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Hyundai Motor Group to invest $87B over next 5 years; 44 electrified vehicles; new EV development system; hydrogen plans

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The Group’s electrified lineup, which consisted of 24 models in 2019, will be expanded to 44 models by 2025, including 13 hybrids, six plug-in hybrids, 23 battery electric vehicles and two fuel-cell electric vehicles. A new EV architecture development system will be introduced and applied to models slated for launch in 2024.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Personal computers in the late 1980s began incorporating CD-ROM drives, but initially these could read only from prerecorded disks and could not store user-generated data. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. The thumb drive was all that—and more.

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ExxonMobil: global GDP up ~140% by 2040, but energy demand ~35% due to efficiency; LDV energy demand to rise only slightly despite doubling parc

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The outlook is developed by examining energy supply and demand trends in 100 countries, 15 demand sectors covering all manner of personal and business needs and 20 different energy types. Click to enlarge. Outlook for Energy. The Outlook for Energy provides ExxonMobil’s long-term view of global energy demand and supply.

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Nearly one in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 was electric: IEA | Autocar Professional

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Electric car sales in 2023 were 3.5 million higher than in 2022, a 35% year-on-year increase. Electric car sales in 2023 were 3.5 million higher than in 2022, a 35% year-on-year increase. This is more than six times higher than in 2018, just 5 years earlier. These trends indicate that growth remains robust as electric car markets mature.

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Boeing Max 9 Jets Remain Grounded as Airlines Await Inspection Instructions

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were working to draft a message to airlines — primarily Alaska and United Airlines — with detailed instructions on how to inspect the planes, according to a person familiar with the process. The plane landed safely, but the event, on a flight from Portland, Ore., to Ontario, Calif., Boeing and the F.A.A. Boeing and the F.A.A.

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