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Study finds rates of LDV fuel consumption in US peaked in 2004; indications of peak motorization

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Based on the present data, his best estimates of the current annual fuel-consumption rates are: 398 gallons (1,507 liters) per person, 585 gallons (2,214 liters) per licensed driver, 1,033 gallons (3,910 liters) per household, and 530 gallons (2,006 liters) per registered vehicle. Fuel consumed per person. 2003 to 2004. -13%

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

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Mahindra inaugurates EV plant, describes its vision of “future of mobility”

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At the ceremony, Anand Mahindra, Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group described the Group’s vision of the “future of mobility”. Mahindra Group articulates the future of mobility using 5 Cs: Clean, Convenient, Connected, Clever and Cost Effective. In May 2010, the US $15.4

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Studies indicate US population has fewer light duty vehicles and drives them less

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Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute together suggest that the US now has—per person, per driver, and per household—fewer light-duty vehicles and that they are driven less than a decade ago. —“Has Motorization In The U.S.

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Preh acquires power electronics company ePower from Kongsberg Automotive

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ePower will retain its customers’ well-known contact persons. Lennart Garpenstedt, the ePower business unit head of Kongsberg Automotive, will become managing director of the future company Preh Sweden AB. In this business area, Preh has bundled its expertise in the battery management of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Applying a -10% uncertainty factor to this outcome, over 100 years (2004 to 2104) the GRF will have 3,745,208.7 Garcia River Forest. million The Nature Conservancy, $2.5 million Packard loan, $2 million TCF).

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NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module debuts with Tesla Model S

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For drivers, the system provides larger, more readable maps and a clearly rendered instrument cluster that can be personalized from the multifunction steering wheel. Since forming its automotive business unit in 2004, NVIDIA has shipped processors in or won future designs in more than 20 brands of vehicles across 100-plus models.

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