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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. While loitering along, experimenting with the controls, I was passed by a college student on a mountain bike who must have thought this gray-bearded old-timer on a four-decade-old 12-speed was huffing and puffing. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself.

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Stuff We Use: Bluetooth Speakers

The Truth About Cars

It can also provide juice to devices via a USB port, which is handy. Not cheap but it is fully weatherproof with illuminated displays and multiple inputs in addition to Bluetooth. Weve used this speaker and it is decently robust with good sound, designed to weather a few knocks and scrapes in typical Jeep environments.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. While loitering along, experimenting with the controls, I was passed by a college student on a mountain bike who must have thought this gray-bearded old-timer on a four-decade-old 12-speed was huffing and puffing. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself.

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Tortillas and Ethanol

Plugs and Cars

And without cheap oil, corn would not have become Big Corn, the big agricultural combines (principally ADM and Cargill). They have had a tough time dealing with the influx of cheap American corn since NAFTA. Ethanol may be a political, economic and energy boondoggle, but that doesn't mean it ain't got juice.

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Who knew?

Plugs and Cars

The units I found quite accidentally are Free Juice Bar dual-connector units. Free Juice Bar, as the name implies, dispenses electricity to cars without networks to join, credit cards to wave, or phone calls to release the precious, if not dear, electrons. And probably not cheap. Good for them. And one on Google's map.

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Rivian Shows New Travel Kitchen Accessory In Recent Event

The Truth About Cars

Rivian hasn’t listed the product on its site yet, but early images from YouTuber Brian Tong show that it secures to the R1S’ tailgate and uses its onboard power outlets for juice. We don’t have details on how Rivian plans for the kitchen to work with the R1T’s tailgate yet.

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2025 MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite Review: Updates to this affordable SUV means the battery now stays charged, but it still left us feeling a little flat

EV Central

In the old days (last year), the MG ZS compact SUV was cheap and cheerful rental fleet fodder, but now its meant to be something that appeals beyond its price. And that was because the petrol engine intervened early, often and quite obviously to keep the juice flowing. MG ZS Hybrid+ Excite. So, anyway, on with the show.

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