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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. According to Howard, Rickard’s YouTube channel EVTV Motor Werks has received over 3 million hits, a majority on 507 DIY electric vehicle (EV) and other EV-related videos that Rickard produced over the 12 years he ran the company.

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ZENN Motor Changes Strategy to Sell EEstor-based Electric Drive Rather Than Its Own EVs

Green Car Congress

ZENN Motor Company Inc. The EESU is a high-power-density multi-layered barium titanate ceramic ultracapacitor that the companies say is expected to provide energy densities of more than 450 Wh/kg and more than 700 Wh/L; charge in minutes; and have extremely long life. Ian Clifford, Chief Executive Officer of ZENN Motor Company.

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ZENN Motor Increases Stake in EEStor to 10.7%; EESU Production Prototype Promised by End of 2009

Green Car Congress

Earlier in July, ZENN Motor Company Inc. The company said that its ability to maximize its investment in EEStor is a result of certain EEStor shareholders not exercising their follow-on investment rights. ZMC) increased its equity investment in energy storage developer, EEStor, Inc. with an additional US $5.0 million investment.

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Measuring State-of-Charge on Lead Acid Batteries

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The 914 AC kit uses 8V golf cart batteries and I'm wondering if different batteries like Hawkers or Optima Yellow-Top batteries would be better. Both US-Battery and Trojan have 8-volt golf-cart batteries. With the AC system, I'll probably be pulling less amps and am looking forward to the extended range.

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Impatience.

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I should be getting the 18 8-volt golf-cart batteries from American Battery Company early next week. I've sent three e-mails and one phone call to Electro Automotive asking about the status of the battery racks/boxes and received no reply.

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Electric Car Watch #9: Where is the Strom-R3 electric car?

Plug In India

As a customer, I would not be this annoyed if Strom sent me frequent communication on the company's delivery timeline or gave me updates on any progress that is being made. We feel that a car company selling 200 units per year is just not enough. To be perfectly honest, I thought I'd receive the car by Diwali, but that didn't happen.

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Potbox and Backup Switch

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

On a more dangerous note, I ordered my 18 USBatt 8-v golf-cart batteries from American Battery company in California. Without the saddle boxes that came in the original 914 DC design, there are few places to tie this cable to.

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