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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

People might be bored reading about the Prius but a review on four Priuses (2004, 2005, two 2006s) that my family owns that ran a total of 913k km (570k miles) should be interesting, right? The fourth one, a 2005, I bought for myself last year with 222k km (128k miles) with a full service history. My 2005 burns about 0.3-0.4

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Electrifed MG Midget - Project Revived

DIY Electric Car

I''ve owned the car for about 15 years, and last worked on it in 2005. This project is an electric vehicle conversion on a 1976 MG Midget. I''m back at it and making good progress. Here''s some photos of the car before the project began.'

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. Reach out that matters When Pohorsky joined the EAASV in 2005, Will Beckett was chapter president. “He It was very technical but captivating. “So

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

DIY Electric Car

By 2005 the Fed Funds Target Rate was 2.25% and then by the beginning of 2007 it was 5.25%. During 2004 and into 2006 the Federal Reserve was acting in the best interest of the American People by trying to control inflation. During this time they raised interest rates. That is a 133% increase.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Battery {Returnto top of page} EV Plans Sources Built For Fun ElectricVehicles : DIY plans for karts and buggys Drive Electric: EV3 Tri-Electric ElectricBicycle (Slipstream) : DIY plans and parts for the Slipstream electricbike Robert Q. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

in 2005 with Hasbro as our first customer. Soon, the crowd warmed up, got out of their seats, and started coming to look at the robots up close, and it all worked out after that. Bob and I started a robotics consultancy called OLogic Inc. Ted Larson at Hasbro HQ in Rhode Island.

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

Cars That Think

We well remember a morning in late December of 2005, when experts in diabetes technology and bioengineering gathered in the Lister Hill Auditorium at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Then there are the many, many DIY projects underway. Nevertheless, the artificial pancreas is a triumph of biotechnology. Beta Bionics.

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