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Kit can help convert any classic Mini to all-electric—but it's not cheap

Green Car Reports

Available to order now and scheduled to ship in December, the kit includes one of Swindon's own electric motors (with peak output of 160 horsepower), mounted to a Mini front subframe with purpose-designed brackets. A CV joint housing that connects to the.

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2024 Ford Mustang EcoBoost Review – Cheap(ish) Speed

The Truth About Cars

The changes start with the exterior, which has a more angular design – it’s especially noticeable at the rear taillights. The gaping grille is meant to evoke the first-generation Mustang, and the LED headlights have a tri-bar design that is traditionally Mustang. Total with the $1,595 destination fee: $43,905. It’s not perfect.

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Is it wise to convert a VW Westfalia van to electric?

Electric Cars are for Girls

I've been doing some research into some cheap-ish manual vans but was wondering if there is a limit to what can be converted based on size and design?

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KU Leuven team creates solar panel that produces hydrogen from moisture in air

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A traditional solar panel converts between 18 to 20% of the solar energy into electricity. The KU Leuven bioscience engineers solved this problem by designing a solar panel of 1.6 m² that converts 15% of the sunlight straight into hydrogen gas. If all goes well, more panels will be installed on a piece of land in the street.

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Comment on New report reveals why Nio periodically gets into tricky situations and how it defuses them by John Hanna

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I won't bother to point how many times NIO has diluted every shareholder's stake by hand over shares vioa one process or another - all designed to keep NIO in enough cash to get through the coming year.

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Junkyard Find: 2007 Mini Cooper S

The Truth About Cars

The various BMC successors had tried and failed repeatedly to design a Mini successor over the decades , but it took a big stack of Deutschmarks (and, later on, Euros) to do the trick. There were convertible versions of the Cooper and Cooper S available as well. They're cheap, quick enough to be fun, and junkyard parts are plentiful.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

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This approach helps overcome another issue with lithium-air batteries: As the chemical reaction involved in charging and discharging converts oxygen between gaseous and solid forms, the material goes through huge volume changes that can disrupt electrical conduction paths in the structure, severely limiting its lifetime.

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