They were fundamentally modernist: Like them or not, they were ultra-efficient machines for selling.
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An even faster quick-charger port option, could connect to ultra-efficient public chargers that offer an 80 percent charge in as little as 30 minutes.
This week several ultra-efficient transportation stories got Inhabitat's engines running as we watched a custom built Daihatsu Mira EV travel a record-breaking 623 miles on a single charge.
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Unlike traditional "centralized" systems, distributed energy relies on small power-generating technologies like solar panels or ultra-efficient natural-gas turbines built near the point of energy consumption to supplement or displace grid-distributed electricity.
Now, these folks are hard at work on a new manufacturing process for ultra-efficient LED lights that will make them more affordable for people all across the country and around the world.
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For example, rather than purchase expensive ultra-efficient motors, low cost opportunistic additions to old fans and pumps such as variable frequency drives and demand controls can deliver equal energy savings at a fraction of the cost.
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We're also happy to see that several of our favorite solar houses from the show made it to the top ranks, including Germany's elegant IKAROS house, the ultra-efficient Armadillo Box, and Finland's beautiful wooden Luukku house.
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The lasers are designed to be efficient and ultra-fast, with speeds as high as 1, 000 megabits per second.
Today and tomorrow, IGZO will engender a whole generation of display products that produce high resolution images, are dramatically more energy efficient and are ultra-responsive to touch.
Without that, its attractions may come to seem limited: Thailand lacks the ultra-cheap workforce of Vietnam, the language skills of the Philippines or the relatively efficient bureaucracy and educated workforce of Malaysia.
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