high-performance
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Headquartered in Mulfingen, Germany, Ebm-Papst supplies high-performance airflow technologies, as well as integrated electronically commutated fan and motor systems, according to Madison Air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Miatas feature heavily in this crowd, but there are also high-performance rides, like a Porsche 911, a first-generation Audi R8 and an Audi RS 3.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
A new generation of cost-efficient, high-performance Chinese AI is putting pressure on Silicon Valley's leading labs to lower prices to grab market share as they try and find ways to turn a profit.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Giving it greater plasticity could make it easier to manufacture and allow engineers to create more sophisticated structures for engines and other high-performance systems.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
Tamara didn’t often fly along when the 586th was given assignments, either because of her leg injury or because she wasn’t familiar with the high-performance Yak-1 fighter aircraft.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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