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DIY Electric Car

Durability & Environmental Stress When you embed a motor in the wheel, it’s exposed to heat, cold, water, potholes—whatever Mother Nature and bad roads can throw at it. Sealing & Protection: If water or debris sneaks in, kiss reliability goodbye. Do you need air or water cooled motors? In-Wheel Motor Challenges 1.

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A Battered Honda Civic Si Grows Into a Formidable Type R

The Truth About Cars

Whether you're a Honda Civic diehard or just love DIY car projects, we hope this inspires your next build. They did need refinishing It really does sell the type our miss of this conversion having a Type -R wheel on it. What do you think of our Type R clone? Drop a comment below and let us know your favorite part of the build.

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Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review

Green Car Congress

On the way there, I made a pit stop at a gas station to buy a bottle of champagne as a gift, hoping to start out a conversation with a stranger on the right foot. There are also videos on Youtube where people change the pack the DIY way or the individual modules, but be aware to only buy individual modules from a trusted source.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 3/3/2012

DIY Electric Car

My professional life has kept me busy, but I still have made good progress on my conversion. The air conditioning evaporator is now able to be converted to my cold water heat exchanger. First, someone on the forums has offered to sell an adapter from one of their former conversions. Adapter Plate: I have a couple options.

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The ‘most affordable’ DIY e-bike kit company just launched a new $349 version

Baua Electric

Swytch, makers of the self-proclaimed “most affordable” electric bike conversion kits out there, announced its newest model this morning. With over 85,000 Swytch kits already on the road, according to the company, DIY electric bike conversions still seem as popular as ever. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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EV extravaganza at Noosa Expo

EV Central

Queensland University of Technology’s electric open-wheeler race car Tesla Model 3 with tow-bar mounted bike carrier Tesla Model 3 with tow-bar mounted bike carrier Importer BLK Auto’s JAC N55 EV electric truck with 200km range King Long full electric high floor bus with up to 57 seats and up to 350km electric range King Long full electric (..)

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

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. After that, the word spread fast.” Staubel Roadter intro at EAASV meeting.

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