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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. While loitering along, experimenting with the controls, I was passed by a college student on a mountain bike who must have thought this gray-bearded old-timer on a four-decade-old 12-speed was huffing and puffing. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

So I poured on the juice and blew past him, thereafter maintaining Tour de France speed. While loitering along, experimenting with the controls, I was passed by a college student on a mountain bike who must have thought this gray-bearded old-timer on a four-decade-old 12-speed was huffing and puffing. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

But if you had asked me that question in the 1960s or 70s, my answer would be completely different because then I might have had to write the book longhand with a really big magic marker and fill up hundreds of notebooks with giant print—basically making my own DIY 30-point font instead of having it on my computer.

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Arc 1 Conversion Journal 10/1/2013 Big EV Grin

DIY Electric Car

I have never run out of juice. My car is the ARC 1 over in the garage section of the forums, for anyone who wants to take a look. This car has continued to exceed my expectations. In just the first month, I have done about 400 miles of driving in this car. in fact, the batteries have never been below 60% SOC except on range tests.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi? MotionPlus Wiimote add-on ships to US on June 8th Toshibas leaked product roadmap gets us hot, extra bothered by fuel-cell powered L01 MID Nikon D5000 articulates its way into reality Android 1.5 Is this the Zune HD?

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. gallon Speculawyer on DOE announces $41.9