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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Their initial idea was that garaged vehicles would have a two-way computer-controlled connection to the electric grid, which could receive power from the vehicle as well as provide power to it. Utrecht now has 800 bidirectional chargers designed and manufactured by the Dutch engineering firm NieuweWeme. This is good for the grid.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. motor designed for electric skateboards for $88 and fashioned a mount for it out of a few pieces of scrap aluminum. Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85. So I bought an outrunner.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. motor designed for electric skateboards for $88 and fashioned a mount for it out of a few pieces of scrap aluminum. Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85. So I bought an outrunner.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

inch infotainment touchscreen are tech highlights. The latter includes embedded satellite-navigation and Audi connect online services such as traffic information, parking information and weather. As it fills, speeds drop, but it was still sucking up juice at a rate of 119kW when 78 per cent full when we stopped for quick boost.

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Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

Sid runs a mech design back office, with a team of about 40 people. This is a hybrid design, as in quite a few parts that are used are from a conventional ICE tractor. So we have a clutch that connects to a huge flywheel. The Cellestial team thinks that the battery has enough juice to do 1.5 to 3 hours of hard labour.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

For the first time in history, a blind person could pull a book off the shelf—[not just what's] printed in a specialized typeface designed in a [computer science] lab but any old book in the library. You would use the app and it would connect you with a sighted volunteer who could then see what’s on your phone’s camera.

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2024 Jeep Wrangler Review: A Refreshing Refresh

The Truth About Cars

I’d briefly driven a couple of older ratty and rattly CJs in my time as a service writer a decade or so ago, trying to pinpoint suspension issues for the techs who were too busy not torquing lug nuts to actually do diagnoses. liter turbo with electric motors) will be the final gasp of dino juice in a Wrangler. If you want the 3.6-liter

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