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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

Green Car Congress

Infiniti will introduce a production-ready variable compression ratio engine VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) at the 2016 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l’Automobile) in September. Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years. Hiyoshi et al.

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

Green Car Congress

SQM hit technical obstacles at its new brine conversion facilities that delayed its target capacity of 70,000 tpa LCE by end of 2018 while Albemarle continues to struggle to achieve full capacity at La Negra II. Source: Infinity Lithium company presentation. Key lithium trends to watch in 2019 and beyond.

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4orce is a taste of EV-lite

EV Central

litre fours from Nissan luxury brand, Infiniti. The electrical output of the generator bolted to this engine will be a little less, because no energy conversion is ever 100 percent efficient. Under the bonnet of the new X-Trail hybrid is a turbo 1.5-litre

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Flash Drive: 2022 GMC Hummer EV Pickup

Clean Fleet Report

We tried it and it works, but needing this technology is another conversation for another day. The Infinity Roof, made up of three panels, brings back memories of the Pontiac Firebird from the 1970s and 1980s. There are five different driver-selectable drive modes , with Normal best for open, paved-road driving. Unique Interior.

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Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem

Cars That Think

Compounding these matters, we have discovered evidence that a senior software engineer at Midjourney took part in a conversation in February 2022 about how to evade copyright law by “ laundering” data “through a fine tuned codex.”

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