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We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

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If an EV charger does not have an isolation link, and the ground circuit is broken and if a current path exists between the battery and the vehicle body, a person touching the vehicle could receive a potentially deadly electric shock [top illustration]. For EVs, power conversion occurs in four stages (illustration, A shock hazard).

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"The Doctor Will See Your Electronic Health Record Now"

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Cheryl Conrad no longer seethes with the frustration that threatened to overwhelm her in 2006. Electronic health records, he declared, would transform health care by ensuring that a persons complete medical information was available at the time and place of care, no matter where it originates. Bush set an ambitious goal for U.S.

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MIT study suggests carbon tax could help reduce US deficit, lower other taxes, reduce emissions

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trillion in revenue, which could then be used to reduce personal or corporate income taxes, extend the payroll tax cut that expires this year, maintain spending on social programs—or some combination of these options—while reducing the deficit. They found that the tax would raise $1.5

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DOT proposes requiring event data recorders on all light-duty vehicles beginning in 2014

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EDRs do not collect any personal identifying information or record conversations and do not run continuously. The new safety regulation proposed would require EDRs as mandatory equipment in passenger vehicles that weigh less than 8,500 pounds.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Electromotive to Collaborate on Charging Infrastructure

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Elektromotive, which is based in Brighton, England, started developing charging station technology in 2003 and installed its first Elektrobay charging post in Westminster in the centre of London in 2006. The Elektrobay’s socket is located under a secure, weather-proof door, accessed using a personalized key fob.

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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

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So who was this unknown person? The identity of the person between Solomonoff and Shannon remained a mystery for some time. The Minsky Family Between Solomonoff and Shannon is the unknown person. He assured me that the unknown person was not his father. Grace Solomonoff So the unknown person must be Milner!

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I