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- An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People
After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. There are already commercially available kits with excellent, detailed instructions for how to convert a vehicle. Here we go
Open Source Civic EV Kit - Monday, April 7, 2008 - Electric Car Conversion Kit (for beginners)
Which electric car conversion kit is best for beginners? Answer: These pre-made kits from Canadian Electric Vehicles are just about plug and play
Electric Cars are for Girls - Saturday, February 11, 2012 - LPG conversion kit for Tahoe hybrid available
Geiger Cars is now offering a liquified petroleum gas (LPG) conversion kit for GM’s Chevy Tahoe hybrid. The new conversion kit costs $5,000, but offers Tahoe hybrid drivers the ability to cut in half the fueling costs of the 21 mpg SUV. Only $76,000 for a green SUV? greener Tahoe hybrid?
Hybrid Car Blog - Friday, May 7, 2010 -
- KIT seeking to halve manufacturing costs of batteries and electric powertrains
Costs of manufacturing batteries and electric powertrains can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed, according to researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). KIT plans to build a close-to-industry “research factory” on its premises. —project head Andreas Gutsch. Brief
Green Car Congress - Friday, September 16, 2011 - Ashwoods Launches Hybrid Drive Retrofit Kit for Light Vans and Stop-Start Retrofit Kit
UK-based Ashwoods Automotive , a provider of hybrid-electric vans and hybrid drive systems, is offering a hybrid drive retrofit kit for panel vans. The Ashwoods Hybrid Drive System Layout. Click to enlarge. The company has also developed a retrofit stop/start engine system, which can further reduce fuel consumption and emissions by 5-10%.
Green Car Congress - Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - KIT researchers develop fluoride-ion batteries; potential for much higher energy densities than conventional Li-ion batteries
Researchers from the Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) have developed and demonstrated secondary (i.e., The KIT researchers are now working on the further development of material design and battery architecture in order to improve the initial capacity and cyclic stability of the fluoride-ion battery. Click to enlarge. ECS 220.
Green Car Congress - Friday, October 21, 2011 -
- Fuel cell hybrid taxi makes London debut
Tags: Fuel Cells Green cars Hydrogen fuel Latest news fuel cell black cab fuel cell cars fuel cell hybrid London taxi fuel cell hybrid taxi fuel cell taxis Intelligent Energy Kit Malthouse lotus engineering Mayor of London Boris Johnson
Green Cars News - Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - Altairnano Launches Application Kit to Increase Adoption of Its Lithium-Titanate Battery Technology
released an Application Kit designed to give original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) the ability to apply its advanced lithium-titanate battery systems in a test environment simulating real-world operating conditions. Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. The system is scalable to test battery modules in different voltage and amperage configurations.
Green Car Congress - Friday, August 20, 2010 - Landi Renzo Developing Dual-Fuel CNG/Diesel Retrofit Kit for Light Vehicles
Landi Renzo SpA is developing a dual-fuel CNG/diesel conversion kit for light-duty vehicles. The new kit is a result of multi-variable optimization, addressing identified performance issues including injection timing and boost control using tools like combustion fluid dynamics (CFD). NGV Global News.
Green Car Congress - Friday, June 11, 2010 -
- KIT study finds extraordinarily cold Arctic stratospheric winter enhanced ozone degradation above the Arctic
Extraordinarily cold temperatures in the stratosphere during the winter of 2010/2011 caused the most massive destruction of the ozone layer above the Arctic so far, according to a study by climate researchers at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). Figure: IMK-ASF, KIT) Click to enlarge. —Dr. Resources. Sinnhuber, B.-M.,
Green Car Congress - Thursday, January 19, 2012
