Remove 2019 Remove Buy Remove Legal Remove Personal
article thumbnail

How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

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.

Personal 145
article thumbnail

Tesla sues man for $650k in defamation lawsuit after he won $150k from automaker

Teslarati

Han Chao has posted images of legal documents that indicate Tesla is suing him for 5.05 ” The follow-up suit from Tesla comes just ten days after the conclusion of the previous suit, where Chao was awarded a sizeable payout for purchasing a second-hand Tesla Model S in May 2019. million yuan, or around $650,000 for defamation.

Tesla 134
article thumbnail

Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. You Can Buy Level 2 Today. In 2019, one hundred Volvo’s in Gothenburg, Sweden, will be on the road and will self-drive with the touch of a button. This includes both occupied and unoccupied vehicles.

Google 105
article thumbnail

Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

Kansas 98
article thumbnail

What Are The Benefits of Driving an Electric Car?

Drive Electric

Since 1st July 2019, it has been a legal requirement for new EVs to be fitted with noise-making devices behind the bumpers. Whatever your business needs, family size or personal preference – there’s an EV to suit. The chip-shortage has made it difficult to buy any vehicle; electric or otherwise. Availability.

article thumbnail

A Critical Look at AI-Generated Software

Cars That Think

Indeed, modern society runs on code: Whether you buy something online or in a store, check out a book at the library, fill a prescription, file your taxes, or drive your car, you are most probably interacting with a system that is powered by software. Then, given a prompt from a person, they use a probabilistic approach to generate new text.

article thumbnail

EV Tax Credit: The Guide Your Car Dealer Doesn’t Want You To Read

EV Life

This article is for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide tax, legal or accounting advice. You should consult your own tax, legal and accounting advisors before engaging in any transaction. As one might imagine, car dealerships are excited to share the $7500 tax credit to encourage you to buy a car.