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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

Between my electric bikes, e-motorcycles, e-ATVs, electric tractors, and a few other things I’m probably forgetting, having a weather-sealed, solar-powered off-grid charging shed would be a big benefit. There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to add solar power to a shipping container. Here’s how I did it.

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Don’t stop the EV music

Electric Auto Association

His goal was to get 100,000 or more DIY conversion projects going,” agreed GEVA member Daniel Howard. According to Howard, Rickard’s YouTube channel EVTV Motor Werks has received over 3 million hits, a majority on 507 DIY electric vehicle (EV) and other EV-related videos that Rickard produced over the 12 years he ran the company.

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

Baua Electric

In what continues to feel like the ultimate tool hack, I’ve been running my electric tractor completely off-grid. I haven’t paid to charge it in months and it feels like I’m somehow cheating, always having the power of heavy machinery at my fingertips with absolutely zero fuel cost. The sky is the limit.

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

“The car was powered by thousands of small lithium batteries,” Pohorsky explained. More recently, Gage became the CEO of EVGrid , working on Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) tech. He had all these charts and graphs showing the power going into the motor. Tesla licensed the technology.” Otmar was one of our first speakers,” said Pohorsky.

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 You should check both spelling and grammer before you post a breaking news story. Like this post? Subscribe to our RSS feed and stay up to date. Sorry for any confusion. About Gas 2.0 About Gas 2.0

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MIT Battery Breakthrough Could Revolutionize Electric Cars : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 3 David Herron said on March 16th, 2009 at 12:31 am Fast recharge will require huge power levels. The availability of high current charging power is not important. Like this post?

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Electric Vehicles Open-up New Business Opportunities

Get Electric Vehicle

The necessity of research facilities, complex power train components, well-established brands, competition, etc. As the electric vehicle industry gains momentum, it is pretty easy for new players to enter the EV manufacturing business. For example, there is a pedal-powered hybrid electric motorcycle developed by E-Rockit.