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Open Source Tools and Open Hardware License

Open Source Civic EV Kit

I'm going to start with this as the documentation tool. While I don't necessarily like using a commercially provided tool, Google Sketchup is really cool and allows people to quickly create 3D objects with annotated dimensions. The software is free from Google and it runs on both Microsoft and Macintosh operating systems.

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Ford, GM rolling out third-party developer programs for in-vehicle apps

Green Car Congress

The Ford Developer Program for open mobile apps provides a software development kit (SDK), technical support from Ford engineers and a developer community to enable utilizing the SYNC connectivity system and AppLink application programming interface (API). Ford Developer Program.

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Tata Tigor EV Zipron : Range Test

Plug In India

After the usual documentation signatures, there was some lovely breakfast waiting for us. We then followed Google maps on to the Nashik highway via Thane. TML offers to give you a puncture kit so that you can take out the spare tire to create some extra space when you need to. Native Google maps does not work on the screen.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Although most of us transmit our files over the Internet—either as email attachments or through services like Google Drive and Dropbox—thumb drives (now running to capacities measured in terabytes) remain a convenient device for carrying data in our pockets.

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Road Trips: How to Plan an Accessible Getaway

Baua Electric

Route planning You can use Google Maps, Waze and MapQuest for initial accessibility research using photos and street view. Google Maps provides directions for some wheelchair-accessible pedestrian and transit routes. For accessibleGO’s rental cars, you can request hand controls and a spinner knob at checkout.

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Opinions and Rants

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I find out this morning from Ross Cunniff (who also recently completed the 914 AC kit), that he has had ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS with his CCPower DC-DC converter. Since I finished the first kit, Electro Auto didn't want to replace my unit because they wanted me to find out more information before I simply blew up another one.

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