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This DIY electric parade float chassis could be any vehicle you want it to be

Baua Electric

It seems like every new electric vehicle unveiling now starts with showing off a new ‘skateboard’ design, or the chassis of the vehicle that houses everything it needs to make it run.

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Tesla owner designs creative Model Y solar roof mod that adds up to 60 miles a day

Teslarati

A Tesla Model Y owner has created what is arguably one of the most useful DIY accessories ever designed for a mainstream electric car. In a post on the r/TeslaLounge subreddit , the Model Y owner shared that his DIY Tesla solar array charger has been under development for the past two years.

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Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week: A DIY build-your-own electric car kit!

Electrek

Most of the weird electric vehicles I find each week on Alibaba for this column are fun to imagine driving, but they box you into a single odd product. Maybe you get an electric horseless carriage , or an electric backyard train , or an electric house-on-wheels. appeared first on Electrek.

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DIY Car Maintenance Tasks to Try at Home

Get Electric Vehicle

Fortunately, certain maintenance tasks are DIY projects and can save you money, as the average cost of car repairs ranges between $300 to $500. This article highlights some DIY car maintenance tasks you can tackle at home.  Those with a pin or hook-and-slide design are quite simple to replace.

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This DIY electric parade float chassis could be any vehicle you want it to be

Electrek

It seems like every new electric vehicle unveiling now starts with showing off a new ‘skateboard’ design , or the chassis of the vehicle that houses everything it needs to make it run.

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From Cleaning Offices to Designing EV Charging Stations

Cars That Think

Greta Bekerytė started out cleaning offices and ended up designing electronics for EV charging stations. Today she works as a hardware engineer at Zaptec , which makes electric-vehicle charging stations and is also based in Stavanger. The job involved designing signaling systems on subsea oil wells. It wasn’t easy.

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

Get Electric Vehicle

We have been talking about electric vehicles for a while. You shall find the importance of electric vehicles , advantages, disadvantages, other technical aspects, electric vehicle reviews, project ideas, and more here on this blog. Electric Vehicle Related Business Opportunities.