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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

We filled the place, which had a 225-person capacity,” said Jerry Pohorsky, another former EVA board member who has served as EAASV chapter president for 11 of the past 13 years. “It As an example, Freund referenced an EAASV history highlight, Tesla CTO J.B. Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Battery {Returnto top of page} EV Plans Sources Built For Fun ElectricVehicles : DIY plans for karts and buggys Drive Electric: EV3 Tri-Electric ElectricBicycle (Slipstream) : DIY plans and parts for the Slipstream electricbike Robert Q. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Our goal is to enable owners to enlist a local electrician/engineer to convert their cars, initially with lead-acid batteries, for under $6,000 and less than two person-weeks of time. (We See also Hymotions comments on the subject. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

Cars That Think

We were invited out to Hasbro corporate headquarters in Rhode Island to give a presentation to the engineering team about what we could do. for “Automated Music Personality,” or AMPbot for short. Bob asked if we needed to prepare a formal presentation, but Hasbro told us to just show up and bring some robots.