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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Cars That Think

Personalized health care could revolutionize traditional medical practice,” Gao says. volts for about 60 hours. This second-generation e-skin sandwiched thin sheets of Teflon, copper, and polyimide that slide as the person moves, generating maximum power of 0.94 In the future, DIY may not even be necessary. milliwatts.

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Volt Blocher

Honda S2000 EV Conversion

volts that would otherwise be going into the cell. I named them Volt Blocher. This looks much cooler in person but thought I'd add a shot with most of the cells now shunting. There will soon be two others using the Volt Blocher units. LiFePo 4 cells are 3.2v The cell balancer is designed to start shunting energy at 3.6

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Why electric?

DIY Electric Car

Our biggest personal reason is our first electric car, a swiss Solec Riva Junior. 60 volts out of 10x 6V LeadAcid (Banner 180 Ah). The reason to get an electric vehicle is surely different to everybody who get flashed by the conversion virus. Solec Riva Junior. year of manufacture: 1990 (Switzerland). Motor: DC 6kW / 8,16PS / 8.046 hp.

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You Can't Do That!!! (the day the dreamers "grow up")

DIY Electric Car

Below is a picture and video of Brian Sauve the person who donated our first donor car, Brian dream originally was to convert this same car to electric but time does run away. Adding solar panels on the roof unfortunately will not add much generating capacity (except maybe to charge the 12 volt operating system.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The three-point, 400-volt plug, which will allow electric cars to be recharged anywhere in a matter of minutes , will be unveiled Monday at the world’s biggest industrial technology fair in Hanover, northern Germany. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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