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TEMO’s easy-to-install electric outboard motors make DIY e-boats simple

Baua Electric

The French company TEMO just landed a €6 million Series A financing round with the US impact fund At One Ventures, the Ecotechnologies 2 fund, and business angels, to accelerate the company’s growth. Its battery provides enough power for an hour of full-power use or several hours at reduced throttle.

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A Practical Car Care Guide for Your College Car

Clean Fleet Report

Identifying indicators of a weak battery can prevent you from being stuck in a difficult situation. DIY Car Maintenance Doing simple maintenance tasks on your own can save you money and help you better understand your vehicle. To illustrate, having knowledge of how to check your oil level can prevent possible harm to your engine.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If the hybrids engine starts operating, at higher speeds or throttle demands or lower battery levels, the control system automatically stops the external synthesis. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate. Looking for a better auto insurance rate? Let lenders compete for your business!

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Also ferrying guests about a short circuit (so to speak) was a smart fortwo imbued with a Tesla-engineered drivetrain, fruit of its effort to supply Daimler with battery packs for 1,000 smart eds. Automotive.coms auto loan locator can help you get a lower new car finance rate. from the Tesla Roadster.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Postal Service Minivan - Click above for high-res gallery Chrysler is celebrating Earth Day today by unveiling the first four of what will be a fleet of 250 battery-powered minivans for the U.S. However, the electric drive portion of the vehicles, including the motor, electronics and A123 System lithium ion battery pack is identical.

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you want it to perform like a sports car instead of a slug in a sportscars skin, youre going to need that 10k for the ac drive system alone, and then maybe another 15k for a lithium battery pack. Reply ↓ ↑ report 18 Chris M 3:18AM (4/24/2009) You write just like Gorr, same anti-battery zealotry, same lack of logic.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The benefit of a higher voltage connector has nothing to do with the speed at which the battery will charge it has to do with the conductor size. Highly Ranked Cuw @ Apr 19th 2009 5:33PM Ethan- I dont know where you learned electronics but you learned them oh so very wrong. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz.