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DEED advertising pays off

Electric Auto Association

The members of EAA San Joaquin Valley (EAASJV), largely held back from holding in-person events since the chapter’s founding in 2019 due to the pandemic, were determined to make their 2022 Drive Electric Earth Day event a rousing success. We shared ideas on how to do that; personally, I read a book about marketing.”

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Energy Harvesting for Wearable Technology Steps Up

Cars That Think

Personalized health care could revolutionize traditional medical practice,” Gao says. volts for about 60 hours. This second-generation e-skin sandwiched thin sheets of Teflon, copper, and polyimide that slide as the person moves, generating maximum power of 0.94 In the future, DIY may not even be necessary. milliwatts.

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Volt Blocher

Honda S2000 EV Conversion

volts that would otherwise be going into the cell. I named them Volt Blocher. Here is a picture of them installed in the car. This looks much cooler in person but thought I'd add a shot with most of the cells now shunting. There will soon be two others using the Volt Blocher units. LiFePo 4 cells are 3.2v

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Why electric?

DIY Electric Car

Our biggest personal reason is our first electric car, a swiss Solec Riva Junior. 60 volts out of 10x 6V LeadAcid (Banner 180 Ah). The reason to get an electric vehicle is surely different to everybody who get flashed by the conversion virus. Solec Riva Junior. year of manufacture: 1990 (Switzerland). Vmax: 90 km/h / 55mph.

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You Can't Do That!!! (the day the dreamers "grow up")

DIY Electric Car

car, recycled batteries, recycled wires and recycled dreams." A couple weeks ago deer hit me on the way to work and destroyed our car, we were going to replace the car with another "beater" as a commuter car but thought this would be a perfect time to realize our dream and convert a car from gas to electric.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles Written by Jerry James Stone Published on April 19th, 2009 34 Comments Posted in Electric Cars (EVs) , Plug-in hybrid EVs Just a few hours after General Motors called for a standardized EV plug , one has been created! More on Electric Cars: It’s On! Like this post?

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The breakthrough could revolutionize electric car battery technology and pave the way for ultra-fast charging electric vehicles in as little as two years. The tango (commuter cars) says they only need 50 million to become profitable. Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. by RSS or sign up by email.

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