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Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi to provide financial assistance for EV charging infrastructure in Japan

Green Car Congress

Financial assistance will be made available to those businesses and operations that satisfy certain conditions, such as destination charging spots at commercial facilities and lodging facilities, as well as en-route charging spots at service areas and toll-road parking areas, convenience stores on regular roads, and service stations.

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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

Cars That Think

Unfortunately, the cost of buying instruments commercially severely limited how many trackers we could deploy. So, I set about building an open-source ice tracker from DIY components that not only proved to be much, much cheaper but also much more capable than the commercial options.

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A DIY Calorie Counter More Accurate Than a Smartphone

Cars That Think

The road to the calorie counter began in our lab (the Human Performance Laboratory in the Stanford University School of Engineering ), where we study things like the metabolic cost of walking. We broke out every possible sensor we had in the lab and attached them to participants.

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

So I need to do something to cut the cost of my system even more than the rebates and tax credits are going to do. People like Sascha Deri of the Alternative Energy Store in Hudson, Massachusetts. And I think that means I’m going to have to learn to install my solar panels myself.

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Solar Power for Sheds and Electric Car Charging Solutions

Setec Powerr

The Simple Installation Process For small solar setups oriented towards sheds, DIY installation kits can streamline the process: – Position the Panel: Orient the solar panels to maximize sun exposure based on your hemisphere. Battery Storage: Power for Later Choosing the right battery is paramount for storing solar energy. .

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I run my electric tractor completely off-grid. Here’s my secret

Baua Electric

Once in place, the container creates both a place to store the tractor so it’s not out exposed to the elements and a place to charge it up during the day. Plus the 1,500 W of power that the air conditioner was pulling was really chewing into my stored energy, depleting my battery bank overnight.

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Electric Bike Conversion Kit Selection

Electric Vehicless

As the cost of an electric bike conversion kit in comparison to a new electric cycle is half approx & not too tough to assemble, if you have time & little bit of idea about installation you have to go with an e bike conversion kit. Battery is costlier parts of cycle & store power to run the cycle. Protection .

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