Cars That Think

AUGUST 1, 2023

They weren’t as powerful as they are now. In essence, it was the first scanner technology where you could take a piece of text and put it under the eye of a machine with this really sensitive material and it would convert the ink-based letter forms into sound. Leland: That’s a good question. In the 1990s, screen readers were around.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 20, 2009

Since Power = Current x Voltage you can put the same amount of power through a conductor at a lower current with a higher voltage. This is important since the power dissipated by a wire is Current^2 x Resistance a lower current means less power lost on the lines and more efficiency for a high power load such as a car.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It is thought that the cars that Renault is building to function with the Better Place model will have the ability to have its power supply swapped and the newly announced Tesla Model S is said to also incorporate this concept. They have several stations already built and plan on thousands more.

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