Cars That Think

MAY 16, 2024

In a rational world, one that valued convenience, time, low energy intensity and low carbon conversions, the high-speed electric train would always be the first choice for [intercity travel],” Smil wrote at the time. would catch up with Europe, China, and Japan, where high-speed regional rail travel has long been a regular fixture. “In

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C., Grove brings some needed high-profile gravitas to the community of electrification advocates.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

Plug In Conversions Corp. PICC) has completed a breakthrough software upgrade to its plug-in conversion kit that for the first time will allow all-electric mode driving at speeds of up to 70 miles per hour in a converted Prius. Felix Kramer, CalCars.org, at Plug In 2008 in San Jose / photo by Creative Greenius (c) 2008.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Cheese Pizza Time Theatre in San Jose, Calif., Unlike today’s robot designs, none of the animatronics of the ’60s and ’70s were truly interactive; all of the songs and conversation were prerecorded and synched with movements through computer programming.) Consider this my ode to the era of animatronics. How Chuck E.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 11, 2024

So, you could make a drink order, or even just have a conversation with the robots that were walking the crowd. WeRobot pic.twitter.com/zM9pkkyOCu — Austin (@AustinPlanet) October 11, 2024 In conversation, the robots were impressively realistic in their conversational tone, responding quickly and with natural speech.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 8, 2022

San Jose, Calif., We thought,” Hoff told Spectrum , “we could integrate this, the analog-to-digital conversion, on a chip, and then use these circuits as the basis for switching.” Hoff and his group developed a multiplexed approach to conversion in which a single converter is shared by the transmit and receive channels.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

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. That was quite a conversion.” Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2019

San Jose, Calif. Quanex Building Products Corporation, Houston, Texas SCP SYS LLC, San Francisco, Calif. Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif. San Jose, Calif. Novel chemical looping process for conversion of natural gas to pure hydrogen, $150,000 CanmetENERGY, Ottawa, Canada Glowink Inc., Vitriflex Inc.,

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. He created three business startups at the age of 21 and worked with Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, US Army, City of San Jose and is now serving as an Executive Management Consultant for American Water.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

AUGUST 3, 2009

EV conversion technologies have now made these types of vehicles possible and available through affiliates of the EAA, such as CalCars and Plug-in Supply. EAA Board of Director Jerry "EVJerry" Asher, who works on developing inter-chapter relations, helped coordinate the response of the local EAA chapters. (See

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In my conversations, I focus primarily on the overall total cost of ownership and I have encouraged some friends to convert. He created three business startups at the age of 21 and worked with Google, Microsoft, BlackBerry, US Army, City of San Jose and is now serving as an Executive Management Consultant for American Water.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) San Jose Mercury News ). That said, the interest in conversions continues to validate hybrid technology as a core technology thats here to stay.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 4, 2025

Biodegradable packaging materials such as bioplastics, nanocellulose, and algae-based materials, paired with waste-to-energy conversion technologies and advanced recycling systems that use AI-powered sorting and chemical recycling, further enable a more circular economy. This years event is scheduled for 19 and 20 August in San Jose, Calif.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

See also our EAA-PHEV:General disclaimer talk : Disclaimer edit Please visit the Conversion Interest page to help us gauge DIYers interest! Current Hybrids are natural donor platforms because they already have most of the needed electric propulsion components, so the conversion process deals primarily with integrating larger battery packs.A

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2024

He was befuddled by their approach and wondered why video wasn’t part of the conversation. “We government was in the midst of splitting up the Bell System, so he left the company to work for IBM in San Jose, Calif., We knew the judges wouldn’t select a little company’s technology unless it was really a slam dunk, and it was.”

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