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Non-Profit Group Attempts to Milk the Indy 500

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The impetus for this mini-rant is the appearance of billboards near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway bearing the phrase ‘Winners DON’T Drink Milk’ as part of an ad campaign by a non-profit organization bent on getting people to stop drinking the stuff. Orange juice is a decent source as well. Ah, there it is.

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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

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Perhaps I’ve watched too many episodes of CSI, studying Gil Grissom’s investigations into strange and grisly deaths. kWh and is paired with a brushless electric motor which the manufacturer claims is very similar in construction to units found on road-going EVs. Its total capacity is just over 1.0

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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Reimagined Jet Ski Brings EVs to the Beach

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Add an electric motor and propeller to create thrust and you’ve got a hydrofoil that doesn’t require surf waves, a kite, or tow boat to generate power. Schlinkmann pulled the engine and other ICE guts from his old Jet Ski and studied how he could make it electric. Like a bicycle, you lean into a curve, and add another control element.”

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Jaguar I-PACE : Impressions | DC Fast Charging

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The I-PACE, with its 294 Kw motor, is a beast of the highway. The I-PACE has front and rear motors which are almost at the wheel level. This should be able to juice up the battery overnight. (90 The entire PluginIndia team were transfixed for weeks studying the I-PACE and documenting everything we could.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi?

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Fast Food, Fast Charge

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And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. Aside from balky chargers, or stations that dispense juice at lower-than-expected rates, other notorious issues include cords that are too short to easily reach EV charging ports.