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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

We bought a booth at the first RoboNexus trade show held in San Jose in 2004. for “Automated Music Personality,” or AMPbot for short. Bob thought we might be able to find some companies who might be interested in paying for our expertise in developing these kinds of balancing robots. The product was to be named A.M.P.,