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just thinking about changing my 76 spitfire to a electric car

DIY Electric Car

If I go gas it will probably cost me $2000 or so. I was hoping someone would give my an idea of the cost of going electric. I have a 76 triumph spitfire with no engine but do have a T9 5 speed trany for it. I'm trying to decide if I was to go with another gas engine or turn it into a electric car. Around town here it is flat terran.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. But Trek 2000 hardly became a household name. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000.

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NHTSA finalizes quiet-car rule for hybrids, electrics, to take full effect in 2020

Green Car Reports

The idea of adding noise-makers to vehicles that are "too quiet" didn't exist until the first hybrid-electric cars hit the market in 2000.

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Bright Automotive To Convert VW Transporters to Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

Start-up Bright Automotive, which in May unveiled its IDEA concept series plug-in hybrid light commercial van ( earlier post ), will convert VW Transporter vans with the series hybrid Bright powertrain as a bridge between the concept and the production version of the IDEA. The IDEA concept. The Bright IDEA and Transporter PHEV.

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The Boring Company will aim to build a working Hyperloop system in the next few years

Teslarati

From a known physics standpoint, this is the fastest possible way of getting from one city center to another for distances less than ~2000 miles. From a known physics standpoint, this is the fastest possible way of getting from one city center to another for distances less than ~2000 miles. Starship is faster for longer journeys.

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Warehouse Robots to Automate Your Living Room

Cars That Think

Well, it’s probably not going to massively boost your productivity or increase your own personal fulfillment all that much, but it’s an interesting idea that might make some things a little more convenient from time to time. Buying the robot plus one two-tier shelf will cost you about $2000 in total, plus an $8 per month subscription fee.

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Elon Musk slams California’s $8 per kW monthly utility charge plan for solar owners

Teslarati

Musk noted that the idea, which essentially penalizes sustainable energy, is “insane.” some people have 20 kw systems $160 a month, nearly $2000 a year. The plan also calls for homeowners with solar systems to be offered an incentive to pair a battery storage unit for their houses.

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