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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

Renewables increase from 13% of the mix today to 18% in 2035; the growth in renewables is underpinned by subsidies that rise from $64 billion in 2010 to $250 billion in 2035, support that in some cases cannot be taken for granted in an age of increasing fiscal austerity. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil.

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Video Friday: High Mobility Logistics

Cars That Think

On Kickstarter now, for an absurdly cheap $80. Unlike model-based gait control, our RL-driven approach grants Adam exceptional adaptability. Helping with seemingly simple tasks, such as scratching an itch or picking up a dropped object, can make a meaningful difference in a persons life. Kickstarter ] Thanks, Rich! CMU RI ]

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The Rise of Groupware

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These days, computer users take collaboration software for granted. But they are the outgrowth of years of hard work done before the Internet became a thing, when there was a thorny problem: How could people collaborate effectively when everyone’s using a stand-alone personal computer? Passing your colleague a disk doesn’t work.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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Powered By IEEE Program Saves Startups Money

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Running a startup isn't cheap. I saw a massive niche in the market that no one was filling, and I believe I am the right person to make products to fill that niche. National Science Foundation Small Business Technology Transfer Phase 1 grant for technology development in partnership with CalTech, which manages JPL.

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VinFast secures a $1.4 billion loan from parent Vingroup, plus another $2.1B from its chairman

Baua Electric

Scaling is not easy (or cheap), and at the rate VinFast has been moving, it’s even more expensive to do it so hastily. In February 2023, Vingroup chairman Pham Nhat Vuong stated he had no intentions of investing any more of his personal money in the automaker. Vuong’s personal assets contributed to the initial $7.5

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China has found a workaround for strict tariffs: heaps of hybrids

Baua Electric

on Chinese EVs are designed to protect its struggling auto industry from Chinese competition, with Chinese automakers flooding the bloc with cheap imports. Your personalized solar quotes are easy to compare online and you’ll get access to unbiased Energy Advisers to help you every step of the way. for Geely, and 35.3% Get started here.

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