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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

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. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995.

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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

EV Central

But even as a hybrid the Niro doesn’t come particularly cheap. Plus Kia Connect has a Valet Mode that can limit infotainment use and remotely monitor speed and location, even alerting the owner if the person behind the wheel exceeds a pre-set speed limit or leaves or enters a pre-determined area. Kia Niro EV GT-Line interior.

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Tesla Model 3 vs Kia EV6 vs Polestar 2 vs Hyundai Ioniq 5: Which one is the best EV in Australia?

EV Central

None of this quartet is cheap, but all are towards the value end of the EV market. It’s fine up front, each person cocooned in an upmarket cabin with seats that hug in all the right places. It’s an unbranded system designed in-house by Tesla, but it’s a quality bit of audio kit. Sure, there are cheaper options.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Vehicle-to-grid is, I believe, the salvation of the automotive industry in the United States,” declared Marc Spitzer, an agency commissioner who was also on the panel. Apple coming from the computer industry to deliver iTunes and the iPod,&# he added. “You may see that start to happen in the energy sector.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Batteries are highly special toxic waste and cannot be dropped on the average dump site, so who is going to pay to get rid of this problem?

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