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Electronically Assisted Astronomy on the Cheap

Cars That Think

This article appears in the May 2024 print issue as “Electronically Assisted Astronomy.” It doesn’t compare, of course, with what somebody can do with a better gear. But it does show the kinds of fascinating images you can generate with some free software, an ordinary DSLR, and a vintage telephoto lens pointed at the right spot.

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Will cheaper gas slow Tesla's surge?

Green Car Reports

In a recent Barron's article, two Wall Street analysts said they believe electric-car adoption is now largely decoupled from gas prices. While some customers may be turned away by cheap gas, "the overall. One good reason to buy an electric car is to save money on fuel, so will low gas prices slow down Tesla sales?

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

This article appears in the September 2021 print issue as "An Instant E-bike.". While loitering along, experimenting with the controls, I was passed by a college student on a mountain bike who must have thought this gray-bearded old-timer on a four-decade-old 12-speed was huffing and puffing. As I raced ahead, I chuckled to myself. "OK

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Exeter team develops low-cost photoelectrode for spontaneous water-splitting using sunlight

Green Car Congress

The researchers believe this new type of photoelectrode is not only cheap to produce, but can also be recreated on a larger scale for mass and worldwide use. Tahir (2018) “Unbiased Spontaneous Solar Fuel Production using Stable LaFeO 3 Photoelectrode” Scientific Reports volume 8, Article number: 3501 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21821-z.

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New nanolithia cathodes may address technical drawbacks of Li-air batteries; scalable, cheap and safer Li-air battery system

Green Car Congress

Overall, the new battery system is “ very scalable, cheap, and much safer ” than lithium-air batteries, Li says. Nature Energy 1, Article number: 16111 doi: 10.1038/nenergy.2016.111. The carbonate they use as the liquid electrolyte in this battery “ is the cheapest kind ” of electrolyte, he says. 2016.111.

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A Cheap Balancer and Transmission Issues

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

I'm going to try to replace the sychro rings myself based on the Pelican Parts article and, if I screw up, I'll take the whole thing back to A & P to put it back together. On a different note, I called Alan at A & P today to see how much it would take to rebuild the removed transmission. What's the worst thing that could happen :).

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Podcast: Tesla Model 3 LR gets cheap, Fisker goes bankrupt, cheap EVs adapt, and more

Baua Electric

In this week’s episode, we discuss Tesla Model 3 LR gets cheap, Fisker goes bankrupt, cheap EVs adapt and more. Here are a few of the articles that we will discuss during the podcast: Here’s the live stream for today’s episode starting at 9:00 a.m. Today’s Podcast is sponsored by the Electrek American Solar Challenge 2024.

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