Business and Enterprise and Chairman of the London Hydrogen Partnership. Under deceleration and braking, Regenerative Braking Mode allows kinetic energy to be converted back into electricity by the motor and inverter and is stored in the battery. London Hydrogen Partnership and LHNE.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Then consider that in order to actually go any farther than the neighbood store, one still had to have ANOTHER car. I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids.

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