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Acer Goes Big on Glasses-Free, 3D Monitors—Look Out, VR

Cars That Think

The launch is paired with AI-powered software for converting existing 2D content into stereoscopic 3D. “We Evolutionary, not revolutionary The technology has powered several niche products and prototypes, such as Sony’s Spatial Reality Display , but its most famous debut was Nintendo’s 3DS portable game console.

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Advocating electric in the heartland

Electric Auto Association

Members of Mid-America Electric Auto Association (MAEAA) , straddling KansasCity and stretching into Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma, have been active in challenging two pieces of legislation in the Kansas State Legislature, including a 2019 ordinance to level a demand charge on the state’s solar-powered homes.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Since Power = Current x Voltage you can put the same amount of power through a conductor at a lower current with a higher voltage. This is important since the power dissipated by a wire is Current^2 x Resistance a lower current means less power lost on the lines and more efficiency for a high power load such as a car.

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Tesla Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript: April 23, 2024

Teslarati

As people have seen the EV adoption rate globally is under pressure and a lot of other auto manufacturers are pulling back on EVs and pursuing plugin hybrids instead. So, for the car, even if you’re a kW-level inference computer, which is crazy power compared to a phone. It’s distributed power generation.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Burbank Water and Power 2007 Prius by Energy CS, May 2007, (Burbank, CA).

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