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steam/ev hybrid

DIY Electric Car

Don''t know if it is posibble but would really like to get some info on it.' Now instead of batteries arrange the front end to fit a two stroke engine (two strokes are easiest to convert to steam) running a generator head with enough current to power the 50 hp motor.

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Electric Auto Association

Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. Then we disbanded.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Citicar :John Buckman has sold his Citicar but he still has some great info on Citicarparts. Ampmobile Conversions : EV conversions in South Carolina AVT : EV, conversions and hybrids Canadian ElectricVehicles LTD. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Well, if you can communicate info over the wire, why bother with the wireless? The only way to do this would be to have the device somehow communicate over the wire an identifier and then the charger could match the identifier over the wire with the identifier over the air and know they are the same device.