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Is It Economical to Convert ICE Car to Electric Car Using Conversion Kit

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converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. The Appeal of Conversion Kits Conversion kits offer a promising solution for individuals who wish to contribute to environmental conservation without breaking the bank (Now you don’t have to break the bank to buy an EV).

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Robotic Research closes $228M Series A to scale its autonomous technology commercially

Green Car Congress

The company’s vehicle-agnostic autonomy kit, AutoDrive , has already been integrated in a variety of vehicles including North America’s first automated heavy-duty transit bus, Class 8 trucks, and yard trucks. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP acted as legal advisor, and Covington & Burling LLP acted as special counsel to Robotic Research.

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Hyundai takes EV circuits to a new level by unveiling a race-only IONIQ 5 N eN1 Cup Car

Baua Electric

The IONIQ 5 N eN1 is a new electric race car designed and improved by Hyundai for professional drivers only. While the IONIQ 5 N is a performance variant of Hyundai’s flagship IONIQ model, it is still street legal and available to consumers… albeit with potential dealer markups. Have a look.

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Opel bringing Ampera with special nav system and Meriva EVs to iZEUS project on intelligent electric driving and recharging

Green Car Congress

Opel has presented a specially-equipped Ampera extended range electric vehicle to the Technical Institute Karlsruhe (KIT), marking the beginning of a field trial in the research project iZEUS (intelligent Zero Emission Urban System) in Stuttgart. iZEUS Ampera. Click to enlarge.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims. These “original equipment manufacturers” made computers for Apple, Dell, and other companies who outsourced the production of their designs. Trek’s struggles and Tan’s fall.

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EV conversion business profile: British Off Road, QLD

EV Central

Like the first series Mazda MX-5 (NA), with two overweight people on board that puts that car overweight – it’s only something like 220kg so it’s difficult to do legally in Australia. Primarily it’s been NetGain ones which are specifically designed as a conversion motor. What motors do you use in your conversions? What about batteries?

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

Cars That Think

The Galaksija is a Z80 -based, 8-bit DIY machine, cleverly designed so that its bill of materials meshed exactly with what a Yugoslavian was able to import from Western Europe. Figuring it was plain sailing from there, I canceled my Crowd Supply kit order and set off on my own.

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