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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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With more than 750,000 units sold over the year, the number of electric vehicles in the global parc—primarily Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs)—surpassed 2 million units in 2016, following a year of strong growth in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2017.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

Cars That Think

Broadcasting a false distress signal over maritime radio is a violation of international code and, in the United States, a federal Class D felony. Police later arrested a man named Edward Lee King on unrelated drug charges. The alarm was more than just a prank call. They found a business card for a CBS staffer in his wallet.

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The Scandalous History of the Last Rotor Cipher Machine

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My friend gave me an internal history of the company written by its founder, Boris Hagelin. To decrypt the message, those same rotors and settings, along with those of the modificator, must be re-created in the receiver's identical machine. A 12-volt DC linear power supply runs the motor and printer and charges the battery.