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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

Cars That Think

Structured VLSI design, now taught in more than 100 universities. Many of the people at BCC were responsible for the design of the SDS 940, the computer on the strength of which Xerox bought Scientific Data Systems in 1968.) which had made the 1103 dynamic memory chips used in the MAXC design, reaped one of the first benefits.

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5 great electric cars still eligible for the Plug-in Car Grant

Drive EV

In the statement OZEV said the grant is now updated to “target less expensive models and reflect a greater range of affordable vehicles available, allowing the scheme’s funding to go further and help more people make the switch to an electric vehicle. driveEV is the UK's only online magazine dedicated to electric cars.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Take for instance the grossly-oversized wheels: a more aerodynamic design would use smaller ones, to minimize turbulence around the opening. Where is affordable. It’s called aerodynamics.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Red Herring ). Hell, yes," he says.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. They leased a few (at a loss) to those that could afford it.

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