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BYD posts tribute to commemorate Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger

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Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) maker BYD paid tribute to the late Charlie Munger, the Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman who played a key role in the automaker’s backing by Warren Buffett more than a decade ago. The post BYD posts tribute to commemorate Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Take that Hyundai Ioniq 5 N! MG4 EX4 is a hyper hatch with attitude

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The EX4 is a tribute to the Metro 6R4 world rally championship racer of the 1980s (when MG was British rather than Chinese-owned). But it is an exciting indication of what MG could do if it decides to have a high-performance division like Hyundai N. MG4 EX4 concept.

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Remembering Data Compression Pioneer K. R. Rao

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This tribute is an excerpted version of an article dedicated to his memory written by three of his colleagues: IEEE Member Jae Jeong Hwang, Zoran M. Rao co-authored 22 books, some of which have been translated from English to Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish. Rao was a professor of electrical engineering at the.

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Remembering Ross Stone, an Influential Leader of IEEE Technical Activities

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He was a Fellow of the Chinese Institute of Electronics , the Electromagnetics Academy , and URSI. In addition to his contributions to IEEE, Stone served as editor for more than 20 years of The Radio Science Bulletin , a publication of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI).

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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Today it is being employed by Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD , as well as by Ford , General Motors , and Tesla. The duo created a lithium-ion battery with lower voltage but also lower cost and greater safety. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

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