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Swytch shows off first pocket-sized electric bike battery for DIY e-bike conversion kit

Electrek

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’d love an electric bicycle, but it’d be even more convenient if the battery fit into my pocket”? The post Swytch shows off first pocket-sized electric bike battery for DIY e-bike conversion kit appeared first on Electrek. Ok fine, but lots of people actually have.

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A DIY Electric and Hybrid Car Maintenance Guide

Clean Fleet Report

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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Order book opens for Swindon Powertrain’s High Power Density (HPD) EV system

Green Car Congress

Two inverter options, depending on battery voltage, are available though customers can also use their own. The reaction underlines the firm’s belief that both enthusiast DIY mechanics and niche OEMs are woefully underserved by traditional suppliers or must resort to scavenging parts from scrapped electric cars.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

The third essential element of any e-bike is, of course, the battery. Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. Being an open-source design no doubt keeps the price of this hardware down: The controller I bought set me back a mere $85.

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This Huge DIY Workbench Gives You a Hand

Cars That Think

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 automated the fan by hooking up a rechargeable battery, a USB charger board, and a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor. James Provost. But why stop there?

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Smith Electric Vehicles Delivers First Battery-Electric Truck into Ireland

Green Car Congress

Building materials retailer Grange Builders Providers, of Baldoyle, Dublin, has purchased a Smith Newton truck for deliveries of building and DIY products. Designed for city and town center use, the Smith Newton is powered by an 80 kWh Li-ion battery pack and a 120 kW electric motor. Based in Tullamore, Co.

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A DIY Tracker Tough Enough for the Arctic

Cars That Think

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. The v2021 version can be powered on two nonrechargeable LSH20 D-cell lithium batteries , which work well even at extremely low temperatures.

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