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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. motor designed for electric skateboards for $88 and fashioned a mount for it out of a few pieces of scrap aluminum. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. I thought: "What could be easier?".

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Special 2024 MG 4 XPower review: Brand’s first homegrown hero scores local upgrades that deliver China’s most scorching electric hot hatch

EV Central

Now safely, and very suddenly, ensconced within the sales top 10, it has sent its MG 4 XPower hot hatch off to undergo some localisation treatment, scoring new wheels and springs, a new body kit and spoilers, and a generally tougher, more menacing look. AC charging: 6.6kW, Type 2 plug DC charging: 140kW, CCS combo plug 0-100km/h: 3.8

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. motor designed for electric skateboards for $88 and fashioned a mount for it out of a few pieces of scrap aluminum. Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. I thought: "What could be easier?".

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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. Safety kit also runs deep. But it’s had a chunky price rise over the old model.

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2025 Hyundai Inster review: the $40k city SUV challenge to the MG4, GWM Ora and BYD Dolphin

EV Central

Massive bonus are external and internal power sockets (220V) for V2L, allowing bi-directional charging without requiring additional kit. Inster seats are spongey soft, but doors are eco cheap feeling in places. Design’s subjective, but the more I lived with the Inster, the more its looks grew on me. 2025 Hyundai Inster EV.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

Computer users badly needed a cheap, high-capacity, reliable, portable storage device. Flash memory became cheap and robust enough for consumer use by 1995. Henn Tan, shown here in 2017, fought a series of mostly losing battles against those who pirated Trek 2000’s ThumbDrive design and against rival patent claims.

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How I turned a shipping container into a solar off-grid charging station with A/C

Baua Electric

It’s more expensive since you’re paying for a pre-designed and engineered solution, but damn if it doesn’t make it easy! They’re really designed for camping and other mobile scenarios where you’d want the ability to pack up and move your solar setup with ease. I literally just plugged in the wires and it worked like magic.

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