Is a Prestolite MTC-4001 a good motor?
DIY Electric Car
JULY 21, 2025
I just want to be able to go 50-60 mph (mostly 35 mph on surface streets), and have a range of 30-40 miles. Will one suffice for an ICE car that weighs 2,400 pounds stock?
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Club Car’s 25 MPH ‘living room on wheels’ microcar just went modern
Electrek
JULY 11, 2025
According to Club Car, the new lithium-ion configuration will deliver a significant leap in performance, with three times the range of the original model and much faster charging. While the company hasn’t released specific figures on the range or charging time, the improvement over the previous model should be substantial.
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Smith Electric Vehicles Delivers First Battery-Electric Truck into Ireland
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Building materials retailer Grange Builders Providers, of Baldoyle, Dublin, has purchased a Smith Newton truck for deliveries of building and DIY products. This provides a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h) and a range of 100 miles (160 km) on one battery charge. Based in Tullamore, Co.
Company Creates Bolt-On DeLorean EV Conversion Kit
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liters, the motor produced a modest 130 horsepower and pushed the gull-winged coupe to 60 mph in a little under 10 seconds. This fact often came up when my childhood friends and I argued about whether or not the model shown in Back to the Future could actually achieve 88 mph within the convenience of an empty parking lot.
Looking to get in a hybrid for cheap? Used Toyota Prius 1.5 HSD 2004-2009 Review
Green Car Congress
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On the highway at around 130 km/h (80 mph) , we get by with about 5.3 How regularly the EV button is used to maximise electric range. There are also videos on Youtube where people change the pack the DIY way or the individual modules, but be aware to only buy individual modules from a trusted source.
The best electric skateboard conversion kits
Green Authority
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However, if you love skateboarding and thought of how to convert a skateboard to electric, there are DIY electric skateboard conversion kits available in the market today. You have to balance the power of the motor and the battery size, so you get a decent range out of your converted skateboard. Vestar E-Skateboard DIY Kit.
New California law makes crystal clear which electric bikes are now ‘illegal’
Baua Electric
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Provision 1: E-bikes designed to be unlocked for higher power or throttle speeds The first provision covered in the new law copied above applies to e-bikes designed by the manufacturer to be user-modifiable to go faster than 20 mph (32 km/h) on motor power alone (i.e. most 750W motors), will now fall outside of electric bicycle regulations.
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