Open Source Civic EV Kit

MAY 31, 2009

Last weekend, I took the Civic-EV to Portland International Raceway to show it off at the Electrathon/Human-Powered Vehicles event there. Memorial Day weekend is the one weekend that PIR can't make any loud noises, so they actively recruit electric vehicles and bicycles of all types to race.

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Honda Insight Portland Lithium Ion Insight 100

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 10, 2017

Breaking with routine and tradition is never easy, especially when it comes to buying, owning, and operating a vehicle powered by an internal-combustion engine. Around the world, roughly 1 billion vehicle owners stop at fuel stations and keep cars powered by fossil fuels running—and have done for a century now.

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Electric Cars Cars Buy International 101

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

AUGUST 17, 2007

Going to NEDRA at Portland International Raceway was my first major excursion in the 914 since both the flywheel was balanced and the clutch was properly adjusted. Here's the wait in line for the ticket office at Portland International Raceway. but it powered a huge fan on the back of the car.

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Portland Maintenance Honda Waste 100

Charged EVs

AUGUST 2, 2023

He later served as Transportation Electrification Manager at Portland General Electric, so he’s worked both sides of the electric fence. I was a big part of building the first-of-its-kind—at least in the Western world that we knew of—heavy-duty charging site in Portland, Oregon. Rustam Kocher: It is. It’s called Electric Island.

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Fleet Portland Charging Building 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) launched Project Get Ready , an initiative that emerged from its Smart Garage Summit in October 2008 and that is intended to help communities prepare for plug-in vehicles including full battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, and converted hybrid or internal combustion vehicles.

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Plug-in Plug Raleigh Indianapolis 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Ener1 will provide Toro with a complete turnkey solution to create a battery-powered mower using the hard carbon mixed oxide, 17.5 Small Cell represents the legacy business of Ener1 Korea, the business previously referred to as Enertech International. The HHI contract is immediate; packs will be in buses on the road this year.

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Li-ion Hyundai Supplies 2009 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The Department of Energy is working with industry, universities, national laboratories, and other groups to develop technologies capable of harnessing these resources to generate environmentally sustainable, cost-competitive power. Shift Power Solutions, Inc. DOE Funding: $240,000. Total Project Value: $300,000. DOE Funding: $160,000.

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Mariner Energy Alaska New Jersey 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

Promote electric vehicle adoption by increasing access to charging infrastructure and supporting the development of plug-in electric vehicles that are as accessible, available, and convenient as gasoline-powered vehicles. Dayton Power & Light Company. Florida Power and Light Company. Georgia Power. Connecticut Green Bank.

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Obama Charging Financing DC 150

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

JULY 14, 2007

Summer events have held me back from working on the 914EV, so I headed out to Portland International Raceway to get a boost of inspiration from NEDRA (National Electric Drag Racing Association) to continue the project. Here's Otmar's DC powered 914, controlled by his Zilla1K controller. Here are some photos.

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Lead Acid Honda Insight DC Portland 100

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2019

A white paper by AMPLY Power, a company providing fleet charging as a service, finds that 25 of America’s largest metropolitan areas could save an average of 37% on fuel costs by electrifying their bus and light-duty vehicle fleets. —Vic Shao, founder and CEO of AMPLY Power. Methodology of the DPGe metric.

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San Francisco Charging Fleet Fuel 247

Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 4, 2009

Cold Ironing is the term for plugging a ship’s electrical system into the on-shore grid to supply power so that the ship’s giant diesel engine can be turned off while it’s docked. of Portland, Ore., June 4, 2009. The vessel, owned by Alaska Tanker Co. The project cost $23.7

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Plug-in Long Beach Plug Pollution 124

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

Internal GM tools allowed the engineers to model how the motor could make noise and we were able to manage noise at the source.). The Spark EV propulsion system comprises the motor, the gearbox, and the power electronics. Even at the higher end of the speed range on the highway, there is ample power for overtaking.

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Chevrolet Motor Motors Motoring 325

Open Source Civic EV Kit

JULY 9, 2009

It gives a lot of power when requested and is quite easy to tune various internal parameters through the user-interface over the USB port. Also, the power given to the motor instantly reflects whatever is specified on the potbox. Get out your Fluke-meter and start debugging. In short, it's great.

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Re-Charge Portland Cheap Charging 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

The fermentation and distillation process is similar to a conventional plant, but the facility will be fueled by the steam heat from a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generator. There has been activity with biomass electrical power generation in the past several months. Earlier post.). Financing challenges.

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Production Ohio Waste Financing 170

Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Combustion vehicles that race there have to contend with thinner air, which means less efficient combustion and lower engine power. The Tokyo race occurs around the “Tokyo Big Sight” international exhibition center, right alongside Tokyo Bay. With electric drive, this isn’t a worry – electric motors work equally well at any elevation.

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Saudi Arabia Charging Portland Italy 52

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Portland and San Francisco Battle For Electric Car Domination Chicago Gets First Solar Powered EV Charging Station World’s Top 10 Fastest Electric Cars A Few Pictures of Upcoming Electric Cars: Source [ PhysOrg.com ] Image Credit: Clayton B. Some Rights Reserved Powered by Virgance Close Social Web E-mail del.icio.us

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Gas-Electric Standards Plug Gas 66

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. Compact Power, Inc. (on

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

3 David Herron said on March 16th, 2009 at 12:31 am Fast recharge will require huge power levels. The availability of high current charging power is not important. The tango (commuter cars) says they only need 50 million to become profitable. This is a drop in the bucket. I agree with sebastian. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On!

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MIT Gas-Electric Gas Electric Cars 45

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

No one seems too worried about how much the internal combustion engine (ICE) inside their current greenhouse gas producing car costs as an individual component, or the transmission, or the drive train. So I started asking the detective questions as I began my official investigation. I love this show and hearing those guys crack each other up.

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Electric Cars San Jose Cars Plug-in 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2011

sha—a light vehicle class or kei car—powered by a 12-valve, 659cc DOHC inline-3-cylinder engine that featured the MIVEC (Mitsubishi Innovative Valve timing Electronic Control system) for maximum power output and fuel efficiency. Power save control. In its home market, the Mitsubishi i was a keijid?sha—a

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

They think BYD has a shot at becoming the worlds largest automaker, primarily by selling electric cars, as well as a leader in the fast-growing solar power industry. His engineers investigate a wide array of technologies, from automobile air-conditioning systems that can run on batteries to the design of solar-powered streetlights.

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BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Sonoma County Water Agency "Sparky" by Hymotion, May 2007, (Santa Rosa, CA), contact: sherwood@scwa.ca.gov Wisconsin Public Power Inc. Burbank Water and Power 2007 Prius by Energy CS, May 2007, (Burbank, CA). Wisconsin Public Power Inc. photo Bullfrog Power , Prius, Hymotion, November 2007 (Toronto, ON, Canada).

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Prius Conversion Plug-in Plug 48

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

EMG is globally structured, with employees working cross functional in various locations throughout the company’s worldwide development network—in Portland (US), Stuttgart (Germany) and Kawasaki (Japan). As the undisputed global market leader, we aim to take the leading role in the field of electric-powered trucks and buses.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. Powered by Blogrunner Previous post The Promise of a Better Light Bulb? electric car race with i MiEV in Oregon?

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58