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How Vannevar Bush Engineered the 20th Century

Cars That Think

Oppenheimer and other key members of the Manhattan Project gathered in New Mexico to witness the first atomic bomb test. To this day, Bush’s article—titled “As We May Think”—and his subsequent elaborations of networked information appliances are credited with shaping what would become the personal computer and the World Wide Web.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Between a brief drive in New Mexico and a longer loan, I found myself enjoying this EV. It also has 40 miles of electric range and an updated Google-based infotainment system that is more responsive than before. I don't know how many more Mustangs like this we'll see, so savor it while it lasts.

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Writing a grant to fund the expansion of 15 Level 2 community chargers within the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Growing up in Sunland Park, New Mexico, Jonathan learned early the value of education, the strength of our community, and the power of investing in the future. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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EAA National Board nominations from across North America

Electric Auto Association

Writing a grant to fund the expansion of 15 Level 2 community chargers within the city of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Growing up in Sunland Park, New Mexico, Jonathan learned early the value of education, the strength of our community, and the power of investing in the future. What type of leadership makes you thrive?

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Nasir Ahmed: An Unsung Hero of Digital Media

Cars That Think

Those Zoom meetings that took the place of in-person gatherings for school or work during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic? Nasir did just that, leaving India that fall for graduate school at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Stop for a second and think about the Internet without digital images or video.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We PITCH: If you support our goals, you could support CalCars with a tax-deductible donation in any amount by credit card, check, PayPal or Google Checkout. $25

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Open Source Is Throwing AI Policymakers For A Loop

Cars That Think

AI development is dominated by a small number of technology giants—Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Baidu, Microsoft, and so forth—but machine-learning libraries such as Google's TensorFlow and Facebook's PyTorch are there for anyone's use. And people are being affected ways that they may not even recognize.

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