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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

How regularly the EV button is used to maximise electric range. There are also videos on Youtube where people change the pack the DIY way or the individual modules, but be aware to only buy individual modules from a trusted source. Some models (2006 models for some reason) can have timing chain issues irrelevant of their mileage.

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Build a Passive Radar With Software-Defined Radio

Cars That Think

If a reflection from an object is detected, then the time it took to arrive at the surveillance antenna gives a range. IEEE Spectrum since 2006, when SDR become something remotely within a maker’s budget. Frequency shifts between the two signals allow you to plot the speed of the object away or toward the antennas along with the range.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

Straubel ’s August 2006 preview of the company’s Roadster at a chapter meeting. “We Much earlier in the chapter’s history, member Otmar Ebenhoech, who would go on to create the Villa DC Motor Controller, made a strong impression on the DIY community using DC motors. “And that entrepreneurship persists here in the valley.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win!

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A Smart Artificial Pancreas Could Conquer Diabetes

Cars That Think

In 2006 the JDRF (formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) started work on a device at several centers in the U.S. Participants using Control-IQ spent 11 percent more time in the target blood-glucose range and cut in half—from 2.7 Then there are the many, many DIY projects underway. and across Europe; in 2008 the U.S.

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