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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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

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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. Still, the fear is there, and the possibility looms that lower-priced Chinese vehicles will undercut those sold by other automakers, as happened in Mexico.

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

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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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Volkswagen and Xpeng to roll out two new EVs, starting with an SUV

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Volkswagen and Chinese EV maker Xpeng say they are jointly developing two mid-sized BEVs for 2026 for mainland China, with the first model being an SUV. VW announced in July that it was buying 4.99% of Xpeng $700 million with the plan to make two EV models together in 2026. The purchase was completed in December. Get started here.

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Deloitte Survey finds only 4% of global consumers likely to be satisfied with current EVs despite increasing consideration and willingness to buy; higher ICE fuel economy reduces interest in EVs

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Consumers’ expectations around the performance and purchase price of electric vehicles are so divergent from the actual offerings available today, that no more than 2–4% of consumers worldwide would have their expectations met, according to a new survey from Deloitte. range, convenience to charge and purchase price of the vehicle.

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UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay

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However despite the fact that it does, the agreement received’t robotically practice to EV battery staff at alternative amenities with out the buy-in of the automakers and their companions. The ones crops shall be run via other joint ventures, so the UAW has to have an organizing power and cut price in the neighborhood at each and every one.

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

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In China, more than 60% of electric cars sold in 2023 were already less expensive to buy than gas cars. In the US and Europe, the gas cars’ prices remained cheaper on average, though intensifying market competition and improving battery technologies are expected to reduce prices in the coming years. Get started here. –ad*

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