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Charge like you Volt-to: DIY J1772

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If you want all the benefits of this great and robust power standard, google other projects, I skipped all those subtleties and got'r'done! I didn't realize this and spent 10 minutes unsoldering/resoldering. This all went together in about an hour. After that I did the research on the sense line. Here's how you can do it too.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

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This needed to be an easy DIY project, a quick upgrade. Nest Gets Googled. In 2014, Google bought Nest for $3.2 In 2016 Google decided to sell Nest, so I left the company. Months after I left, Google changed its mind. Abandon the project halfway through because it was too complicated? People loved it.

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The Plan for the Waiheke EV

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after looking it up on google maps, and working out all the distances I'm likely to need to cover, there's really no need for me to have a range of more than 30km. So when EV secrets tells me that a 48v motor can get my car to 50km/h, I think that would be less on a hilly island. So: I think I will design myself a 96v or even a 72v system.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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We were able to get a one-off project to build some little balancing Android Robots for Google, and tour them around to events like Google IO, Google Sandbox, and Google Zeitgeist in London. Balancing Android robots built for Google. Concepts for a variety of different balancing robots.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles. 25 or more gets you a bumper sticker.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

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