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EVndeavoring to Do a Month or Two in Review Since July, August. with "Spirit of DC" Hang'in in Phoenix and EVJerry Taking on "Power of DC".

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Sunday August 30, 2009, the 3 wheeled electric motorcycle was finally ready to rumble. Charlie is small enough to get behind the wheel, yes, wheel on this motorcycle. Jerry is the owner of a PHEV Prius with Plug in Supply conversion kit, plus solar panels on the roof installed by Bob Bruninga, Naval Academy engineering professor.

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Electric Vehicle Project Ideas | Ph.D., MTech, MSc | Electrical, Management, Mechanical & More…

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Impacts of Vehicle to Grid on power quality (DC – AC conversion and power injection happens) You may start as follows. Tech student my project is: High efficiency bridgeless single power conversion battery charger for light electric vehicles which is based on transaction paper. EV-related books would also be helpful.

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Audi’s production electric e-tron quattro may set a new standard for vehicle handling; advanced vehicle dynamics control

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He also observed, in a conversation on the eve of the LAAS, that if an automaker can launch a defining product, the game changes. Conversely, if the rear axle has less grip, the opposite happened; up to 7% of the torque is correspondingly diverted to the front axle. Driveline layout of the 2011 e-tron quattro PHEV demonstrator.

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Theres a company in Guernsey (a UK island) which does conversions (the Mk1 shape), but I want a current shape model and a 60 mile range is just fine. The first one was the Zytek design you mentioned, but this is a 2nd "new and improved" design from Tesla, with more power, higher speed and greater range. Follow us on Twitter!

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Dodge Circuit EV First Drive: electric car makes grand promises on Earth Day

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Reply ↓ ↑ report 6 CaramelZappa 3:20AM (4/23/2009) Yea, you COULD convert a lotus for $10k but the conversion wouldnt be terribly satisfying. link] This guy has a very nice looking conversion, he managed to do it for about 25k. Not to mention the parts you most definitely could sell from the running gear. Its a Lotus.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

i would like to see maybe Smith America build a conversion of their current cars, maybe have a retrofit model so you dont have to get rid of the trucks at all, just upgrade! lots of stops and starts so plenty of options for regen braking too. Reply ↓ ↑ report Add your comments Email Confirm Autoblog Green AOL First time?

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Third, I dont understand why people feel it available in message chatting to speak in a manner they would doubtless not use in personal conversation. Second, the statement "the rest of your claims" are unanswerably indistinct. Must you say "incredibly idiotic" and "mind numbingly dumb"? It does not reflect well upon you.