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Re:The First Geared CVT and It Will Blow Your Mind [video] on Monday December 02, 2024 @09:24AM (#42296515)
Interesting mechanical solution, The high complexity and current market dynamics makes me wonder if the refinement cycles to make it commercially viable are too far away and not worth the cost. Still I enjoy knowing there is an efficient CVT solution for IC only vehicles, something like 2 stroke scooters in developing countries could really benefit from a cheaper version of this, How would you fell about a bike with something like this? (if it was 1/4 or less, of the weight)
Re:Tesla whistleblower casts doubt on car safety on Tuesday December 05, 2023 @09:12AM (#38530903)
I have worked in SW for the automotive industry for 10 years. The amount of times we where stopped from implementing features or had to roll them back and the number of delays because a test showed a decrease in safety was frustrating but I do feel safe driving my daughter around in the cars I worked on because off it. With the cybertruck, just the transition to 48V electrical system means ALL electronic components had to re-engineered, and for an established manufacturer this would mean huge costs and time to retest everything.
Although the faults are massive, the time to fix was relatively short, scroll to the bottom and look at the timeline... this is not a fault sitting in the open for months after reporting.
Re:Putin’s Energy War with Europe Seems to Falter on Monday September 19, 2022 @03:15AM (#32895270)
Germany has never rebuilt it's economy and never switched the energy source powering it. The rest of EU will just sit idly by and watch as the trend continues downward without taking any action. /s
Because it's where it's needed. Because of geography Romania has off shore wind, rooftop solar and nuclear as low carbon energy sources, (Hydro has 30% of the market and new dams are v difficult due to environmental concerns) All of these are needed, and small scale nuclear is a lot less susceptible to meltdown events due to loss of cooling. Earthquake resistant structures have been built for 50 years, so this is not a showstopper.
Do NOT DELIVER!!!! Once you deliver you are disposable! You will not see a dime!!! Best thing would be to force them to pay in advance, and if they become bankrupt buy the client contracts and try to deliver the value with the help of a SW eng consultancy or other partners.
"Ahead of the new year changes, one case has raised particular attention among observers – that of the Leave.EU domain, with speculation mounting as to whether the website would remain online." ... "However, EURACTIV can exclusively reveal that ahead of the end of the Brexit transition date, the organisation migrated its registrant address to a site in Waterford, in the Republic of Ireland, in a move that is likely to provoke accusations of hypocrisy from commentators." ... "The recent development has been long in the offing. EURACTIV reported in early 2019 that the European Commission had plans to revoke all UK-based .eu domains quickly after the end of the Brexit transition period, with the objective of taking all such websites offline within 48 hours after this date."