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Cadillac reveals CELESTIQ show car

Green Car Congress

The Smart Glass Roof features Suspended Particle Device (SPD) technology that allows for four zones of variable lighting, enabling passengers to fine-tune their cabin experience for completely personalized comfort and visibility.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

All four men felt that LEVs could eventually be one of the most important forms of personal transportation, and had already been supporting that cause. Gerhardt had joined with Ed Benjamin of the Light Electric Vehicle Association (LEVA) to offer training programs—and certification— to aspiring ebike mechanics.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

JPEG, like most other video and image compression algorithms, also preserves more intensity (brightness) information than it does color, since the human eye is much more sensitive to changes in light intensity than it is to minute differences in hues. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular?

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Tesla Cybertruck interior, UI, and tonneau cover close-up ahead of deliveries

Teslarati

A new video of the Tesla Cybertruck’s interior, user interface (UI), and the operation of its tonneau cover was captured up close and personal ahead of deliveries, which are scheduled to start two weeks from today. Personally, I am interested in seeing the owner’s manual so the manual override for the tonneau can be examined.

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In 1926, TV Was Mechanical

Cars That Think

His noctovision used infrared light to see objects in the dark, which some experts claim was a precursor to radar. John Logie Baird [shown here] used the heads of ventriloquist dummies in early experiments because they didn’t mind the heat and bright lights of his televisor. But Baird earned his spot in history with the televisor.

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2025 Cadillac Escalade Adopts IQ Features, Dumps Diesel Engine

The Truth About Cars

All four doors can now pop open with a press of a button via the door handle or center console, with the driver’s door capable of being set to pop open whenever approached by the person holding the key fob. Others will definitely like that they’re there, as they are very showy and give you a way to flex on the neighbors.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

Cars That Think

Before failing eyesight forced him into retirement in 1922 at age 74, he had proved himself the definition of a renaissance man. Sandford decision , ruled that an enslaved person was not made free by entering a state whose laws forbid slavery. Supreme Court, in the 1857 Dred Scott v.

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