What are electric cars and how do they help our environment? An electric car is an automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors‚ using electrical energy stored in rechargeable batteries or another energy storage device. Electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating strong and smooth acceleration. They are also around three times as efficient as cars with an internal combustion engine. The first practical electric cars were produced in the 1880s. Electric cars were popular
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The short story “To Build a Fire” by Jack London holds the major principal concept of giving admiration to nature through having an authoritative understanding of the signs to warn that it provides. The story utilizes a setting that plays a major role in understanding development. London utilizes particular techniques in establishing the surroundings as well as the tone of the story. Through introducing the general readers to the story‚ the author prepares them for a tone that provokes fear as
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Insurance Sector in India Last Updated: August 2013 Brief Introduction Currently India is a US$41 billion industry. Currently‚ in India only two million people (0.2% of the total population of 1 billion) are covered under Mediclaim‚ whereas in developed nations like USA about 75% of the total population are covered under some insurance scheme. A robust insurance sector is a boon to a country’s economy. The sector facilitates long-term funds for infrastructure development and simultaneously
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General Motors Leadership is one of the most important aspects and challenges a company faces which can influence the effectiveness or an organization. An organization counts on good leadership skills to direct and lead a company into performing and motivating to achieve attainable goals and produce income. According to the General Motors (2007) website‚ they are proud of their group affiliation of the Affinity Group which allows employees and management to link up and produce effective ideas
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Jack London once said‚ “The proper function of man is to live‚ not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” This quote is a good representation of who Jack London was as a writer and a person. He worked hard at what he believed in‚ never backing down from challenges or new adventures‚ so he could potentially spark his imagination with new ideas to write about. Unlike most people‚ Jack knew at a young age that he wanted to write‚ though his writing initiated
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zero emissions and sporty‚ sleek design‚ the General Motors EV-1 was unstoppable. This car ran entirely without gas or oil of any kind. It ran only on electric power which made it very eco-friendly. It was built to comply with California’s zero emissions vehicle mandate that stated if auto makers wanted to sell cars in California some of those cars would have to be no exhaust. General Motors started leasing them publicly in 1997
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10/11/2014 Abstract Dollar General Corporation is United States largest small-box discount retailer headquartered in Goodlettsville‚ Tennessee [1]. Dollar General offers both name brand products and generic merchandise [2]. Its competitors include Family Dollar‚ Dollar Tree which also operate in deep discount segment of US retailing. The following case study discusses about the various political‚ economic‚ social and technological forces that Dollar General have faced and their impact on the
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Introduction 1Phonetics as branch of linguistics .The word phonetics is derived from the Greek word phone such means sound and is used in two different meanings: a. to some authors usually non phoneticians phonetics is that part of grammar which deals with special sounds. b. To phoneticians however phonetics is an independent branch of linguistics which is concerned with the phonetic structure of language. On the one hand phonetics is quite independent and develops according to its own laws
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General Motors has been at the center of one of the nation’s largest controversies over clean emissions-cars. In 1996 the company introduced the EV-1 electric car in California and Arizona. Hundreds of the electric cars were soon on the road. Then they all disappeared. The mystery behind their disappearance is the subject of the documentary "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Electric vehicles had many advantages over their competitors in the early 1900s. They did not have the vibration‚ smell‚ and noise
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Jumpin’ Jack Flash Jumpin’ Jack Flash Management Skills In the chapter closing case Jack Armstrong used many skills when he was a VP at the consumer products firm. Among the skills that Jack utilized was technical‚ interpersonal‚ diagnostic‚ communication‚ decision-making and time management skills. Jack used technical skills to understand what it was he needed to do within the company. Interpersonal skills were used when he was interacting with the designers and the people involved in the
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