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Ford showcasing vehicle-to-vehicle communication for crash avoidance; potential for leveraging WiFi and smartphones to extend quickly the number of participating vehicles

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There is an extensive body of work on connected vehicle research, and some background is required before coming back to Ford. US DOT Connected Vehicles Research. Connected vehicle mobility applications provide a connected, data-rich travel environment. Background. This information can be used to improve system operation.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Frank (email: afrank@efficientdrivetrains.com) Dr. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.

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This Lockheed Martin Researcher’s Work on UAVs Saves Lives

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Compared with other aircraft, the spinning drone is simpler to produce, requires less maintenance, and is less complex to control because its only control surface is the trailing-edge flap. While attending the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, he interned at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.,

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Will we have a universal standard for charging? Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. Steven Cherry There's an advantage to pure electrics when it comes to maintenance, you know, removing many of the components that need upkeep and replacement. What exactly is fast charging?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

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Will we have a universal standard for charging? Fortunately, one of my fellow contributing editors at the magazine is a bundle of answers. Steven Cherry There's an advantage to pure electrics when it comes to maintenance, you know, removing many of the components that need upkeep and replacement. What exactly is fast charging?

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Finally, an eVTOL You Can Buy (Soon)

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It was a vision that never left him, from a mechanical-engineering degree at the University of Toronto, management jobs in the aerospace industry, starting a company and making a pile of money by inventing a new kind of memory foam , and then retiring in 1996 at the age of 36. It’s also a triumph of engineering.

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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Burrell Smith and the Early Mac Design Mr. Smith, who was a repairman in the Apple II maintenance department in 1979, had become hooked on microprocessors several years earlier during a visit to the electronics-industry area south of San Francisco known as Silicon Valley. Espinosa attributes to the negotiating talents of Mr. Jobs.

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