Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. It was called the ThumbDrive. Today it is familiar worldwide. The thumb drive was an instant hit, garnering hundreds of orders for samples within hours.

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Singapore 2000 Store IDEA 145

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

The production version of the i3. Click to enlarge. In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. Earlier post.) EVs in general currently have a larger carbon burden in the production phase than conventional vehicles (e.g.,

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Charged EVs

AUGUST 17, 2022

There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want their drivers getting out of the vehicles to plug and unplug charging cables. We connect high-power communication lines into the DC charging system of the car. Bob Kacergis: The transfer is a little bit better than a plug-based system.

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