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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. Fast forward a dozen years. OK boomer," indeed.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". In 2009, I wrote in these pages about my efforts to. Fast forward a dozen years. OK boomer," indeed.

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Northvolt postpones planned 60GWh battery production

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According to Reuters , the company’s new plan is to focus on starting battery production in the United States. The company strategically places facilities in locations where cheap electricity is available. What do you think of the article? over Europe first.” Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Shell Recharge massively expands with Volta acquisition

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Shell has acquired the EV charging network Volta charge, which could massively expand the Shell Recharge network in the United States. The company is also one of many that have attempted to make charging as cheap as possible by selling “billboard space” on each of its chargers. What do you think of the article?

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Tesla is redefining the “Made in China” moniker with Giga Shanghai: report

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.” In a way, such labels were quite fair considering that China had focused its exports in the past on low-quality vehicles that were sold dirt-cheap in developing countries. Outlook Weekly, sub of China’s major news media Xinhua News, published an article entitled “What Exactly Does Tesla Bring”.

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Exclusive: FAA Investigates If It's Safer to Leave Cellphones On

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A Spectrum investigation earlier this year discovered that GPS interference events are far more prevalent, particularly in the western United States, than had previously been thought. An advantage of using wireless networks to provide that warning is that cellphones are very cheap and now almost ubiquitous.

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Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

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There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? The United States got the Grand Coulee on the Columbia River, the Hoover Dam on the Colorado, and the dams of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Construction of large dams began before World War II.

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