Cars That Think

MAY 7, 2022

For most of the 10 years that I idly thought about thermostats, I had no intention of building one. Adapted from the book BUILD: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell. But the technology that I needed to make it happen—reliable low-cost communications, cheap screens and processors—didn’t exist yet.

Tahoe 97

Tahoe Google Installation Building 97

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

And if these robots aren’t enough for you, many of our picks from years past are still available: check out our guides from 2019 , 2018 , 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 , 2013 , and 2012. Newly updated just last year, iRobot's Create 3 is the perfect platform for folks who want to build their own robot, but not all of their own robot.

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Kits Affordable IDEA Buy 126

EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. That said, China also dominates the global E-bus market, delivering and building assembly plants all over the place.

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2020 Global 2019 Portugal 52