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Proud of its roots

Electric Auto Association

Either that, or we’d buy one from someone else who did,” he said. I ordered a controller from a company in California, which used a single power Darlington transistor, and 4 deep cycle 12-volt batteries.” Fifty years ago, there were no EVs available commercially. Most of us just did our own conversions. Air Force Academy.

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The promise of wireless charging: smaller batteries, longer battery life, fewer charging stations

Charged EVs

Overnight or deep-cycle discharge damages batteries, and high C rates degrade batteries because of the temperature created. times more life expectancy for a battery versus a deep-cycle charging approach. It’s in the pavement at a bus stop in the middle of a residential neighborhood. How does that work?