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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now? That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now? If anything, it's gone up.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now? That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now? If anything, it's gone up.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 10/1/2013 Big EV Grin

DIY Electric Car

I have never run out of juice. My car is the ARC 1 over in the garage section of the forums, for anyone who wants to take a look. This car has continued to exceed my expectations. In just the first month, I have done about 400 miles of driving in this car. in fact, the batteries have never been below 60% SOC except on range tests.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

Imagine the Siri voice or the Alexa voice; it’s like that, but rather than being an AI that you’re having a conversation with, it moves all the functionality of the computer from the mouse. These days, the speech is a good synthetic voice. Or I might have had to use a Braille typewriter.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi? MotionPlus Wiimote add-on ships to US on June 8th Toshibas leaked product roadmap gets us hot, extra bothered by fuel-cell powered L01 MID Nikon D5000 articulates its way into reality Android 1.5 Is this the Zune HD?

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Second, the statement "the rest of your claims" are unanswerably indistinct.