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Own a Kia Sonet? Check this DIY maintenance guide for better ownership

Baua Electric

Watch: Kia Sonet 2024 facelift SUV: Armed with ADAS, ready for rivals If you own the Kia Sonet SUV, here are some DIY (do it yourself) tips for you for better maintenance of the car. Check the Kia Sonet’s user manual to learn the details of when the engine oil should be changed and which oil should be used.

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Hi-fi, Radio, and Retro: The DIY Projects Spectrum Readers Love

Cars That Think

And a follow-up to that article, “ A Web-Enabled, High Quality, DIY Audio Amp ” (March 2022), comes in at No. The remaining articles are a potpourri of topics, but I think they all share that magic element of unexpected delight that engineers are always hoping for. Are there trends in DIY projects you think we’re missing?

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This DIY electric parade float chassis could be any vehicle you want it to be

Electrek

The engineer in me always thought it’d be fun to have just the bare skateboard, meaning you could go wild with your ideas of what to put on top. The motors, controllers, batteries, and everything else is usually built into a flat deck connected to the wheels, meaning the rest of the vehicle is basically just bolted on top.

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DIY MG ZS EV Mod Provides Superb Regen Braking & More

CleanTechnica EVs

Yesterday, I was invited back to the cluttered but always exciting electronics and engineering workshop of Francisco Shi. He unveiled his breakthrough saying: “If Elon Musk tried this modified MG ZS EV, he would tell his minions to go and modify the Tesla.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

While it would have been nice to engineer some sort of spring-driven mechanism to control how forcefully the motor pushes against the tire, I kept things simple: I just deflated the tire somewhat, bolted the motor solidly in place, and reinflated the tire. So I bought an outrunner. In that position, it's hardly visible.

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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. The answer is yes—and it's one you can build yourself with parts any maker can easily obtain.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

While it would have been nice to engineer some sort of spring-driven mechanism to control how forcefully the motor pushes against the tire, I kept things simple: I just deflated the tire somewhat, bolted the motor solidly in place, and reinflated the tire. So I bought an outrunner. In that position, it's hardly visible.

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