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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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Tesla to build small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines, report says

Baua Electric

A new report states that Tesla is going to build a small new LFP battery cell factory with CATL machines in Nevada. According to a new report from Bloomberg report, Tesla plans to build a “small facility” using “idle equipment” from CATL. The new “small facility” will reportedly build LFP battery cells for Tesla’ Megapacks.

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Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs

Baua Electric

As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap rather than “waste” money on BEVs, its CEO said. Currently, the company is building a $13.9 Since 2021, Toyota has invested about $17 billion into its US manufacturing operations to build mostly hybrids. “I

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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom

Baua Electric

This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. Chinese EV sales have started taking off overseas , particularly in Europe.

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I’ve driven the Tesla killer – and it’s not what you think it is | Opinion

EV Central

Teslas built in China will now show a digitised version of the Chinese flag, or a panda eating a piece of bamboo, while American-made Teslas will turn their rear running lights into either the shape of an AR-15 assault rifle, or the letters “MAGA”. Nor would I buy one. It’s an enticing prospect. Outselling Tesla?

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Global EV sales are ‘robust’ – more than 1 in 5 cars sold in 2024 will be electric

Baua Electric

This growth builds on a record-breaking 2023. In China, more than 60% of electric cars sold in 2023 were already less expensive to buy than gas cars. Growing electric car exports from Chinese automakers, which accounted for more than half of all electric car sales in 2023, could add to downward pressure on purchase prices.

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The worst thing about owning an electric vehicle in Australia isn’t getting any better. In fact, it’s getting worse | Opinion

EV Central

Ampol is getting on board, gradually, by putting chargers on its forecourts, and the ROI on people buying expensive coffee and chocolate while they wait 30 to 45 minute for a charge might be tempting, but service stations only have so much space, and the real estate they’re on tends to be expensive.