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Cadillac reveals CELESTIQ show car

Green Car Congress

The Smart Glass Roof features Suspended Particle Device (SPD) technology that allows for four zones of variable lighting, enabling passengers to fine-tune their cabin experience for completely personalized comfort and visibility.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

All four men felt that LEVs could eventually be one of the most important forms of personal transportation, and had already been supporting that cause. Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

JPEG, like most other video and image compression algorithms, also preserves more intensity (brightness) information than it does color, since the human eye is much more sensitive to changes in light intensity than it is to minute differences in hues. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular?

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Tesla Cybertruck interior, UI, and tonneau cover close-up ahead of deliveries

Teslarati

A new video of the Tesla Cybertruck’s interior, user interface (UI), and the operation of its tonneau cover was captured up close and personal ahead of deliveries, which are scheduled to start two weeks from today. Personally, I am interested in seeing the owner’s manual so the manual override for the tonneau can be examined.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

Cars That Think

Before failing eyesight forced him into retirement in 1922 at age 74, he had proved himself the definition of a renaissance man. Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery. Supreme Court, in the 1857 Dred Scott v.

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What your car or SUV colour might say about you | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

The colour of the car you drive ‘speaks’ a lot more about your personality than you think. Colour reflects a lot more than light. Colour psychologists and analysts have come up some pointers about what colours reveal about the car owner and his/her personality. Are you an outgoing person, creative, conventional thinker?

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLVI)

The Truth About Cars

After LSC appeared, it was immediately clear that a sporty personality was the only way forward for the personal luxury coupe. & The dash was visually separated into two horizontal sections: The upper portion contained gauges and light switches for the driver as well as a clock and information center display.

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