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CA Energy Commission awarding Wrightspeed $5.789M grant for retrofit range-extended electric powertrain for medium-duty commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

The California Energy Commission CEC is awarding Silicon Valley startup Wrightspeed a $5.789-million grant for Advanced Vehicle Technology Manufacturing. The grant is part of the CEC’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Wrightspeed made its first conversion kit for the Isuzu NPR.

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Non-bike bike gear reviewed: Linka Lasso smartphone-controlled chain lock

Baua Electric

In this regular column, I take a deep dive into some of the coolest and most interesting gadgets and pieces of kit that make it possible to swap a car for an e-bike on a daily basis. But it’s the extra gear that helps me stay as two-wheeled as possible.

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We visited the OLA Future Factory: Electric Scooter Manufacturing

Plug In India

He ended up buying the Revolt motorcycle. Each trolley is kitted out with all the components that are required for making the bike. Nothing slips, so nothing can be taken for granted. Maybe this is going to be the future of the BPO industry. Tarun started EV Gyan in 2019, when he was in the process of researching EVs.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Why grant them the privledge to spend our money in the first place? Posted by: Mike99 | Apr 13, 2009 6:25:20 PM The EV1 was an engineering Success. The EV1s failure was a failure of Management.

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