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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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Daimler Trucks and Torc partner with Luminar to enable automated trucking; Daimler Trucks acquires minority stake in Luminar

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Founded in 2012, Luminar is a 350-person team with offices in Palo Alto, Orlando, Colorado Springs, Detroit, and Munich. Daimler Trucks and Torc Robotics started their collaboration in spring 2019. Initial public road testing on highways began already in September 2019 in southwest Virginia.

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Audi updates RS 4 Avant with new B-cycle twin-turbo V6; 17% lower fuel consumption than predecessor

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lb) less than the V8 engine in the predecessor model from 2012. The driver can create a personal driving experience via the standard Audi drive select dynamic handling system. The RS 4 Avant will make its debut at the DTM finale at the Hockenheimring on 4 to 6 October 2019. mph) in just 4.1 lb), which is 31 kilograms (68.3

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Tesla stock (TSLA) achieved 102% growth in 2023

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TSLA yearly performance: 2011: +7% 2012: +18% 2013: +344% 2014: +48% 2015: +8% 2016: -11% 2017: +46% 2018: +7% 2019: +25% 2020: +743% 2021: +49% 2022: -65% 2023: +102% pic.twitter.com/mebrfUDHVz — Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) December 29, 2023 Tesla’s 2023 proved to be a lot smoother than 2022.

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EIA: light duty vehicle energy consumption to drop 25% by 2040; increased oil production, vehicle efficiency reduce US oil and liquid imports

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quadrillion Btu in 2012 to 12.1 from 2012 to 2040, compared to 1.2% The rising fuel economy of LDVs more than offsets the modest growth in VMT, resulting in a 25% decline in LDV energy consumption decline between 2012 and 2040 in the AEO2014 Reference case. l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2 l/100 km) in 2012 to 37.2

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EIA Annual Energy Outlook explores implications of behavior and demographics on light-duty vehicle energy demand

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LDVs accounted for 61% of all transportation energy consumption in the United States in 2012—8.4 LDV VMT per licensed driver peaked in 2007 at 12,900 miles per year and has since decreased to 12,500 miles in 2012. The compound annual rate of growth in total VMT for LDVs from 2012 to 2040 in this case is 0.9%—below

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This Idea Wasn't All Wet: The Sensing Water-Saving Shower Head Debuts

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In 2012, with California in the midst of a severe drought, Schneider, then a mechanical engineering graduate student at Stanford University , once again tossed out a “cool idea.” He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water.

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