Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

We reached peak oil consumption in the US in 2008 and the same is true in the EU and Japan. ” It is not how can we get low cost capital to take more risk. It is how do we lower the risk so low cost capital can participate. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “

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Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Cars That Think

MAY 9, 2024

Low-cost, low-mass, and space-hardy versions of these technologies would be required, but engineers trying to draw up detailed plans for such satellites today find no parts that meet the tough requirements. The challenges for their engineering and assembly are equally gargantuan. But the contract and promises went unfulfilled.

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Power Powered Solar Fusion 130

Cars That Think

JULY 2, 2023

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Smith, who was well acquainted with the price of electronic components from his early work on reducing the cost of the Apple II, made many decisions about the economics of Macintosh hardware without time-consuming consultations with purchasing agents.

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Design Engine Parts Personal 112

Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

When the design of the Commodore 64 began, the overriding goals were simplicity and low cost. The initial production cost of the Commodore 64 was targeted at $130; it turned out to be $135. There were additional VIC-20 assembly facilities in Japan, where the disk drive for the C-64 was to be manufactured.

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Engine Design Personal Production 112

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

BYD makes about 80% of Motorolas RAZR handsets, as well as batteries for iPods and iPhones and low-cost computers, including the model distributed by Nicholas Negropontes One Laptop per Child nonprofit based in Cambridge, Mass. "Importing batteries from Japan was very expensive," Wang says.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62