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Are Homemade CPUs Alibaba’s Bid For Independence?

Cars That Think

But, impressive as that feat is, an even more significant chip design development by the Chinese tech giant may be making available the source code to a RISC-V CPU core its own engineers designed. The company vowed to provide more services and support for RISC-V development tools, software development kits, and customized cores in the future.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In the late 1960s Singapore had embarked on a crash program of industrialization, offering incentives to multinational companies, especially in such high-tech fields as electronics and semiconductors, to set up factories on the island. This wasn’t a rare job at the time.

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

EV Central

There will be single-motor front-drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive models available and a lengthy list of tech that includes remote connectivity and dual 12.3-inch Renault Megane e-Tech 2024 Renault Megane E-Tech. Style is a big part of the appeal when it comes to the Megane e-Tech. inch screens along with a 5.0-inch

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Opinions and Rants

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I find out this morning from Ross Cunniff (who also recently completed the 914 AC kit), that he has had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS with his CCPower DC-DC converter. Since I finished the first kit, Electro Auto didn't want to replace my unit because they wanted me to find out more information before I simply blew up another one.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Followed Google Maps to hit Hosur road - and from then on the Maps was switched off. Madan is very tech savvy - and actually founded a telemedicine company about a decade ago. For me it turned out to be a good tech demonstrator for what makes BYD the king of Chinese roads. We switched on Google Maps and left for Ooty.

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Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric review

EV Central

It will compete with any of the tech-focused sub-$100K electric car offerings. Safety kit extends to airbags all around, autonomous emergency braking (AEB), blind spot warning, rear cross-traffic alert, a driver monitoring system (to keep an eye on fatigue) and lane keep assist.

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US lawmakers to de-silence electric cars • The Register

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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