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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. Some of the cars available from We Drive Solar, including these Hyundai Ioniq 5s, are capable of bidirectional charging. We Drive Solar.

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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

The Truth About Cars

To me, it felt like tech for the sake of tech – “Hey, we can do this, so we should, even if it’s not all that beneficial.” Again, the lack of connection from the steering wheel to the tire could be at issue here. Admittedly, this could be Ludditism (did I just make up a word?) Just not quite enough.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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E-bike availability and ridership have exploded. Most components are inexpensive and readily available. The handlebar-mounted controls connect with an Arduino, which interprets their settings and translates them into a PPM signal, which is applied to the electronic speed controller. Fast forward a dozen years. James Provost.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

E-bike availability and ridership have exploded. Most components are inexpensive and readily available. The handlebar-mounted controls connect with an Arduino, which interprets their settings and translates them into a PPM signal, which is applied to the electronic speed controller. Fast forward a dozen years. James Provost.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

inch infotainment touchscreen are tech highlights. The latter includes embedded satellite-navigation and Audi connect online services such as traffic information, parking information and weather. As it fills, speeds drop, but it was still sucking up juice at a rate of 119kW when 78 per cent full when we stopped for quick boost.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

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Granted, at that time the machine cost like a quarter million dollars and wasn’t widely available, but Stevie Wonder bought one, and it started to appear in libraries at schools for the blind. Right now, it’s only in beta and only available to a few blind people who have been serving as testers. Leland: Yes and no.

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2024 Jeep Wrangler Review: A Refreshing Refresh

The Truth About Cars

I’d briefly driven a couple of older ratty and rattly CJs in my time as a service writer a decade or so ago, trying to pinpoint suspension issues for the techs who were too busy not torquing lug nuts to actually do diagnoses. liter turbo with electric motors) will be the final gasp of dino juice in a Wrangler. If you want the 3.6-liter

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