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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Deciding that the future of transportation, and therefore their survival, will be based on EVs, many of the top auto companies have promised to end production of their internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, if not earlier. It envisions customers would be willing to pay 7 euros per hour for the capability.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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This is sometimes referred to as “getting the flywheel going”—that is, operating on a large enough scale for the benefits to consumers from network effects to kick in. In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace. Facebook’s Libra proposal flopped.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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how many trees the managers will remove either for sale or to better support the regrowth of the redwoods. Volkswagen compared the e-Golf with the conventional reference models Golf Mk VII 1.2 global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP). This is represented by the red line above. hack and squirt).

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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More Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. More Recharging Detroit The future of the U.S. In a similar vein, batteries will be a competitive advantage for the auto-makers of the future. The business world hopes shes right. auto manufacturers.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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News | Markets | Technology | Personal Finance | Small Business | CNN.com RSS Newsletters Video Home Fortune 500 Technology Investing Management Rankings Warren Buffett takes charge Warren Buffett hasnt just seen the car of the future, hes sitting in the drivers seat. tech industry during the 1990s. 107.12% Rite Aid Corporation 0.66

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Until then, we can always program the ESS to make what Lotus refers to as "more futuristic sounds for electric vehicles [that] can be created using sampled sounds and generated waveforms." More data needs to be gathered before we truly understand whether the lack of a running engine makes a difference in pedestrian safety.

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