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Bosch launches eScooter sharing service under new Coup brand

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At launch, 200 connected eScooters will be available in the Berlin neighborhoods of Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain, and Kreuzberg. Gogoro introduced the Gogoro Smartscooter EV and the Gogoro Energy Network at the Consumer Electronics Show in early 2015 and launched in Taipei Taiwan in August 2015.

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Univ. of Southampton researchers develop auction-based online pricing mechanism for more efficient management of EV charging

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In a study based on the performance of currently available electric vehicles, performed by Dr. Valentin Robu and Dr. Sebastien Stein, the mechanism was shown to increase the number of electric vehicles that can be charged overnight, within a neighborhood of 200 homes, by as much as 40%. Gerding, E., and Jennings, N. In Press).

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1973 from National Taiwan University in New Taipei. He consulted on large-scale power generation and delivery, helping bring electricity to neighborhoods in more than 60 countries during his career. in applied mathematics in 1980 from Harvard. for 37 years. as an engineer.

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Chicago Right Now

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Mr. Wolen’s dishes are almost too impressive for a neighborhood spot like Boka, which recently turned 20 years old. PRIYA KRISHNA 2601 West Fletcher Street, Chicago; 773-754-0199; thattu.com Kevin Hickey’s great-grandmother once owned a place called the Duck Inn in the South Side neighborhood of Bridgeport, where he grew up.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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Yen Meng Jiin/Singapore Press/AP Tan, the third of six brothers, was born and raised in a kampung (village) in the neighborhood of Geylang, Singapore. Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims.

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