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EV conversion business profile: British Off Road, QLD

EV Central

Its expansive yard and sheds heave with body shells and parts dating back to the 1950s, but in one of the workshops there are significantly more modern happenings. EV conversion specialist British Off Road’s electric 1969 VW Beetle. Why did you start doing EV conversions? Why should people do an EV conversion?

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Jeep’s CJ Surge EV concept wows SEMA show

EV Central

Most EV-converted classics roll out of home workshops, but when manufacturers join the party it’s recognition of how a brand’s heritage can blend with very modern propulsion. READ MORE: Chevrolet Blazer-E: GM’s electric car eCrate conversions due 2021 READ MORE: Ford Eluminator gives glimpse of EV future for classic cars.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

Plugs and Cars

So he proposed at the California Air Resources Board ZEV workshop on Tuesday. Tuesday's workshop was not so different. ARB could spend a year in conversation with stakeholders to figure out regs and credits for new OEM plug-in hybrid cars. Les Goldman wants you to convert (your hybrid.) Easy as 123. Look it up.)

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

As I learned at the day-long April 29th California Energy Commission Staff Workshop on AB 811 and AB 811 type programs in Sacramento, programs done on an individual city basis, like the City of Berkley’s, don’t enjoy the necessary economies of scale that countywide, JPA or statewide programs (now in development) can bring.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., He started his explorations with chemistry. in Rochester, NY.

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