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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.” Ideas in hand, the chapter turned to fundraising to make them happen. “We Central California EVA chapter gets creative in promoting ride-and-drive. Spanish language side of the DEED event promotional notices inserted into 23,000 Manteca utility bills.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

That seemed like a great idea to put to use for all of my electric “toys”. Well, not really cheated, but I just went with a retail solar generator system instead of DIYing that part myself from à la carte components. After one of my most recent Alibaba import adventures , I was left with a shipping container in my yard.

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Security With a Spectrometer

Cars That Think

To see what idea the device would spark in me for a consumer-focused application. So I decided to prototype my phone idea by making a password-entry device for my laptop PC that would unlock it when I held my arm up to the sensor. I soon realized skin tone wasn’t a good idea. My part of the experiment?

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Rebuilding the Powerglide for E.V. use.

DIY Electric Car

It begins when you first get the idea that your trusty box is not well. OK, Lets pull the transmission: Drain the fluid by removing the pan (or drain plug). The rebuild of a transmission actually starts when it is still in the vehicle. In this case we know that reverse works but it slips in both forward gears.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. as stated.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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Factory Visit - Felidae e-Bikes : A true Make In India story

Plug In India

By Atul Gopal The PluginIndia team got a chance to visit a Pune eBike startup - Felidae Electric, who are working on manufacturing eBikes, that are Made In India. The startup manufacturers all the electronics components like motor, controller, LCD displays, battery packs in house. A true Make in India story among the Indian eBike/EV industry.

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