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Leaf conversions vs off-the-shelf components vs forklift motor

DIY Electric Car

I've had the "Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Second Edition" book for years. 2) A previous strategy was to buy off-the-shelf components: A 9" DC motor, a controller, etc and buy batteries to assemble into a pack. (3) 3) Another strategy was to find a suitable forklift motor and more.

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Revealed: General Motors battery guru explains why lithium – not hydrogen – is central to our EV future

EV Central

GM’s top EV battery guru, Andy Oury, believes we could switch to a hydrogen-based economy in the future, if we could build enough renewable energy to run it. That’s because – as Oury is at pains to point out – the lithium that currently powers electric vehicles, and other batteries, is almost as abundant as hydrogen anyway.

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How Ford And GM Are Plotting A Battery Breakup With China

InsideEVs

Ford and General Motors are racing to develop a new type of electric vehicle battery. One engineer labeled it as LFP of the West.

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General Motors versus China! Why new GM tech could lead to smaller, lighter, smarter and cheaper EV batteries

EV Central

General Motors has revealed how it is challenging the might of China when it comes to EV battery technology. The biggest, and most recent innovation, has been in changing the way the layers of GM’s batteries are structured. GM battery guru Andy Oury.

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Radical EV shift! Battery giant CATL says sodium-ion tech will be on sale by late 2025

EV Central

New generation sodium-ion batteries are only a few months away from a showroom debut in some parts of the world, at least. The new battery chemistry promises to lower the price of EVs by significantly reducing the manufacturing cost of the most expensive component of an electric car. READ MORE: Battery revolution!

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Tesla Model 3 wins ‘most economical EV to own’ title in new study

Teslarati

The Tesla Model 3 recently captured the title of “most economical electric vehicle to own” in a new study performed by research firm Zutobi. The Rear-Wheel Drive Tesla Model 3 was listed as the most economical vehicle in the study: “The standard Tesla Model 3 is the most economical electric vehicle to drive in 2025.

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Lucid Now Owns a Former Nikola Motors Factory

The Truth About Cars

Nikola Motors declared bankruptcy earlier this year, but the formerly promising automakers assets arent going to waste. Lucid Motors recently announced that it acquired some of Nikolas assets, including a factory, and said it would work to employ more than 300 of the facilitys workforce. Images: Lucid Motors] Become aTTAC insider.

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