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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914. It’s very cool."

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Genesis Electrified G80 review: Big limousine goes electric

EV Central

There are no direct rivals, although the Electrified G80 is priced relatively close to the entry-level Porsche Taycan and upcoming Audi e-Tron GT. But it comes at a price premium over petrol G80s, albeit with plenty of performance courtesy of a punchy dual-motor setup that provides all-wheel drive. The boot, too, has taken a hit.

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GKN Driveline introducing eAxle for mass-market C-segment vehicles

Green Car Congress

GKN Driveline has developed an eAxle module—derived from the technology used in cars such as the Porsche 918 Spyder and BMW i8—that will enable C-segment vehicles to offer buyers a plug-in hybrid option with improved performance and a reduction in CO2 emissions of more than 50%. A two-staged geartrain with a gear ratio of 12.5

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N But as our European correspondent John Carey suggested , it’s less than half the price of a Porsche Taycan GTS ($248,300) and, having track tested both, can confirm the cheaper Hyundai’s a more thrilling track machine. Only options are a Vision Roof (panoramic glass) costing $2000, and matte paint for $1000.

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

Cars That Think

In a common type of motor controller, for example, pulses of direct-current electricity are fed to coils mounted on the motor’s rotor. These pulses set up a magnetic field that interacts with that of the motor’s stator, which makes the rotor spin. The standard technique is called pulse-width modulation.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., And finally, they estimated that sales might total only 2000 chips a year. You’re crazy.”

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