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QOTD: Would You Rather Own a Mansion or an EV Startup?

The Truth About Cars

mansion for sale for more than Fisker appears to be worth. So I could live there part-time and still keep roots in Chicago. So I could live there part-time and still keep roots in Chicago. We brought you news this morning that Fisker founder and boss Henrik Fisker has apparently listed his L.A.

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A Volkswagen brand pickup will not happen, but we still have Scout’s EV truck coming

Baua Electric

Volkswagen Group America CEO Pablo Di Si told MotorTrend at the Chicago Auto Show this week, “It is not in the plans anymore.” Although part of VW’s 2020 alliance with Ford included building a medium-sized pickup, it won’t launch in the US.

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The Secrets of Space Invaders

Cars That Think

It appeared in the December 1982 issue of IEEE Spectrum as part of a special report, “Video games: The electronic big bang.” of Chicago, Ill., which licensed Space Invaders for sale in the United States, these features of the game were accidental. This article was first published as "Space Invaders: the sound of success."

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

Green Car Congress

The 19 launch markets also include Atlanta; Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Denver; Detroit; Los Angeles; San Francisco; San Diego; New York; Orlando, Fla.; Ford will also be introducing the C-MAX Hybrid and the C-MAX Energi plug-in hybrid—also to be built at Michigan Assembly— for sale in the second half of next year.

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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is one of the most profitable parts of its business, bearing witness to the company’s manufacturing skills. Chicago Radio Laboratory established; later adopts as its trade name Z-Nth, the identification of an amateur radio station. manufacturers exhibit new models at the 1947 Chicago Furniture Mart. But Lazard Freres & Co.,

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Electrifying Chicago’s Urban Residential Neighborhoods: 3 New Community Chargers

EV Match

3 New Community Electric Vehicle Chargers in Chicago. That’s why part of our mission at EVmatch is to make charging easy, reliable, and accessible to all. John’s charging station comes on the heels of two chargers recently installed at Plant Chicago , a collaborative community organization focused on cultivating circular economies.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

Cars That Think

In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace. With its efforts on Libra, Facebook drew a compelling picture of the plight of those excluded from banking—not only in sub-Saharan Africa but also in South Central Los Angeles and the South Side of Chicago.