Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Global Community movement. It represents the first step in the manufacture of conversion kits that can be replicated in large numbers. So-called open source thinking was applied to the eCorolla design, which converts an old-technology internal combustion engine car into a modern electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Green Car Congress had the opportunity recently to have a discussion with Mark Donaghy, the Global Marketing Manager for Valence Technology, Inc., Two global fulfillment centers—one in Rotterdam and one in Dallas—can ship product to customers within 72 hours. Click to enlarge. a provider of lithium-ion batteries, modules and packs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We Promote PHEV Conversion Programs: First CalCars in 2004, then a number of aftermarket companies, have converted over 200 cars — at first most were for fleets, but more and more are going to individual owners. A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. See also Hymotions comments on the subject.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Latest from CalCars-News: [ see all latest ] How CalCars Green-Tuned an 04 Prius into a PRIUS+ Plug-In Hybrid! Instructions (1.5MB pdf) show how individuals can enable the Priuss EV-only mode Coastal Electric Technologies also offers a kit.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 20, 2021

45 years ago, mass produced computers exploded onto the global stage as a harbinger of the digital future. One of the best reproductions of the Elf is Lee Hart's US $89 Membership Card kit , which compresses an Elf into two circuit boards that fit into a Altoids tin. Chris Davis makes a terrific replica kit, the Altair-Duino.

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Cars That Think

MAY 15, 2024

One company that’s hoping to reduce our battery anxiety is Exeger , which wants to enable self-charging devices that convert ambient light into energy on the go. So our solar cell can convert any light energy to electrical energy. We can print anything we want, and it will also be converting light energy to electric energy.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 5, 2023

These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. Enter ice-penetrating radar (IPR), a technology that uses radio waves to image the internal layers of glaciers and the bed beneath them. In the 1960s, as part of an international collaboration, a U.S.

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Get Electric Vehicle

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Globally, we saw that EV demand grew even in car markets that were otherwise sluggish. The Rising Price Of Petroleum Fuels One of the main advantages of EVs is that they are substantially less expensive to operate than internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, in addition to being better for the environment. With the delivery of 10.5

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. What changes do we make to convert a gasoline-only hybrid to a Plug-In Hybrid? This number represents the electric propulsion range of the PHEV before it must depend upon its internal combustion engine for motive power. 2008.03.20 - New rechargeit.blogspot.com about PHEVs.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

General Motor eCrate conversion kits – by late 2021 GM plans to offer battery and motor kits for classic cars, allowing an easy EV conversion. Scout SUV and pickup truck – classic 1960s/70s brand originally started by tractor maker International Harvester will be born again by new owner Volkswagen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are This is a mirror of the map at Googles RechargeIt site (including icons for YouTube videos on both PHEVs and EVs). Unless otherwise noted, all are Prius. Please send it to webmaster@calcars.org.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

In effect therefore, the more energy convertion stages there are the less efficient the process is. February 17, 2009 2:31 pm Link CGC (#18 and #21), You make an error in not delving into the efficiency of the internal combustion engine (ICE) and that of power generation. — CGC 22. Average ICE efficiency might be around 20%.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

And, if you consider lifetime costs of owning an EV versus owning a traditional internal combustion car, even if the initial purchase price of the EV is much more than your combustion car and you have to replace a battery for $4,000 after 7-10 years, the EV still costs less to operate. If you charge with solar, is way less. — Jeff U 6.

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