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Charge like you Volt-to: DIY J1772

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I placed all the spacers and parts together so I wouldn't have to do anything twice. 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 tin'd the lugs with a small torch, stripped the wire leads and tin'd them so they wouldn't spread in the lug.

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Tony Fadell: The Nest Thermostat Disrupted My Life

Cars That Think

The infuriating, inaccurate, energy-hogging, thoughtlessly stupid, impossible-to-program, always-too-hot-or-too-cold-in-some-part-of-the-house thermostat. But making the thermometer beautiful would be the easy part. This needed to be an easy DIY project, a quick upgrade. Nest Gets Googled. Someone needed to fix 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

Cars That Think

Robot-suitable mechanical parts were hard to come by, but combat robot parts were more readily available due to their popularity on TV at the time. I had a pile of these parts and was eager to put something together. Then came the hard part. Balancing Android robots built for Google.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. Typically, hybrid cars have four or five separate warranties. Pricing from $8-15,000 for installed low-speed EV range of 8-24 miles.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It allow for that on-demand water heater you were probably considering too, the more extravagant systems use close to 150 amps but only part-time and you won’t need that capacity when you’re asleep. Digg StumbleUpon Facebook MindBodyGreen Hugg Care2 BlinkList Newsvine reddit Furl Tailrank Ma.gnolia Google Bookmarks Yahoo!

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

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DIY Guru is an example for electric vehicle training and skillset development institute. A battery scrapping station can be set up to reuse the old battery parts and dispose of the waste. The Google search drives the lion’s share of traffic to the blog. You can also start a training center for. 5 Retrofitting. EV Workshop.