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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

IBM lowered the PCjr's price, added functions, and tried to persuade dealers to promote it, to no avail. On 2 August 1985, Estridge, his wife, Mary Ann, and a handful of IBM salesmen from Los Angeles boarded Delta Flight 191 headed to Dallas. In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

That means you can drive around town as an electric car, and then jump on the freeway and head to Los Angeles, without having to recharge the battery. Catalytic converters, along with so-called leak-proof emissions systems, are the primary reason why today’s cars are so much cleaner than those of several decades ago.

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