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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer.

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California Energy Commission awards $750K to Electricore to study standardization of plug-in vehicle batteries

Green Car Congress

The project survey will include identifying barriers to standardizing, researching methods to implement battery system standards, and recommending potential paths to the commercial adoption of battery standards. The conversion process will also produce biochar, a soil amendment that can be used for agricultural purposes.

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DOE to award up to $184M for advanced vehicle research and development in 8 areas of interest

Green Car Congress

The goal of this AOI is to support advanced fuels and lubricants technologies that will enable optimal performance of advanced combustion engines for passenger and commercial vehicle applications. Such fuels should be currently available, or have the potential to become, commercially practical within the next 10 years.

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DOE to Award Up to $300M in Stimulus Bill Funding for Projects to Expand Use of Alt-Fuel and Advanced Technology Vehicles

Green Car Congress

Light-duty Neighborhood electric vehicles (if replacing full-size on-road vehicles). A range of off-road/non-road commercial work alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicles. LMHDV Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Medium and heavy-duty hydraulic hybrid vehicles.

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The EV Transition Explained: Can the Grid Cope?

Cars That Think

Similar mismatches between climate policy desires and an energy infrastructure incapable of supporting those policies will play out across not only in the United States but elsewhere in one form or another over the next two decades as conversion to EVs and electric appliances moves to scale.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

Electric Auto Association

He has been loyal to this brand since 2014, when it became the first commercial EV introduced on the Virgin Islands by Nissan Saint Thomas USVI , also known as Drive Electric VI. I was at a trade fair and I saw this little neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV). The dealership formed just so they could bring in the LEAF,” White explained.

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An inside look at how utilities view EVs: expanding electricity sales without adding new customers

Charged EVs

If someone only spends $100 with me yearly to charge their vehicle at one of my high-speed chargers, I’m still probably going to see in the neighborhood of an additional $400 or $500 in home charging. And in fact, we’ve had good conversations with bp pulse and with Shell Recharge in our service territory. Factor at a rate of 0.33

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