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Tesla owner designs creative Model Y solar roof mod that adds up to 60 miles a day

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A Tesla Model Y owner has created what is arguably one of the most useful DIY accessories ever designed for a mainstream electric car. In a post on the r/TeslaLounge subreddit , the Model Y owner shared that his DIY Tesla solar array charger has been under development for the past two years.

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New Electric Car Concept

DIY Electric Car

There you can become part of our project by voting and helping us choose the top three designs. re going to start giving away prizes to our fans, such as shirts, hats, and electronic albums of the designs. Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/orlando.m.exodus.'

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

Cars That Think

meter-tall Nexø II rocket was powered by a bipropellant engine designed and constructed by the Copenhagen Suborbitals team. That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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Show Off Your Car At the Exploratorium in San Francisco

DIY Electric Car

Hello DIY'ers, The Exploratorium in the San Francisco is looking for someone who'd like to show off their DIY Electric Car for one night on October 7th as part of our monthly After Dark series. In this spirit, we feel that a do-it-yourself electric car would do a much better job at capturing the spirit of the concept of "what can I do?"

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Top 7 Best, Classy and Fastest Electric Cars In Today?s World

DIY Electric Car

For instance, you have battery life and even ugly designs of the past. Its battery has also been designed to reduce the overall weight of the car. Designed to be a super car, the Renovo Coupe made it on our list of top fastest electric cars. The thing with this car is that the design isn�t really for everyone. Front View.

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RIPPERTON Electric track bike

DIY Electric Car

On investigation of further cooling concepts (mainly total immersion). Composite sleaved tube housing design and CNC stator mount/ end plates with a mirror image will cut down cost and manufacturing time along with the constant diameter shaft and common seals and bearings for both ends and between stators on longer designs say 4rotors.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We have sponsored the EAA-PHEV project and our Open-Source designs are being used by some of the private companies as well as technically advanced individuals.

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