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The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version.

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In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. And that’s much cheaper than a new $1,300 kit. So you essentially need to buy everything from the same provider.” And he’s skeptical about the cost factor in home bidirectional chargepoints.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

The club started in 2006, when you couldn’t buy an electric car. I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version.