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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Battery Booster Pack?

The Truth About Cars

This 20-pound honker is heavy as lead thanks to its acid-based battery composition but has never failed to spin the engine of everything from a John Deere lawn tractor to a Duramax-equipped Silverado. Even if the pack was fully charged, it would not awaken to provide juice to the car in question. & I was utterly mistaken.

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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

The Truth About Cars

It’s already an EV, you’re not waiting for an internal-combustion engine to turn over and fire. I couldn’t think of a use case where needing to be in the driver’s seat with the key on your person would inconvenience you except for a scenario where a driver runs into a store and leaves passengers to play with the radio.

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Our visit to BGauss factory & B8 Electric Scooter Report

Plug In India

At first, we were told that we would not be able to see the factory by our contact person, Sachin Raut. But with battery juice limitations, I wonder whether that should be mandated for electric bikes. Except for the engine and powertrain, there is not too much of a difference between ICE and EV components.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

If you think about the blind person, you know having a mouse isn’t very useful because they can’t see where the pointer is. Everything that a sighted person can see visually, you can hear aurally with a screen reader. But I’ve listened to a couple of demos that they posted on podcast, and to a person. Leland: Yes and no.

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. Construction Robotics ] Older adults sharing what it's like to live with ElliQ, a personal care companion, for the past two years. ElliQ ].

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Video Friday: Constant Gardener

Cars That Think

Constant Gardener ] via [ RobotStart ] Engineers at MIT and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have designed a soft, lightweight, and potentially low-cost neuroprosthetic hand. Construction Robotics ] Older adults sharing what it's like to live with ElliQ, a personal care companion, for the past two years. ElliQ ].

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

I have been on exactly one ICE (dinasour juice* consuming Internal Combustion Engine vehicles) roadtrip prior to this. As soon as I connected the gun to the car, the Delta Fortum charger started asking for an OTP / RFID validation or validation via the app. Gotta love the free and the fast juice at MG’s Fortum Chargers.