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Ford reorganizing mobility solutions efforts; acquires Autonomic, TransLoc to boost mobility group

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On the heels of an quarterly report marked by an underwhelming profit, and amid a general “lack of fitness” according to CFO Bob Shanks, Ford Motor announced that it is accelerating and expanding its activities in 2018 to deliver a broad suite of mobility products and services to personal vehicle owners, fleet owners and cities globally.

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SpaceX and Dish’s Super-Shady War for the World

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Or—given the outsize personalities involved (including Elon Musk and Michael Dell) and the epic, five-year duration of the dispute to date—maybe more like a space opera. Musk’s side says the move would make debilitating static for his satellites; Ergen’s engineers say that’s nonsense. Charlie Ergen’s Dish Network Corp.

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Leading the Way for More LGBTQ Inclusivity in STEM

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Arti Agrawal , who is gay, didn’t have access to LGBTQ+ support groups when growing up in India, where homosexuality was a crime until 2018. After graduating in 2005 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi , with a doctorate in physics, Agrawal decided to move to the United Kingdom. “I It just changes their rank.”. “If

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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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Mild hybrid engine technology uses an electric motor in conjunction with a gasoline engine, but unlike a traditional hybrid it cannot run solely on electricity. The mild hybrid electric motor boosts the gasoline engine when accelerating and modestly helps with fuel economy. Using 91 octane fuel, the 3.0-liter liter set-up.

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This Eyewear Offers a Buckshot Method to Monitor Health

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These glasses are “far from ready,” says Strand, who led the augmented reality eyewear division while working at Snap from 2018 to 2022. “In The eyewear’s engineers instead opted for optical sensors that efficiently capture vectors when points on the face move due to the underlying muscles.

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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This is more than six times higher than in 2018, just 5 years earlier. Electric cars accounted for around 18% of all cars sold in 2023, up from 14% in 2022 and only 2% five years earlier, in 2018. Around 25% of all cars sold in France and the United Kingdom were electric, 30% in the Netherlands, and 60% in Sweden.