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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

Central California EVA chapter gets creative in promoting ride-and-drive. A group of project planners came to my house to take pictures and ask me a lot of questions.”. Dave Atherton answering questions from Toyota representatives about his DIY modified 2008 Prius.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914. Eventually moving to Alameda, California, the manufacturer was later renamed REVO Powertrains.

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Cars That Think

Wei Gao/Caltech California Institute of Technology’s Wei Gao developed a self-powering “electronic skin.” In the future, DIY may not even be necessary. The group fabricated their device using CFRP, sodium potassium niobate (KNN) nanoparticles, and epoxy resin. Kinefox is open source, with files published on GitHub.

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

So that means first off I have to help all of us here in California take advantage of AB 811 which is supposed to make it possible for us to get low interest loans to pay for our solar systems from our cities and counties. And so my epiphany told me that makes me the solar everyman.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Advanced Do It Yourself/EAA-PHEV www.priusplus.org : CalCars and the Electric Auto Associations PHEV group created this open-source project to bring PHEV conversions to 04-08 Prius owners across the country. Hybrid Center at the University of California-Davis : under Prof. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"We are delighted by this agreement with Harman International, which will allow motorists to benefit from the greater levels of refinement and safety in future vehicles which these Lotus technologies enable," said Mike Kimberley, Chief Executive Officer of Group Lotus plc. 61) REPORT: Buyer perception holding back U.S.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For now, the Circuit has all sorts of EV appeal, but itll be up to groups that Chrysler cant control - the Presidential auto task force, the higher-end customer market, etc. - I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. This one fact is arguably more important than how the car acts on the road.