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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now?

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

At the time, e-bikes were still rather exotic, at least in the United States, so it seemed worth the expense and effort to build my own. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. That got me thinking, how hard would it be, and how much would it cost, to do a simple conversion now?

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

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For this baby-blue Rover, the conversion includes a powerful electric drive unit from a. recently adopted for standard-range Teslas in the United States). There, more than 60 employees and two production lines will have the capacity for 100 conversions a year. Around the world, specialists like E.C.D.

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Promising EV Trends to Lookout For in 2023

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In the year 2022 overall sales of EVs in the United States reached 5.6% In this article let us look at some of the trends that are being caught in the EV industry now and for the years to come. By the end of 2023 and 2024, it is anticipated that the number of electric vehicles produced in the United States will rise by 300%.

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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This article was first published as “Inside the PARC: the ‘information architects’.” Since MAXC, the center has built prototypes of dozens of hardware and software systems—prototypes that sometimes numbered in the thousands of units. At nearly the same time the Apple I became available, also in kit form. Cameras are forbidden.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. The conversion is simple. 3Prong Power is the only plug-in conversion company in the East Bay.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Even this article keeps showing the old futuristic version model which GM said can’t be done. Even in their resurrected state, they dont have a prayer against toyota, honda, hyundai, and their worst nightmare, CHINA… — Seren 21. Then they are driving by electric car conversions every day and not seeing them.

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