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Is It Economical to Convert ICE Car to Electric Car Using Conversion Kit

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converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. But before jumping to a conclusion we have to thoroughly understand the nuts and bolts of the conversion process and other related issues. Although DC kits are less priced, they might not be as effective.

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Let My People Convert! - The A123 Challenge

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A plug-in hybrid, one could say, simply integrates electric drive into a car with internal combustion. ARB could spend a year in conversation with stakeholders to figure out regs and credits for new OEM plug-in hybrid cars. However, there are innumerable ways to do it. Parallel, serial, blended, just for starters.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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Conversions are mostly for the Prius, with a few for the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner hybrid SUVs. At that point, we expect the aftermarket companies prices to have come down sufficiently so that their conversions will be attractive to owners of hundreds of thousands of hybrids already on the road. So far, most start as hybrids.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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By the age of 12 he had moved on to electronics, building things with parts ordered from an Allied Radio Catalog, a shortwave radio kit, and surplus relays and motors salvaged from the garbage at his father’s employer, General Railway Signal Co., The project was given the internal moniker “4004.” in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

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