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2001-2003 Prius as electric Car

DIY Electric Car

One can turn 2001-2003 Prius as Electric Car very easily and cheaply.All one has do is to remove the EFI fuse once ign. is no and you get "READY" indication. But now it well only go about 1.7 or less unit the HV battery down to far.So one well need to add Power to the HV Battery. One needed about min of 160 volt.

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Search for Buried Treasure With This DIY Magnetometer

Cars That Think

In the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey , an oddness in the moon’s magnetic field leads scientists to an alien monolith buried under Tycho crater. This article appears in the May 2022 print issue as “A DIY Magnetometer.”. The third sensor would thus track the total-field value. x and y outputs, leaving z to show the total field.

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Wolfswagen '69 Baja Bug Project

DIY Electric Car

The donor is a 1969 VW Beetle we've owned since 2001, but it's been in storage since 2003. On July 1st, 2012, I started my latest (and first EV) project. The body is in great shape, and it even has the factory floorpans still. The car was stripped to just a shell before putting it in storage, so getting the body off the pan was easy.

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

DIY Electric Car

All of the recessions listed above were caused by oil except the early 2000 recession that was caused by September 11th, 2001. The Early 2000 recession was caused by the events of September 11th, 2001 and this was the mildest recession of any of the ones listed on this page. The effect of this was the current housing mess we have.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers.

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