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2016 Hyundai Sonata Plug-In Hybrid powertrain named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines List

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The powertrain of the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) ( earlier post ) was named to Ward’s 10 Best Engines list. —Drew Winter, editor-in-chief, WardsAuto World magazine. —Mike O’Brien, vice president, Corporate and Product Planning, Hyundai Motor America. The vehicle is powered by Hyundai’s 2.0-liter

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Daimler receives Porsche Prize for diesel aftertreatment system in OM 654

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The Professor Ferdinand Porsche Prize was awarded by Vienna University of Technology to Anke Kleinschmit, Head of Corporate Research & Sustainability and Environmental Officer for Daimler AG, for the development of the innovative exhaust gas aftertreatment system in the new OM 654 four-cylinder diesel engine ( earlier post ).

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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Audio Magazine/Internet Archive /Scotch As Smithsonian Magazine notes , the formulation he developed, combining cabinetmaker’s glue with glycerin, proved to be just the right level of easy-to-remove adhesive that it became an out-and-out phenomenon. Before World War II, one company did attempt to manufacture a tape recorder in the U.S.

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Alliance AutoGas launches 5300-mile, 12-city Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride with converted F-150

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Supported by partners, Clean City Coalitions and corporate sponsors, Alliance AutoGas is embarking on a 5300+ mile, 12-city, cross-country road trip—the Alliance AutoGas Coast-to-Coast Clean Air Ride —with its record-setting propane autogas F-150. Alliance’s new Engineered Conversion System, installed on a Bi-Fuel 2016 3.5-liter

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‘AI Pause’ Open Letter Stokes Fear and Controversy

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In the news media, the open letter has inspired straight reportage , critical accounts for not going far enough (“ shut it all down ,” Eliezer Yudkowsky wrote in Time magazine), as well as critical accounts for being both a mess and an alarmist distraction that overlooks the real AI challenges ahead.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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The 2016 Chevrolet Volt with an electric range of 53 miles [ 2 ] is the first commercial car that almost qualifies as a PHEVLER. In the USA rapidly rising Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards [ 28 ] for vehicle model years through 2025 may stimulate more production of PHEVLERs and BEVs. [ Energy Intelligence April 2016. [

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Learn How the President-Elect Candidates Plan to Improve IEEE

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He served on the IEEE Board of Directors as the 2016–2017 Region 5 director and the 2019 vice president of. IEEE Electrification Magazine and the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. As the 2016–2017 vice president of. He has held almost all offices at the section level, including chair, secretary, and vice chair of the.

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