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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

About CalCars Plug-In Hybrids FAQ How to Get a PHEV Where PHEVs are Carmakers Say. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. See How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity.

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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 is working with more than 200 employee volunteers to capture data produced from their vehicles using the OpenXC plug-in device. Smart Mobility builds upon Ford’s Blueprint for Mobility ( earlier post ).

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

Cars That Think

The Galaksija is a Z80 -based, 8-bit DIY machine, cleverly designed so that its bill of materials meshed exactly with what a Yugoslavian was able to import from Western Europe. Figuring it was plain sailing from there, I canceled my Crowd Supply kit order and set off on my own.

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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. It is one of three new Genesis EVs to be launched in September , but it’s the first to be based on Hyundai’s E-GMP EV architecture, which means there’s no internal combustion version of the five-door coupe SUV in existence. So what would the GV60 line up against?

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2023 BMW iX1 review: How does this premium electric SUV stack up against Tesla, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo in Australia?

EV Central

M Sport gets its own 19-inch double-spoke alloy wheel design, M roof rails, Alcantara/Sensatec (artificial leather) upholstery an M Sport steering wheel and a heap more less significant dress-up bits. iX1 tyres are not run-flats and there is no spare, only a repair kit and tyre pressure monitoring.

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

Charged EVs

There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want their drivers getting out of the vehicles to plug and unplug charging cables. Bob Kacergis: The transfer is a little bit better than a plug-based system. Bob Kacergis: Momentum Dynamics was founded in 2009 by Andy Daga, who is the current CEO.