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Ford unveils Maverick compact hybrid pickup truck starting at less than $20K

Green Car Congress

liter EcoBoost gas engine delivering 250 horsepower and 277 lb-ft (376 N·m) of torque with an 8-speed automatic transmission and standard front-wheel drive or available all-wheel drive. Available Ford Co-Pilot360 technology includes standard Pre-Collision Assist with Automatic Emergency Braking and Automatic High Beam Headlamps.

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A DIY Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Guide

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A DIY Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Guide Essential Tools and Tips to Get You Started This article may contain affiliate links. Essential Tools for Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Understanding which quality mechanics tools and other essential supplies you need is the first step in DIY maintenance.

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Can This DIY Rocket Program Send an Astronaut to Space?

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That successful mission in August 2018 was a huge step toward our goal of sending an amateur astronaut to the edge of space aboard one of our DIY rockets. We believe that spaceflight should be available to anyone who's willing to put in the time and effort. So on that small prototype, I had to sew 972 connections.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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E-bike availability and ridership have exploded. Most components are inexpensive and readily available. The handlebar-mounted controls connect with an Arduino, which interprets their settings and translates them into a PPM signal, which is applied to the electronic speed controller. Fast forward a dozen years. James Provost.

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This Huge DIY Workbench Gives You a Hand

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I added a DIY solder squid—a block with four flexible arms that I use to hold components in place while soldering—with a concrete base and an automatic solder fume extractor. I normally keep it plugged into a USB port that provides power, but there is also a battery inside for when a USB port isn't available. James Provost.

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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

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So, I set about building an open-source ice tracker from DIY components that not only proved to be much, much cheaper but also much more capable than the commercial options. Doing in situ data processing and reduction is especially important because of the limited and expensive bandwidth available via the Iridium satellite network.

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Search for Buried Treasure With This DIY Magnetometer

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I connected this. But all that wasn’t available in the 1940s. I’ve not used my DIY magnetometer to search for any submarines or alien monoliths, but I did test it using a steel hammer, which affects the readings in an obvious way when placed within about a meter of the sensor board. It can be purchased.

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