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Drop-in electric conversion kit for Land Rover Defender: Make your own electric SUV

Green Car Reports

The conversion kit comes from Electrogenic, a United Kingdom-based company that specializes in electric conversions of classic cars. The current-generation Land Rover Defender doesn't offer an all-electric powertrain, but it's now possible to convert older models to electric power.

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Electric crate motor kit is ready for your EV project: What would you make?

Green Car Reports

While crate engines are typically V-8s, United Kingdom-based Swindon Powertrain now offers an electric equivalent. The so-called crate engine has been a boon to car hobbyists, providing streamlined option for replacing the engine of a project vehicle.

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Electric Vehicle myth busted (again) in recent Tusker data analysis

Teslarati

Tusker is a leasing company based in the United Kingdom. Nothing has been caused, at least from our data, as a result of any issue with an electric vehicle,” Tusker’s Managing Director Kit Wilson told Fleet News. Lloyds-owned Tusker recently analyzed data from its over 30,000 electric vehicle (EV) fleet.

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Using Manga to Spark Interest in STEM

Cars That Think

Ratnarajah is a high school student in the United Kingdom. IEEE Member Kit August submitted the story on her behalf. Maira Ratnarajah, author of Life of Our Beautiful Earth , stressed STEM’s role in confronting the climate crisis in her comic.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

An appeals court in the United Kingdom, however, was not persuaded, and Trek lost its patent there in 2008. Tan also pursued, with little success, claims at the United States International Trade Commission against other companies, including Imation, IronKey, Patriot, and Verbatim.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Amberjac Systems www.amberjacprojects.com United Kingdom-based company has provided conversions in Europe. Plug-In Conversions Corp www.pluginconversions.com of Poway, near San Diego, CA converts the Toyota Prius using NiMH batteries and the EAA-PHEV open source control system, and will provide kits to qualified DIY installers.

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