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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

Cars That Think

Musser created the more affordable desktop model shown at top for the Seattle World’s Fair. To see the desktop orrery in action, check out the two videos at the bottom of this listing at the Agent Gallery Chicago.) An abridged version of this article appears in the October 2023 print issue as “No Ordinary Orrery.”

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Electrifying Chicago’s Urban Residential Neighborhoods: 3 New Community Chargers

EV Match

3 New Community Electric Vehicle Chargers in Chicago. It is exciting to see the variety and affordability of electric vehicles growing at the rate that they are, but we know it’s not enough. John’s and Plant Chicago, is optimistic about where things are headed. Illinois is all in.

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

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A simple keyword- or rules- based rating system for evaluating the responses is affordable and scalable, but isn’t adequate when models’ responses are complex, ambiguous or unusual. The following MLCommons AI safety working group members contributed to this article: Ahmed M. Protik Mukhopadhyay, Protecto.ai

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

Green Car Congress

However, these innovations are too rarely linked and optimized in a way that can provide a convenient, practical, affordable and sustainable door-to-door trip for the user. The five themes are: Systems integration.

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Profile: Farmers Ethanol: Focusing on Sustainable Corn Ethanol Production and a Triple Bottom Line

Green Car Congress

In an article “Falling thirst for Fuel Leaves Ethanol Enthusiasts with a Hangover” published on 4 May 2009, The Wall Street Journal summarized three of the challenges traditional corn ethanol faces today. Osage believes winter barley can offer the farmers a compelling value equation while providing Osage with an affordable feedstock.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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The automaker has already begun idling auto plants and is warning of future closures to pay for its transition to EVs and to try to keep EV prices affordable. Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service/Getty Images.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. Sure, if you need to make lots of long trips in a car, and can only afford to have one car, then probably a Tesla’s not for you. Where is affordable. April 17, 2009 11:38 am Link Goodbye GM. — Goodbye 2.

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