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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

Cars That Think

National Academy of Engineering ; United Kingdom Royal Academy of Engineering ; Canadian Academy of Engineering Most meaningful awards: IEEE Medal of Honor : “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership”; UCLA Alumnus of the Year 2004.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

The catalytic converter that keeps the ICE from being a gross polluter in conventional cars and hybrids however, isn't kept warm by the continual embrace of an ever-churning engine in a hybrid with all-electric range. Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. Cold starts mean more pollution.

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Plug In America - Links and Resources

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wakefield, 1998 "Taken For a Ride: Detroit's Big Three and the politics of pollution" by Jack Doyle Books on Peak Oil and Energy Transition "Beyond Oil: The view from Hubbert's Peak", by Kenneth S. Deffeyes, 2005 "The Coming Oil Crisis", by Colin Campbell "Crossing the Rubicon", by Michael C.

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What Is an Electronic Sackbut?

Cars That Think

All of my friends who are into Renaissance music love the 2004 Coen brothers film The Ladykillers because it contains one of the few modern references to the sackbut. The movement of the springs was converted to voltage by two condensers, one at each end of the keyboard.

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12 Days of Giveaways

My Energi

Docks Beers – Docks Beers is a 25-hectolitre craft beer brewery based in a converted church in Grimsby, just a stone’s throw from the town’s historic docks. Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. Inspired by Paul Theroux and his 1983 book “The Kingdom by the Sea”. Web: [link]. Instagram: @danielladraper.

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My Energi - Untitled Article

My Energi

Docks Beers – Docks Beers is a 25-hectolitre craft beer brewery based in a converted church in Grimsby, just a stone’s throw from the town’s historic docks. Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. Inspired by Paul Theroux and his 1983 book “The Kingdom by the Sea”. Web: [link]. Instagram: @danielladraper.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

Green Car Congress

prismatic cells—each of them about half the size of a paperback book—or long, flat pouch cells. Under a venture with the motto “From Road to Grid”, Audi is therefore currently working on a concept to convert old batteries into stationary energy stores. This tri-port converter is located behind the stack.

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