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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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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is a major step froward in EV mass production. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. No time frame for the introduction of the plug was mentioned, saying that talks between the companies were ongoing.

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The Real Reason for USA based Economic Recessions.

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There have been 5 recession since then until now and I wanted to see if Oil had anything to do with them, because deep in my heart, I knew the most recent recession was directly caused by the oil price spikes that started in 2007 and peaked in 2008. The oil price continued to increase all the way into the middle of 2008.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production. Sign Up for the Green Options Newsletter Follow us on Twitter Subscribe via email Resources Write for Gas 2.0 About Gas 2.0 on It’s On!

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

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Third-party and DIY converters can't muck with every system on a car. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) Third party converters have spent time and resources tweaking their plug-in hybrids to meet ARB testing written with gasoline-only hybrids in mind.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

Hasbro thought that our balancing robot idea could become a great consumer product, so they made the investment to start turning Flexo into something that could be sold as a toy. After tons of trial and error we eventually had something that worked, and then it was time to make the real product. The product was to be named A.M.P.,

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

LTD : BrushlessDC Motors for driving Electric Vehicle AndersonPower Products : Heavy duty connectors AVCON :EV charging stations and receptacles BRUSA Electronic :AC drive systems Cafe Electric : Homeof Zilla (awesome controllers) CoherentPower, LTD. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans. D&D Motor Systems, Inc. :DC