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Cheap Electric Motorcycles, EVs Will Kill Some Hobbies, Tesla Model 3 & Y Get LFP Batteries — CleanTechnica Top 20

CleanTechnica EVs

In the past week, CleanTechnica readers were most attracted to stories about cool & cheap electric motorcycles, an Australian pastime that electric vehicles are sure to kill, and the standard-range Tesla Model 3 and Model Y getting LFP batteries.

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The Cheap Electric Motorcycles America Needs Are Being Sold Under The Radar

CleanTechnica EVs

A few years ago, my dad had a weird motorcycle in his yard. It was half fat-tire mountain bike, and half retro step-thru bicycle, but with a motorcycle engine to power the thing instead of pedals. My brother had traded a busted dirtbike or something for it. It looked like something you’d see in Asia […].

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Turning Any Level 2 Charging Station Into a Fast Charger, For Cheap

CleanTechnica EVs

continued] The post Turning Any Level 2 Charging Station Into a Fast Charger, For Cheap appeared first on CleanTechnica. There’s one big thing that can suck about driving an EV: going places where there’s a lack of infrastructure.

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Modified e-bike tears to 75mph, showing future of micro-mobility

Teslarati

As electric vehicles have remained incredibly expensive and difficult to own in dense urban areas, more and more people have considered e-bikes as their daily transport. Not only do they offer cheap and efficient transportation, but thanks to the ever-expanding amount of possible modifications, people are making their bikes faster than ever.

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YouTuber Proves Real Self-Charging Cars Are Possible, & For Cheap!

CleanTechnica EVs

It seems like just yesterday that Toyota pulled its old “self-charging hybrid” scam. As anyone who finished high school and paid attention knows, there are laws of physics. Human laws can be broken and if the authorities don’t notice, you can probably get away with it (especially for small things).

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Fraunhofer suggests e-scooters as application for its magnesium hydride paste hydrogen storage technology

Green Car Congress

Hydrogen is not currently an option for small vehicles such as electric scooters and motorcycles, since the pressure surge during refilling would be too great. POWERPASTE is also cheap to transport, since no costly high-pressure tanks are involved nor the use of extremely cold liquid hydrogen.

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The Wild World Of Chinese Mini EVs

CleanTechnica EVs

I love electric vehicles, but they’re sure not cheap. For many people, a clean used EV is all that they can afford, and that usually costs almost as much as the cheapest new gas-powered cars. Understandably, this keeps many people with low incomes out of the EV game, and it keeps many people globally (who […].

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