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EGEB: Largo Police Department is first in Tampa Bay to buy electric motorcycles

Electrek

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): The Largo, Florida, police department in the Tampa Bay area buys Zero all-electric motorcycles. 7-Eleven will install at least 500 fast-charging ports at 250 stores in the US and Canada by the end of 2022. Click here to learn more and get your quotes. — *ad.

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I bought Harley’s new electric motorcycle. Delivery was a hot mess, but still awesome

Baua Electric

LiveWire, the all-electric motorcycle brand spun out of Harley-Davidson, is shaping itself into a force to be reckoned with in the still-evolving electric motorcycle industry. And I got to experience all of it as the proud new owner of a shiny indigo LiveWire S2 Del Mar Launch Edition electric motorcycle.

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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. With 1,200W of theoretical power (and probably more like 900W of solid real-world Florida solar energy), that would be a decent flow rate.

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Letting in the Light

Electric Auto Association

I took some surplus parts and motorcycle batteries… it was definitely Rube Goldberg style,” Smith explained. You could buy an LEV, but you could only get it serviced at the store you bought it from. Benjamin then began teaching the course in Florida. LEV manufacturing and distribution were very disorganized back then.

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Google’s technology campaign for autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

It is interesting to note that in the interest of safety, and perhaps publicity, the pizza delivery vehicle was accompanied by an escort involving eight police cruisers and eight police motorcycles. “In The first one involved Steve, who is blind, and in 2012 got into a car and drove down to a local store to get a taco.

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MAEAA Web Links

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Lectra: Matts sweetelectric motorcycle Mazda626 : Jerry Halsteads conversion diary. Florida SolarEnergy Center : Alternative Energy Vehicle Program {Returnto top of page} SurplusParts and Electronics Sources All ElectronicsCorp. Jeep: Nick Vieras Cherokee conversion project. RileyEnterprises : Electric and hybrid DIY plans.

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EV Chargers for All!

Cars That Think

There were two Level 2 charging stations about six blocks away in a grocery store parking lot, but that was not a convenient or reliable option. Harry’s 200-unit condominium building in Minneapolis, Minn., has no EV chargers in its five-story indoor parking garage. households.