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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims.

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Ford announces Smart Mobility plan; 25 initial projects

Green Car Congress

The initial step is the creation of 25 mobility experiments across the globe designed to help change the way the world moves. Ford engineers are working with HP to track the driving habits of 100 vehicles used nationwide by HP employees for work and personal commuting. Developing more flexible user-ship models for customers.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

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Genesis GV60 review: Compact SUV a milestone for Korean luxury maker

EV Central

There’s no spare tyre just a mobility kit. Being such a big performing powertrain, it’s no surprise it delivers strongly from tip-in throttle to well past legal speed limits. In the cluster the are choices of colours, design themes and information. I’d rather just have the full 360kW and 700Nm anytime I press the throttle.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Underneath, EV electrical architectures share a lot in common, and our integrations are actually very straightforward, whether it’s an aftermarket accessory as a kit or, as we’re doing with Volvo Cars, an OEM-installed solution. And the more they do that, the vehicles are actually not road-legal—they’re violating the axle weight limits.