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Electric Vehicle - Buyers Guide

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The Electric Vehicle market is full of new terminology and concepts. Different types of Electric Vehicles. Pros and Cons of Electric Vehicles. - - - - - - - -. Electric Vehicles | charge2drive.com.' The charge2drive buyers guide tries to help newcomers to the market understand all the different options. Why go electric?

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1984 Pontiac Fiero Electric Vehicle Conversion / From Start To Finish With Ride Along

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1984 Pontiac Fiero Electric Vehicle Conversion / From start to finish with a ride along. 1984 Pontiac Fiero Electric Vehicle Conversion / From start to finish with a ride along. In this video you will see how easy it is to convert a gas car to electric in your driveway with no garage and really no special tools.

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Making Electric Vehicles Work for American Families

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Recently, I was discussing my vision of electric cars on american roads with a few different people. During the course of the conversations, I explained the limitations of range, battery life, charging and top speed. What I ended up explaining was that pure EVs are going to require an acceptance of different driving habits from most drivers.

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1996 chevy s-10 conversion (part 2)

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Jan 2020: Bought my donor vehicle, a 1996 chevy S-10. I feel like the old build thread had a lot of pre-amble before I even got to any building, so I am going to start a fresh topic. For anyone who has not been following along, I thought I would summarize the progress to date. Feb 2020: Bought a Tesla/Mercedes battery pack.

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Scratch built Porsche 550 themed EV

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Since then our governing body has closed the gate on EVs and there is no glimmer of hope for the foreseeable future for electric vehicles under them. Some of you may remember my previous projects which were budget minded autocross centred EVs. So my last chassis is going into retirement.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 9/23/2011

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Then towed the vehicle back to our hometown at the cost of $200 in rental and gasoline. 10 hours of work, $500 spent, starting weight of vehicle: 2531 pounds. 6 hours of work, no money spent, 96 pounds removed from vehicle. 4 hours of work, $30 earned, 75 pounds removed from vehicle. 9/20/2011: Cleaned car.

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Success!!! The Ban on EV Conversions in Ontario, Canada is Over!!!

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Yesterday (June 7, 2010), Electric Mobility Canada sent out an e-mail advising its Ontario members that MTO has lifted the ban, and has implemented an interim solution for the licensing of electric vehicle conversions. In Toronto North York at the Yonge and Sheppard vehicle office. "To "EMC is appreciative of MTO?s