Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. After that, the word spread fast.”

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Flexo, built in 2003. Bob thought we might be able to find some companies who might be interested in paying for our expertise in developing these kinds of balancing robots. We were invited out to Hasbro corporate headquarters in Rhode Island to give a presentation to the engineering team about what we could do.

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