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Check out the ‘world’s first’ DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger

Baua Electric

Photo: Enteligent California-based Enteligent is accepting pre-orders for what it claims is the world’s first DC-to-DC solar-powered EV charger. kW of DC charging – twice as fast as many AC EV chargers – and it allows at-home, at-work, and at-store charging powered directly by existing solar panels.

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Lunaz to begin production of electric classic Range Rovers; prices begin at £245,000 excluding local taxes

Green Car Congress

Every car by Lunaz goes through a full bare metal restoration and re-engineering process ahead of conversion to the company’s proprietary electric powertrain. This provides extraordinary scope for personalization. The restoration and conversion process represents re-engineering from the ground up.

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The Power Engineer Electrifying John Deere’s Tractors, Trucks, and More

Cars That Think

Singh grew up on a 10-hectare farm his family has owned for more than six centuries in Shahpur Charki, a 560-person village in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. I personally know how important [farming] is,” he says. Brij Singh Employer: John Deere, Fargo, N.D. as a staff engineer. cubic meters.

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Why electric?

DIY Electric Car

The reason to get an electric vehicle is surely different to everybody who get flashed by the conversion virus. Our biggest personal reason is our first electric car, a swiss Solec Riva Junior. Motor: DC 6kW / 8,16PS / 8.046 hp. Solec Riva Junior. year of manufacture: 1990 (Switzerland). direct shaft, no transmission, no gears.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

Charged EVs

To put these startling developments in context, Charged interviewed more than a dozen executives, engineers and analysts from automakers, DC fast charging network operators, charging hardware firms and other businesses. No further details are known as yet.

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Sanyo Installs Two Solar Parking Lots for Bikes and Provides 100 Hybrid Bikes in Tokyo

Green Car Congress

It offers the current highest-class power generation level per installation area, based on energy conversion efficiency and temperature characteristics, according to Sanyo. Tags: Hybrids Infrastructure Personal Transit. The eneloop bike. Click to enlarge. The Solar Parking Lot installed in Setagaya is a small-scale SES.

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EV gateway

Electric Auto Association

They especially like the conversion vehicles because they’re different.”. A history that goes back GEVA has a history that very much involves the aforementioned conversions. I’d done a conversion with lead acid batteries in 1982 on a 1971 VW Beetle,” Garver continued. “I’d Wayne Garver with his 1971 VW conversion. “I