Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
If we can make them cheap enough, we could get ham radio operators to set them up and increase data points.” “I His research, he says, has led him to consider a career in RF engineering or digital signal processing, either in academia or industry. Right now there are not that many full-sized ionospheric sounding systems.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 19, 2024
Ride1Up describes the Prodigy V2 as “The successor to the industry-disrupting Prodigy mid-drive e-bike,” and that’s pretty darn accurate. If you’ve been around the e-bike industry as much as many of us have, you’re used to a 60 lb e-bike. That’s chunky, but not unmanageable. To sum it up, you’ve got a lot of bike for your money.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 31, 2024
Lately I’ve been noticing that some hydraulic disc brakes on budget e-bikes just aren’t as strong as they seem like they should be, perhaps due to cheaping-out on the brake compound in the brake pads. The power is plenty and the battery capacity is decent, matching industry standards in this category.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. The thumb drive was all that—and more. Somewhat less credibly, inventors in Malaysia and China have also claimed to be the first to come up with the thumb drive.
Cars That Think
APRIL 9, 2022
He regards it as misinformation “coming from an industry that is under threat.” But Rosenow explains that “there is a shortage of installers in Europe; there is a shortage of kit.” This misunderstanding is common not just in the United States, says Rosenow, but also in European countries that don’t have a lot of heat pumps.
EV Central
JULY 7, 2022
But even as a hybrid the Niro doesn’t come particularly cheap. The Niro has the industry standard CCS combo plug that utilises the Type 2 system for slower AC charging. There’s also a strong suite of active safety equipment, starting with tyre pressure sensors (there’s no spare tyre, only a tyre repair kit).
EV Central
JULY 10, 2022
None of this quartet is cheap, but all are towards the value end of the EV market. It’s an unbranded system designed in-house by Tesla, but it’s a quality bit of audio kit. Because the Polestar has adapted a structure also used to house an engine and gearbox it packages its e-motor up front driving the front wheels.
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