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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. According to Howard, Rickard’s YouTube channel EVTV Motor Werks has received over 3 million hits, a majority on 507 DIY electric vehicle (EV) and other EV-related videos that Rickard produced over the 12 years he ran the company.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

Cars That Think

That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. Copenhagen Suborbitals was founded in 2008 by a self-taught engineer and a space architect who had previously worked for NASA. Even more important, it came back down in one piece.

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It allow for that on-demand water heater you were probably considering too, the more extravagant systems use close to 150 amps but only part-time and you won’t need that capacity when you’re asleep. And if you’re going electric a dedicated circuit panel in your garage wouldn’t be inconceivable.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Returnto top of page} EV Parts Suppliers Canadian Electric Vehicles Ltd. for go-karts and small EVs Flight SystemsIndustrial Products: forklift parts and GE controller service GeneralElectric : Motors and controls Guest :Battery chargers Kilovac : Contactors LEMCO : Motors ManzanitaMicro : Mega-battery chargers and battery regulators.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. Car companies could decide that conversions void some or part of the hybrid system warrantyunless they worry that will tarnish its green image.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Postal Service (USPS) as part of the USPS Earth Day celebration. Total sales worldwide in 2008 were 2 million vehicles. Outside of North America, 2008 was the second-best sales year in the last decade and the third-best ever for Chrysler International. Apr 22, 2009 - Chrysler invented the minivan 25 years ago.

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