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What’s the Most Environmental Thing To Do When a Car’s Engine Dies

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However, the immediate costs for the conversion kits, accessories and installation service can range from $7,000 to $20,000, making it reasonable only if you plan to keep your car for a while. See more at E Magazine. This option is certainly more eco-friendly than buying a new car, and you’ll save on fuel costs.

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Is it Possible to Retrofit an Old Car with an EV Drivetrain?

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Once the old engine and transmission are removed, the new EV drivetrain can be installed. Several companies, including Electric GT , Legacy EV and EV West , now manufacture conversion kits. See more at E Magazine. Send questions to: question@earthtalk.org. The post Is it Possible to Retrofit an Old Car with an EV Drivetrain?

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., Most clever engineers would buy the replacement gear and install it. in Rochester, NY.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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There was a rivalry in Datamation [magazine] advertisements between Xerox’s SDS and DEC,” recalled Alan Kay, who came to PARC as a researcher from Stanford University ‘s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in late 1970. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. Mountain View, Calif.—began

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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“We have 10,000 engineers out there every day, installing and servicing boilers,&# he added. There are about 600,000 GHE installations working in the U.S. alone; that number could be tripled in three years, and millions of homes and office buildings could install GHE systems over the next ten years. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The small electric will be king and batteries a valuable commodity, so valuable in fact, they will have to be wielded in to prevent theft by the Solar, Wind, Wave, Tidal, folks for their home installations! Got a hot tip on breaking green news, or a suggestion for areas of coverage? Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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

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Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. If you build a car as a "kit car" with no real factory, then yes, it will never be an economic success. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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