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

Cars That Think

The first personal computer developed in the United States is commonly thought to be the MITS Altair, which sold as a hobbyist’s kit in 1976. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. Even today, he said, he receives laser-printed documents from universities in which he can recognize the Dover typefaces.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

But the tests are too costly for the typical small startup to afford and the warranties are unattainable because the electric batteries currently used to power plug-ins don’t last ten years. According to agency documents, the tests likely will cost about $20,000 to $25,000 per vehicle.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. affordable plug-in hybrids are a decade away" (spokesman Bill Kwong in Reuters/Washington Post ) 8/15/06 The [Prius] redesign is likely for the 2010 or 2011 model year.

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