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Considering a VW Kit Car Build

DIY Electric Car

I have posted here before with a different VW kit car build which was a 72v Wilderness EV kit in a Bentley kit body roadster. At that time I was using Trojan 12v LA batteries. Pretty straight forward and easy build. What I have is the following: 1) NetGain Warp motor 9" w/ Porsche / VW Adapter.

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Modified Tesla Model S Plaid slashes lap record… accidentally

Teslarati

With their custom suspension and aero-kits, they have been pushing Tesla vehicles to their absolute limit. According to FastestLaps , the Tesla crushed its nearest competition, a highly modified Porsche 911 GT2 RS, by over a second. The Dark Helmet build is one of UP’s most track-ready vehicles they currently operate.

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Audi Applies Safari-Style Treatment to Q8 e-tron

The Truth About Cars

Rigs like the Porsche 911 Dakar and Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato get big grins and all the ink but jacked up machines like the Wilderness line at Subaru are pushing these builds well into the mainstream. Audi is dipping a toe into these muddy waters with the all-electric Q8 e-tron Edition Dakar. second when compared to the 5.8-second

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Tips for Optimizing an EV Road Trip

Clean Fleet Report

Getting the Best Electric Ride on the Open Road The average electric vehicle (EV) battery range has risen dramatically in the past decade. Today, models like the Tesla Model S and Porsche Taycan have an average range of over 350 miles. Polestar 2 : Polestar is owned by Volvo, which prides itself on building safe vehicles.

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Volkswagen to introduce Passat Plug-in hybrid “soon”; Group electrifying more than 40 more models over next few years

Green Car Congress

kWh/100 km) to the Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid (3.1 the use of the modular Baukästen (assembly kits such as the MQB, MLB or MSB, earlier post )—means that it will be possible to electrify more than 40 models over the next few years, Winterkorn said. Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins Vehicle Manufacturers'

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

Cars That Think

The car holds about 100 kilowatt-hours’ worth of lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) batteries—a lower-cost approach used for the Teslas sold in China and Europe (and. Porsches, Jaguars, Fiats, VW Beetles and Buses, even Ferraris, have all gone under the knife, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs serving this growing market.

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The World’s Most Popular EVs Aren’t Cars, Trucks, or Motorcycles

Cars That Think

House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act last week, a lesser-recognized provision earmarked some $4.1 That's a lot of bikes, batteries and saved muscle power from thankful riders. A lithium-ion battery usually adds a significant 6 to 8 pounds to the bike; weight that your legs must drive once its energy is depleted.