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Visiting Gary of the OEVA to get a Crimper

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

As I mentioned yesterday, Gary Graunke (president of the OEVA) graciously offered to let me borrow a lug crimper to attach high-current lugs to the welding cable I purchased. Gary has a Honda Insight and Toyota Prius and an electric Chevy S10. This morning I drove out to his place and found a virtual Disneyland of EV stuff.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. Electric cars remain dependent on the development of better,affordable batteries.