Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. This was granted to Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan in November 2000. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Tan did give Toshiba its music player.
Baua Electric
MARCH 24, 2024
In this regular column, I take a deep dive into some of the coolest and most interesting gadgets and pieces of kit that make it possible to swap a car for an e-bike on a daily basis. They’re also not cheap, not by a long shot. But it’s the extra gear that helps me stay as two-wheeled as possible.
EV Central
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
5 million government grant was awarded in the 2020/2021 budget to help set up Adelaide-based manufacturing facilities. General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion. But the open-top fun machine ain’t cheap!
EV Central
JULY 10, 2022
Granted, the recently-arrived Tesla Model Y makes just as much sense, but it wasn’t available as we were pulling this test together. None of this quartet is cheap, but all are towards the value end of the EV market. It’s an unbranded system designed in-house by Tesla, but it’s a quality bit of audio kit.
EV Central
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
A mid-spec EV9 Earth is around $120,000 in the traffic, while the entry-level Air is a comparatively cheap $107,000. The Air’s standard kit’s hardly wanting. For you NSW lot, it’s $140,200. Over two weeks I tested the wallet-bashing GT-Line, then the entry-level Air. The Earth, meanwhile, trumps all with 512km range.
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