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Preh acquires power electronics company ePower from Kongsberg Automotive

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ePower Nordic AB was established in 2011 by Kongsberg Automotive and Swedish electronics company QRTECH to excel in the field of power electronics, meeting stringent requirements regarding quality, low weight and high power density. At Preh, ePower will become part of the e-mobility business within Preh Sweden AB.

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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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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

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Whenever new technologies are introduced into the power grid, there’s always a chance they could disrupt the system, possibly even leading to blackouts. He is a professor of power systems engineering in the Fulton program at Arizona State University , in Tempe. The report recommended ways to characterize and define the problem.

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

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a part of the US$15.4-billion Among these are ‘Quick2Charge’, by which the car can be charged in 15 minutes to run 25 km; a personal charging unit called ‘Sun2Car’; and ‘Car 2 Home’ to use energy from the car to power a house. Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles Pvt. In May 2010, the US $15.4

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NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module debuts with Tesla Model S

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The NVIDIA Tegra Visual Computing Module (VCM) is debuting as part of the Tesla Motors Model S electric luxury sedan. Based on the same Tegra processor used in smartphones and tablets, the Tegra VCM will power the vehicle’s 17-inch touchscreen infotainment and navigation system—the largest yet in a passenger car—as well as its 12.3-inch

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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 Life Cycle Inventory data for the e-Golf (EU-27 power mix, rounded values). Garcia River Forest.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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I'd have written about it earlier (I like to put the word out about cars like this while their parts are still available), but I went a bit Mercury-crazy with my junkyard writings during late 2022 and early 2023 and decided to take a break from writing about vehicles named after the God of Speed ( and Commerce ). So, to The Crusher it went.

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