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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself. "OK OK boomer," indeed.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself. "OK OK boomer," indeed.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Drive in, drop the underslung pack, hydraulically uplift a fresh pack, drive out.