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Ford unveils Maverick compact hybrid pickup truck starting at less than $20K

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Maverick comes as a standard five-passenger, four-door pickup, with a full-hybrid powertrain and a projected EPA-estimated rating of 40 mpg city fuel economy and 500 miles of range on a single tank of gas. The whole bed is a DIY fan’s paradise. The Maverick product proposition is like nothing else out there.

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2008 Ford F150 4x4 5.4 engine to be converted in electric

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engine to be converted in electric Jump to Latest 270 views 4 replies 4 participants last post by remy_martian 3d ago C criticar Discussion starter 2 posts · Joined 2024 Add to quote Only show this user #1 · 7d ago Hello , want to convert 2008 Ford F150 4x4 gas engine in electric. thanks 2008 Ford F150 4x4 5.4 thanks 2008 Ford F150 4x4 5.4

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Charge like you Volt-to: DIY J1772

DIY Electric Car

So for all the glory of free charging, it just got my charger begging to suck on that lovely 220V/30A hiding behind a fancy gas nozzle look-alike. At 1.6wk, that ment 2hrs to charge a typical 20mi trip-leg. Who is that fooling anyway? I've had a hard time bellying up to the bar of SAE and pulling out my anty in the J1772 game.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

Cars That Think

That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. Volunteers use a tank of argon gas [left] to fill a tube within which engine elements are fused together. Even more important, it came back down in one piece. We're now building the.

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HHO Booster: A DIY Fuel Cell Conversion?

Electric Cars are for Girls

The makers of these devices are claiming it will increase your gas mileage to 100 mpg or more. How cool is that? It's not.)

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Charge port behind headlight bucket

DIY Electric Car

My vague memory is picturing a 911, but I'm not sure that makes sense since the 911's have a gas door on the front fender already. I am pretty sure it wasn't a shade tree build and was done by a high end builder. I believe it was something with a traditional sealed beam bulb mounted. Charge port behind headlight bucket

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Out of gas (tank)

DIY Electric Car

We got the gas tank out. Apparently, did not get all gas out of tank. Stu and David came over today. Make progress. No smoking at our house for a while please. Postponed trying to disconnect transmission from cv joint due to one lousy stinking bolt/screw (see previous post).

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