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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. According to Howard, Rickard’s YouTube channel EVTV Motor Werks has received over 3 million hits, a majority on 507 DIY electric vehicle (EV) and other EV-related videos that Rickard produced over the 12 years he ran the company.

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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

So that meant I had a plug-in hybrid in 2008,” he said, explaining that it wasn’t long before folks from Toyota paid him a visit. Dave Atherton answering questions from Toyota representatives about his DIY modified 2008 Prius. They had hired a research firm to go talk to people who were active in alternative fuel vehicles.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

Cars That Think

That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. Copenhagen Suborbitals was founded in 2008 by a self-taught engineer and a space architect who had previously worked for NASA. Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

Cars That Think

He was a DIY enthusiast willing to try his hand at just about anything, from electronics to plumbing. Higher education is free in Norway, but the global job market in 2010 was still in the doldrums following the 2008 financial crisis. “I remember thinking, ‘Wow, are there really people who understand what this is?’” she says. “So

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Barak Obama or John McCain - Which Candidate will Revive the Electric Car?

DIY Electric Car

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

As we move into the final month of the year 2008 I keep looking up at my rooftop longingly.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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