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Charged Up: The 2024 Dodge Charger is Finally Here

The Truth About Cars

hours 20 percent to 80), with DC fast charging offering 50-ish minutes 5 to 80 and 42 minutes 20 to 80 on 175 kW and about half an hour from 5 percent to 80 on a DC 350 kW. Shave a few minutes off that for 20 percent to 80 percent on a DC 350 kW. Charging should take 6.8 hours from 5 percent to 80 on a Level 2 AC (5.4

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My 2007 Dream Project

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Since I live in Portland, Oregon, I went to a meeting with the Oregon Electric Vehicle Association and found out about several companies that provided drop-in electric conversion kits for existing cars. A lot has happened over the past few months and I hope to post all that info here for your perusal.

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"Spirit of DC" - Back on Blue Hwy known as Pacific Coast Hwy 1 with Re-invigorated with B&B Battery Pac. Thanks to PluginSupply's Robb Protheroe

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

Cheers PHEV3A'rs, EVADC'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - On Friday afternoon, 30 January 2009, the "Spirit of DC" was operationally in excellent order and happy to be back on the road, trucking from Petaluma via the Bodega Road to the US Coast Guard Training Center and onto Pacific Coast Highway 1 (PCH 1) on into San Francisco on Hwy 101.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The panels generate DC current that varies with the solar power. The inverter converts the DC solar into AC power that can power the house or be directed back into the Grid as well as connecting up the Battery packs that uses 48 Volt DC. . Inverter: This is the most important bit of kit. They seem a fine unit.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Citicar :John Buckman has sold his Citicar but he still has some great info on Citicarparts. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. Battery chargers and DC/DC converters. DC PowerSystems : Mega-controller and battery regulators. Nice folks.

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Volkswagen unveils I.D. EV concept; 1st MEB-based vehicle, to launch in 2020; up to 373 miles

Green Car Congress

will be the first Volkswagen built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). MEB—Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukasten (“Modular Electric Drive kit”)—was conceived to support the development of a family of pure electric vehicles within brands and across the Group. The Active Info Display gives the driver great freedom.

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2024 Toyota bZ4X Review

Baua Electric

inch driver info screen, heated front seats, electric adjustment for the front seats and more. Recharging is 11kW for AC charging, and up to 150kW for DC charging, with the bZ4X running a 400-volt architecture. No spare wheel, though – just a tyre repair kit. Choose FWD, and the 0-100km/h time is 7.5

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