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Advocating electric in the heartland

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Clyde Schwanke’s backyard in Topeka, complete with his Nissan LEAF and Ford C=max Plugin. Connecting with the like-minded Before the pandemic, Schwanke traveled the 150 mile round trip to Kansas City the second Sunday of every month for the MAEAA meetings in a public library in Overland Park, Kansas.

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Best speakers ever

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Founding EVA chapter connects with entrepreneurial stars. When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. That was quite a conversion.” It was mostly members with electric conversions.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Reply Neutral Haikibutsu @ Apr 19th 2009 4:31PM It would be better if there was a 7 point or more: 3 for power and ground, and 4 for a USB-like connection to tell you things like car status, power, etc. Reply Highly Ranked Shyam D @ Apr 19th 2009 4:34PM Such data connections could easily be relegated to a wireless connection.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Several after-market companies have done PHEV conversions of the Ford Escape hybrid and one has done a retrofit of the F-150 pickup -- see Where PHEVs Are and ICE-Conversions.) But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug. Reuters ).

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