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US files civil complaint against Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche for alleged Clean Air Act violations

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collectively referred to as Volkswagen). A civil complaint does not preclude the government from seeking other legal remedies. Beetle Convertible (2013-2015). Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, Porsche AG, and Porsche Cars North America, Inc. Earlier post.). Affected 2.0 Jetta Sportwagen (2009-2014).

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ICCT study concludes no technical barriers to use of higher blends of ethanol

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The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. This in turn raises temperatures inside the catalytic converter, and over time, this can accelerate catalyst deterioration. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

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There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. There it is converted into instructions for the printer by the PostScript interpreter, software resident in ROM. (Other page description languages are optimized for one of these purposes, not both.) What’s NeXT?

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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I didn’t know that word, honestly,” (presumably referring to the word “mayday.”) “And I just heard it freaking coming on that he lost his rudder, that he needed pumps.” As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Stillwell asked if they had heard the call. “I I heard it. A 2020 U.S.

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A Small Startup Fights Rare Diseases With Big Data

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And of course, I'm referring to things like scientific papers, PDF documents. In other words, they were referring to the dark data problem. And so what we realized was that along the way, we had also built a completely novel type of architecture for integrating data and that's referred to as a data fabric. What is dark data?

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A closer look at minimizing AC charging losses: From the breaker to EV (Part 1)

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It’s fairly well known by now that EVs cost far less per mile to drive than their closest ICE counterparts, and the main reason is simply that the EV drivetrain is far more efficient at converting its stored form of energy into motion. The OBC is usually a metal box hidden somewhere on the vehicle, which EV owners never see.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Suits now being litigated could assign those innovations not to the designers and their companies, but to those who first filed for legal protection on them. And menu design has evolved.

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