Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.".

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.".

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps.

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