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Electric Auto Association
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
All four men felt that LEVs could eventually be one of the most important forms of personal transportation, and had already been supporting that cause. It was like the early days of the automobile industry when everything was so scattered,” Smith explained. Martin had been working on LEVs in STEM programs and the EV Challenge.
Cars That Think
JUNE 21, 2022
The two project leaders— Masato Sagawa of Sumitomo and John Croat of GM—surprised each other by announcing their results at the same conference in Pittsburgh in 1983. Masato Sagawa of Sumitomo (left) announced the invention of a revolutionary neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet at a conference in Pittsburgh, Penn., in November, 1983.
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