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Lotfi Zadeh and the Birth of Fuzzy Logic

Cars That Think

As a child, Zadeh was surrounded by governesses and tutors, while as a young adult, he had a personal servant. was the first to apply fuzzy theory to a consumer product, a shower head that controlled water temperature, in 1987. His career goal, for as long as he can remember, was to be an engineering professor.

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Analysis: What’s the Best Way to Market EVs?

Clean Fleet Report

Next up will be the ID.Buzz electric minivan. They’ll never be marketed like refrigerators or water heaters. With electric Ford Mustangs and GMC Hummers and a bunch of fresh brands we’ve never seen before, we are in an exciting new world of personal transportation. America doesn’t get the ID.3, Sub-brand, the ID.4

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz electric minivan has been coming to North America for a long, long time. Stronger permanent magnets in the rotor have higher capacity for thermal load, stator wires have higher cross-section and more effective turns, and coolant that combines oil and water offers more ability to shed heat.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

Plug Me In

Up to halfway through Morocco, I could travel by train, then mainly buses and minivans. Eleven euros for a bottle of water? To see nothing but desert for miles as a Dutch person? Due to a problem with my Airbnb: no host, no water, and no electricity, those blog warnings seemed to be true. I turned a blind eye to that.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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