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AutoNation joins Pendragon bidding warfare

Baua Electric

As a part of that trade in, Pinewood, Pendragon’s dealership control machine, could be reworked right into a standalone instrument corporate referred to as Pinewood Applied sciences. Lithia on Sept. 18 mentioned it deliberate to shop for Pendragon’s dealership and fleet companies in a $350 million trade in.

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EnerDel Plans to Invest $237M in New Indiana Lithium-Ion Battery Plant

Green Car Congress

Lithium-ion battery manufacturer EnerDel will invest $237 million in a new manufacturing plant near its Indianapolis headquarters in order to meet anticipated demand for advanced battery systems used in both automotive and stationary smart grid applications. The Indiana plant will be financed through a $118.5 Earlier post.)

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

Cars That Think

Discovery Center , in Indianapolis. Part of a continuing series looking at historical artifacts that embrace the boundless potential of technology. References Historians appreciate footnotes and citations in order to track down the original primary source of information. The Celestaphone is a vibraphone with a 2.5-octave

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Pong Was Boring—And People Loved It

Cars That Think

The game was actually created as part of a training exercise to get a young engineer named. My University of South Carolina colleague James Risk grew up in Mooresville, Indiana, a small town southwest of Indianapolis. To this day, references to Frogger inevitably surface whenever I make ill-timed attempts at jaywalking in the city.