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Our visit to BGauss factory & B8 Electric Scooter Report

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In this blog, i give my thoughts on the company and the scooter. Why are so many Chinese made EV seats not suitable for Indians? Wikipedia tells me that the average Chinese is actually taller than the average Indian. But with battery juice limitations, I wonder whether that should be mandated for electric bikes.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

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And he assured me that Oben is not taking the Chinese assembler route to market. To jot down those will take an entirely new blog, but here’s a sample. For me it turned out to be a good tech demonstrator for what makes BYD the king of Chinese roads. They have not put the bike to too many road tests.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi? E-mail: Password: Enter your AOL or AIM screenname and password. Is this the Zune HD?

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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. E-mail: Password: Enter your AOL or AIM screenname and password.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Posted by: GSP | Apr 14, 2009 9:07:50 AM Funny, BYD (chinese) already came out with their version of the volt this year. GM cant do it but a 15 year old chinese car company can.now thats funny! Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0

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