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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. motor designed for electric skateboards for $88 and fashioned a mount for it out of a few pieces of scrap aluminum. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. I thought: "What could be easier?".

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. motor designed for electric skateboards for $88 and fashioned a mount for it out of a few pieces of scrap aluminum. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. I thought: "What could be easier?".

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Safety kit also runs deep. But it’s had a chunky price rise over the old model.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

It’s more expensive since you’re paying for a pre-designed and engineered solution, but damn if it doesn’t make it easy! They’re really designed for camping and other mobile scenarios where you’d want the ability to pack up and move your solar setup with ease. I literally just plugged in the wires and it worked like magic.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims.

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

EV Central

Mitsubishi does plug-in hybrids (like in the Outlander ), Toyota does conventional hybrids (like the RAV4 ), and Nissan does e-Power. And that means it’s not cheap. What is the Nissan X-Trail e-Power with e-4ORCE ? This is Nissan’s take on an electrified, but not full EV, future. What do you get in the Nissan X-Trail e-Power?

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

Car design has become increasingly uniform this past decade, so it’s refreshing to see something genuinely different. Their finish is ribbed (and illuminated) for your pleasure, with a small handle and giant Bose speaker integrated into the design. Funny looking thing, the Hyundai Ioniq 6. Maybe it doesn’t really matter.

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