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Distance driven per person is still down from its maximum in 2004

Green Car Congress

This article is the latest in a series that examines recent changes in various aspects of road transportation in the United States. The focus here is on distance driven per person as opposed to total distance driven (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. by Michael Sivak. population).

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Tesla receives mind-blowing interior ‘personalization system’ patent

Teslarati

Tesla has received a patent for an incredible new “personalization system,” which could make its vehicles more accessible and comfortable than ever before. The system uses the car’s interior camera system to identify occupants, approximate their size, and personalize settings to optimize comfort and ease of use.

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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.

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Here is what’s new in the second part of the UK Smart Charging Regulation

Wallbox

What is new in the second part of the UK Smart Charging Regulation? Following the government initiatives on Electric Vehicle adoption, 2022 ended with the introduction of the second part of the national Smart Charging Regulations. What news is there in terms of Wallbox’s portfolio to support these changes? Discover them here !

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Should Right-to-Repair Laws Extend to Bionic Body Parts?

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When IEEE Spectrum published an article in February about blind people whose bionic vision systems had become obsolete and unsupported , it generated both attention and outrage. The paper explains that in the early days of commercial pacemakers, different company's brands didn’t have compatible parts.

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Number of vehicles in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2006?

Green Car Congress

In a recent article , I examined changes in distance driven in the United States during the period from 1984 through 2017. Distance driven per person reached a maximum in 2004. The focus is on vehicles per person, as opposed to the absolute number (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S.

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Distance driven in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2004?

Green Car Congress

This article is the latest publication in a series examining recent changes in various aspects of motorization in the United States. The focus here is on distance driven per person and per household, as opposed to the absolute distance driven (which depends, in part, on the continuously increasing size of the U.S. population).

2004 317