In the article, “Research on Compound Braking Control Strategy of Extended-Range Electric Vehicle Based on Driving Intention Recognition,” Wanman Li discusses the implications of compound braking control based on the driver’s intention using a predictive model.  By training an HMM model on a dataset about driver intentions and driver actions, Li is able to use the model to determine what action the driver would possibly take, whether it is Regenerative Braking, Mechanical Braking, or a combination of the two on four different wheels (16 total combinations).  By predicting and acting on the predicted driver intentions, Li is able to program the car in order to save energy.

This article is able to support my thesis by providing new and novel technologies that researchers are exploring to better increase the efficiency and range of electric cars.  Furthermore, it poses the question of what technologies electric car companies are implementing rather than researchers because the explorations and innovations by researchers are likely not to be implemented in the industry.  This topic narrows down by thesis to finding what technologies are being implemented in the industry because it will be more concrete evidence of increased battery efficiency rather than possible inventions that may enter the industry in 10-20 years.

How can Regenerative Braking and other energy-saving technologies could increase the viability of electric cars throughout the world within the next decade by strengthening its limited range?  What new technology is being developed? What technologies have already been implemented? How have they increased the appeal of electric cars in the last decade?

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You can see where the pear swelled up and disconnected from the tree. It reminds me of the stem disconnect on a radish. I wonder where the pears’ tree is located. Is the plant that produced this pear still alive? Is it on a pear farm? What does that plant look like? How big is it? So many questions. So few answers. I’m tempted to squeeze till it bursts open but I don’t think that’s a great idea. What kind of dishes and concoctions do people make with the red cactus pear? Maybe they make drinks? Pies? Crumbles?? After looking over it once again, the label reveals that it is from Mexico. How popular is it over there? I know I’ve never heard of this fruit before.

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Entry 2

I can see where its prickly spikes took hold, in perfectly distanced intervals from each other. I wonder why it needed spikes in the first place. Why does the plant create such a delicious and juicy fruit just to protect it from those who desire to eat it? A lot of things in this world don’t make sense to me. But they almost always have an answer; I just haven’t figured it out yet. It looks traumatized on the outside. Its shell has softened from the constant pressure of the Rubbermaid box I’ve kept it in. It’s even started browning at the location of contact from the lid. I know once I peel the outer layer away, it will look like all the other pears. But I would still eat an appealing pear over an unappealing pear. I’m curious to see what it tastes like; never have I heard its name before, nor tasted its flavor on the inside.