Cars That Think

APRIL 23, 2022

A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore. The time was right because of the imminence of three hardware developments: the first low-cost, bit-mapped personal computer, the first low-cost laser printer, and a decline in price of high-density memory chips. As noted earlier, one was a cheap laser printer.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

A PDF version is available on IEEE Xplore. They lacked completely the sophisticated design tools of today’s engineering workstations, but they had one readily available design tool found almost nowhere else in the home-computer industry: a chip-fabrication line on the premises. It appeared in the March 1985 issue of IEEE Spectrum.

Engine 117

Engine Design Personal Production 117

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not. But that cost in a built as an EV is much less than an ICE’s costs by about 1/2. Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58