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Porsche and Frauscher developing electric sports boat; PPE drive technology

Green Car Congress

Porsche and the Frauscher Shipyard in Austria are developing an electric yacht—the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air—that is intended to set standards on the water with its typical Porsche E-Performance. The Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air is based on the Frauscher 858 Fantom Air daycruiser, the 8.67-meter

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Flash Drive: 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E GT and GT Performance

Clean Fleet Report

Our Marin County Mach-E GT and GT Performance test drives took us from Sausalito to Olema, then along the coastal mountains to the quaint town of Stinson Beach. FordPass Connect is standard, offering a 4G LTE Wi-Fi that can handle mobile devises and allows for over the air software updates. Either choice will not be wrong.

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Motor Cables and High Current Posts

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Electro Auto forgot to include the post terminals for the most-positive and most-negative connections in the kit. It turns out that a great source for high-current EV parts is the Marine store. I purchased these high-current post connectors from West Marine in Portland for about $9.00.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Overhead, an optional Glass Canopy ($4,500) that is seamlessly connected to the windshield creates a sunroom effect from the hood to the rear window. The floor is completely flat so toes and knees will never be cramped, and there is a control panel to set and adjust the climate controls, and power side window shades.

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Hacking Big Cables

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Here are two of the PowerPosts that I purchased yesterday from West Marine. Fortunately, I used Noalox on all subsequent crimp connections. Work was pretty quiet today with the July 4th holiday in the middle of the week, so I took the afternoon off to work on some of the high-current cables.

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