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World’s largest solar panel maker to slash thousands of jobs

Baua Electric

China leads global solar manufacturing by far, and a glut of solar panels has meant that solar panel prices plummeted last year, so solar panel makers have had to sell at or below production costs. Cheap Chinese solar panels are also making it hard for European and US solar panel makers to compete. The US added a record-setting 32.4

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BYD’s home city in China now has more supercharging plugs than gas pumps

Baua Electric

So all those cheap EVs need to be fast-charged, and what better place to expand than BYD’s home city? According to data from the Southern Power Grid Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau, Shenzhen’s EV charging volume reached 670 million kilowatt-hours in Q1 2024, an 11% increase year-over-year. Get started here. –

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Volvo makes its last diesel car and puts it in a museum

Baua Electric

Swedish automaker Volvo has rolled out its last diesel-powered vehicle, after a 45-year relationship with the powertrain and cranking out millions of diesel cars. The final diesel-powered model was an XC90, a large SUV with a turbocharged inline 2-liter four-cylinder engine, which rolled off its production line yesterday in Torslanda, Sweden.

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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already

Cars That Think

Brooks, who is now working on his third robotics startup, Robust.AI , has written hundreds of articles and half a dozen books and was featured in the motion picture Fast, Cheap & Out of Control. We see a person do something, and we know what else they can do, and we can make a judgement quickly. And we’re really good at that.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

The gadget, roughly the size of a pack of chewing gum, held 8 megabytes of data and required no external power source, drawing power directly from a computer when connected. Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. It was called the ThumbDrive. MB of data.

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Power Electric Scooter Buyers Guide | 2022

Plug In India

We really spent many weeks gathering data from real owners, manufacturers, dealers and many of you have appreciated the effort. Also manufacturers have to have operations and sell in at least 10 cities/towns. They also offer incentives to vehicle manufacturers, charging station providers. Which brand has good quality parts?

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

Cars That Think

Intel microprocessors now power personal computers made by major manufacturers including Dell , HP , and IBM. Moore’s Law set the bar for semiconductor manufacturers and is still driving computing innovations today. The company became a pioneer in the manufacturing of transistors and ICs.