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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. This project started about a month ago when I became co-chair of the Oregon Electric Vehicles Association.

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Personal: I Built the Ultimate Checklist for a Successful Road Trip

Clean Fleet Report

First Aid Kit : Accidents occur, so it’s wise to keep a first aid kit on hand at all times. Additionally, it shields your vehicle’s dashboard and seats from the damaging effects of the sun. They are simple to inflate and deflate, and they take up a minimal amount of space when stored.

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Smoothing out the DMOC acceleration/braking

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

One of the annoying behaviors of the motor system in my AC 914 kit is that the default DMOC445 parameters causes the acceleration and braking to have oscillations. So, I took the car out into the neighborhood with the laptop hooked up and started playing around with the EEX???TorqueSlew TorqueSlew parameters listed in the DMOC445.

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Profile: Li-ion Battery and Pack Supplier Valence Technology

Green Car Congress

Smith Electric Vehicles. One of Valence’s most prominent commercial vehicle customers is Smith Electric Vehicles. Valence is sourced with two of Smith’s vehicles: the Edison and the Newton. They are usually delivery vehicles working within a neighborhood, and are on the road for 6-8 hour a day and are recharged overnight.

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Top 10 Reasons To Buy An E-Bike

Get Electric Vehicle

You don’t have to buy a new bike because you can adapt your old cycle with an adaption kit and do it yourself in a matter of minutes, how cool is that? Unlike sports cycles that aren’t marketed to women or four-wheelers that need special training, an electric bicycle is a multipurpose vehicle built specifically for all to use.

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

As we reported in our exclusive interview with ABC Solar’s Brad Bartz last month, he was battling the City of Torrance on behalf of a homeowner in my very own Hollywood Riviera neighborhood who was being blocked from installing solar by the City. Convert your Prius to a plug-in hybrid and rock the world. NO PURCHASE!

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

There are many reasons (safety, reliability, liability) that a fleet operator might not want their drivers getting out of the vehicles to plug and unplug charging cables. We have a common module that can serve any vehicle from any OEM in any geography. Our charger on the ground can charge any of our customers’ vehicles.