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You Just Got Beat by a Civic

The Truth About Cars

It is the latter which is standard kit on the R, though the ones used in the record are available through Honda dealers. By the way, a Porsche 919 Hybrid Evo turned the trick in 5:19.546 in June 2018 with driver Timo Bernhard behind the wheel.

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My 2007 Dream Project

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Since I live in Portland, Oregon, I went to a meeting with the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association and found out about several companies that provided drop-in electric conversion kits for existing cars. I'm currently working with Craig Loughlin out at Camp914 to purchase a 1976 Porsche 914 for the conversion.

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Audis e-tron quattro EV: evolutionary powertrain with a dash of revolution for production in 2018; MLB evo

Green Car Congress

This could eventually have a role comparable to that of the Volkswagen Group’s modular diesel and modular gasoline engine kits (MDB and MOB). (“Baukasten” = German for construction kit). The resulting two-motor system could become part of the MLB evo kit, said Prof. Audi's MLB. Developed by Prof.

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An E-mail from Azure Dynamics about the DMOC445

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I recently sent off an e-mail to Azure Dynamics, the maker of the DMOC445 AC motor controller in the 914 kit. Tim -- Original Message - From: Beth Silverman To: Tim Kutscha Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 10:26:05 AM Subject: RE: tapping into the encoder signals to drive the RPM gauge Hi Tim, sorry, I was out Thurs and Fri.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., Editor’s note: Hoff retired from Teklicon in 2007. in Rochester, NY.

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