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F-150 Lightning, the only full-size electric pickup availablenow with a starting price less than $40,000, will begin to ship to customers in the coming days, starting with the Pro Series. —Linda Zhang, chief engineer, F-150 Lightning.
Equipped to handle the higher load capacities of EVs, RangeMax RSDEV was engineered to deliver lower rolling resistance than comparable competitor tires for improved efficiency to fleets regardless of drivetrain. Availablenow in size 295/75R22.5, The RangeMax RSDEV is Goodyear’s best regional drive tire for energy efficiency.
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The 2018 Sonata Plug-In Hybrid is availablenow at Hyundai dealerships. engine and the 50 kW (67 HP) electric motor are mated to a six-speed automatic transmission for a more familiar and natural operation feel. The vehicle qualifies for a $4,919 Federal Tax Credit along with other state-level incentives.
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Scientific and engineering software applications capable of running on HPC platforms are a prime area of interest. Companies have built whole workflows around these applications, but they don’t scale to the platforms availablenow and they won’t scale to the newer generations of upcoming platforms.
The RH850/D1x MCUs incorporate a large-capacity RAM (up to 3.5MB) and Renesas’ newly developed high-functionality graphics engine supported by an efficient Renesas Graphics Library. With the RH850/D1x graphics engine supporting OpenVG 1.1 Samples of the RH850/D1x MCUs are availablenow. Intelligent development.
To help meet increasingly stringent fuel efficiency and CO 2 targets, engine control systems must optimize the ignition and fuel injection timing to match a variety of conditions, such as current combustion and driving status. Samples of the RH850/E1M-S2 are availablenow. Availability is subject to change without notice.).
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It sits between the base model dual motor and the higher-spec quad motor (Rivian has had a quad-motor before, but cut that option when it brought motor development in-house, though it will return in 2025), occupying what one engineer told us is a “Goldilocks” position – not too much, not too little. Get started here. –
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