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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. There are many ways to skin a cat, and even more ways to add solar power to a shipping container. Here’s how I did it.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

Green Car Congress

Honda is formalizing its goals for achieving carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050, as well as zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda automobiles and motorcycles globally by 2050. Advanced Battery Technology.

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Natural-Gas Stepchildren, Iron Butt Record, Has Tesla Beaten Dealers? Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

If you''ve never heard of the Iron Butt Assocation, you may not be a motorcycle rider--but you''ll be interested in the first electric bike rider to win the honor. Plus a crack in the dealer opposition to Tesla Motors, and some encouraging news on wind and solar energy. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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A Roomba for Rivers

Cars That Think

Sebastian Gollnow/Getty Images Blowin' in the Wind. Nature has crafted the spores so that they can catch a gust of wind and travel as far as a kilometer before landing and putting down roots that will eventually yield a new flower. At first glance, the item pictured here looks like a motorcycle tire. Hooray for robot labor!

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

Teslarati

In the long run, solar energy will become the main source of energy for human civilization. Of course, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and nuclear power are also useful energy supplements. Solar power, battery packs, and electric vehicles paint a rosy picture. The storage of sustainable energy. Electrified transportation.

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Why Do Japanese Automakers Like Hydrogen Power?

The Truth About Cars

While this is supposed to encompass construction equipment, small boats, airborne drones, and even motorcycles, the scheme doesn’t seem to focus on automobiles. Germany even had to pivot back toward coal for energy production after realizing there was no way to build enough wind and solar farms.

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Driving electric in an oil capital

Electric Auto Association

We now produce more wind energy than any other state by a large margin.”. What’s so great about our meetings is the action they can inspire,” Hanson said, referencing a recent gathering that featured a representative from Aptera who spoke about the company’s plans to build a 3-wheeled, solar-powered vehicle. Showing a home-brew EV.

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