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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Dongfeng Motor Company Uses MathWorks Tools for Model-Based Design of Battery Management System for Hybrid Bus

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Faced with the challenge of developing a battery management system in 18 months, the six-person Dongfeng Electric Vehicle engineering team determined that it needed to eliminate the debugging and maintenance effort of traditional hand-coding implementations. The Dongfeng EQ6110 hybrid electric city bus. Click to enlarge.

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Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

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For example, cognitive vehicles could autonomously analyze the current traffic situation for all forms of transport and draw up an individual mobility plan that suits the customer’s personal daily routine and mood. Unlike smartphones and wearables, the car would surround the person and become a surrounding for a digital experience.

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Tips: Taking Care of Your Treasured Corvette

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Edit Page Tips: Taking Care of Your Treasured Corvette Creating a Maintenance Checklist This article may contain affiliate links. However, with any special car from the past comes the need for adequate maintenance. But with so many different components to keep track of, it can be tough to stay on top of maintenance and repairs.

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Why The Ford F-150 Lightning Is The Most Important EV Ever

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The real promise of EVs has always been not that they are quicker, require less maintenance, and emit zero emissions – although those advantages are obviously important. But it is my guess that a majority of the US population has never heard the term nor have any idea what it means. Less maintenance/Lower TCO.

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The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

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Equally important, it had to do so continuously for long periods of time, with no costly pauses for repair or maintenance. In hindsight the idea seems clear, but in the moment, there was a lot of fumbling around. Daniel Brown The spread of ideas has gone the other way as well.

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