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Considering a VW Kit Car Build

DIY Electric Car

I have posted here before with a different VW kit car build which was a 72v Wilderness EV kit in a Bentley kit body roadster. Pretty straight forward and easy build. Recently I purchased another VW kit car that has from what I can tell a pretty complete set up. Considering a VW Kit Car Build.

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This DIY kit lets you build your own street-legal tiniest car in the world

Electrek

And now a new kit allows handy folks to build their own replica, although this time, it’s electric! more… The post This DIY kit lets you build your own street-legal tiniest car in the world appeared first on Electrek. The Peel P50, produced in the early 1960s, was the smallest production automobile in the world.

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KIT Researchers developing autonomous platooning electric bus system for public transport in Munich

Green Car Congress

Researchers from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are working on a city bus platoon for Munich. Electrified towing buses require enormous amounts of electric energy to move the trailers along, said Professor Eric Sax, Head of the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV) at KIT. —Nicole Rossel, ITIV.

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Universal Hydrogen announces $20.5M in Series A funding to build and test full-scale hardware for hydrogen commercial aircraft

Green Car Congress

The financing allows Universal Hydrogen to accelerate the development of its hydrogen logistics network and regional aircraft conversion kits, and bolsters the company’s burgeoning commercial activities. The company is also developing conversion kits to retrofit existing 40-60 passenger regional airplanes with a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain.

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SpaceX Starlink kit now available at select Home Depot stores

Teslarati

SpaceX Starlink standard kits are now available at select Home Depot stores. The majority of consumers SpaceX bringing Starlink’s standard $599 kit would make the tech more accessible and, hopefully, significantly decrease delivery estimates. First, customers can have the Starlink kit sent to the Home Depot store.

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Ford Performance Introduces 700hp Kit for F-150

The Truth About Cars

V8 engine has been the F-150’s volume seller, but that hasn’t stopped some gearheads deep within the skunkworks of Ford Performance from coming up with a relatively affordable supercharger kit for the mill – one which cranks the wick to 700 horsepower. It’s been ages since the venerable 5.0L to 700 horsepower and 590 lb.

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Retro Styling Kit Appears for the Toyota Tacoma

The Truth About Cars

The new kit is made solely for the American market, which makes sense since the Tacoma can be in short supply in Japan compared to Jacksonville. Given the prices those things tend to command, especially in the SoCal market, it’s not entirely clear how much the kit itself costs. Image: Flex] Become a TTAC insider.

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