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

Cars That Think

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. engineers were forming hobby clubs to learn about the new machines.

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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

Blink Charging

Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011. Attend an online or in-person event. EVs require less maintenance and therefore have lower maintenance costs. Watch an EV parade. Watch virtual test drives.

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The Growing List of EVmatch Partners

EV Match

BED offers an additional $500 per installed charger to help cover the installation costs of each station if the owner agrees to make it publicly available from 9am – 5pm. Eight years, hundreds of products and several Tesla’s later, they still listen to help solve issues and personalize your car. Sierra Club San Francisco.

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Electra Vehicles, Inc. Announces $21 Million Financing Round led by United Ventures

Electra Vehicles

Club degli Investitori, and BlackBerry Limited. Club degli Investitori, and BlackBerry Limited also participated in the round. We look forward to working closely with our new partners at United Ventures and Stellantis, and to growing our relationship with our longtime supporters at LIFTT, Club degli Investitori, and BlackBerry.”

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Chacarita Is Buenos Aires’s Quirkiest Neighborhood. Get There Soon.

Baua Electric

There’s the cafe that doubles as a museum of photography and triples as a jazz club. Though many commercial streets still have a working-class vibe, Jorge Newbery Avenue does not. I only went to one place twice, the cafe photography-museum jazz club called both Bar Palacio and the Museo Fotográfico Simik.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

I have talked about the total cost of ownership for EVs compared with both hybrid and traditional ICE vehicles. I set up the partnership between ChargePoint and Solar Smart Living and helped many commercial and residential customers make the transition to electric charging. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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Bill Ford outlines “Blueprint for Mobility”, calls for automotive and telecommunications industries to collaborate to address coming personal mobility crisis

Green Car Congress

Public and personal transportation will be fully integrated to save time, conserve resources and lower emissions. Bill Ford began talking about the future of personal mobility in the context of ever-increasing congestion last year at the TED2011 conference in Long Beach. Click to enlarge. Mid-Term (2017 – 2025). Long-Term (2025+).

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