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ecovolta develops standardized Li-ion traction battery; saving cost and time

Green Car Congress

The evoTractionBattery, on the other hand, can be configured within a few hours, whether it’s being used in a golf cart or a lorry. Users of the evoTractionBattery receive fully documented certification for all battery packs, including the crucial UN 38.3 —CTO Paul Hauser. certification for transport safety.

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New York City adding 70 electric vehicles to fleet; launches EV educational push

Green Car Congress

The NYPD already uses electric scooters and electric powered golf carts on boardwalks, in parks and some transit hubs. The site also documents the environmental benefits of electric cars. The FDNY and NYPD initially will use the vehicles for non-emergency duties, including use by NYPD Traffic Enforcement Agents.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

While people can purchase neighborhood electric vehicles today for about $10K, they only have a top speed of 35 miles an hour or so, essentially glorified golf-carts. My goal is to create a Civic EV conversion kit with open-source tools and open-source designs/documentation so that the most people can benefit from it.

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Junkyard Find: Nissan Leafpocalypse in California

The Truth About Cars

I've been documenting electric cars in junkyards for about a decade. Then some of the early golf-cart-esque electric LSVs that sold in California during the mid-to-late 2000s began showing up in the Pick-n-Pulls of the Golden State.

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Surprising, Unsettling, Surreal: Roaming Through Saudi Arabia

Baua Electric

I was chauffeured around in an electric golf cart — past 43 beachside “dune” villas and onto two long boardwalks that connect the rest of the resort to 47 “coral” villas, built on stilts over shallow turquoise water. Regis Red Sea Resort. The biggest thing,” he said, “is to get the message out that the country is open.”