Cheap DIY Electrical 
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2020
I knew I wanted something for her that was cheap to maintain, had a reliable automatic transmission, came with cruise control, AC. Having enough electric charge to last a 5-15 minute in silence in a traffic jam. Power steering is electric and as a result we don’t need to check the power steering oil level as there isn’t any.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. Fast forward a dozen years.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 20, 2021
add an electric motor to a bicycle —a project that involved a considerable outlay of money and many hours in a machine shop behind a lathe. Purpose-built electric bikes and e-bike conversions using hub-motors are now commonplace. It uses an "outrunner" motor designed for electric skateboards. Fast forward a dozen years.
Cars That Think
JULY 21, 2021
Toward the back of the bench rests a hot-air gun and a soldering station, as well as my bag of other electrical tools. 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. James Provost.
DIY Electric Car
JULY 14, 2010
So your almost there, ready to take the plunge as well to convert a car from gas to electric or maybe you dino drinker is on its last legs and is going to need to be replaced soon. A junky gas car will make a junky electric car. Try to do a gas to electric conversion not restoration unless it?s s your dream car.
DIY Electric Car
MARCH 10, 2012
So I guess I now have a cheap DC to DC convertor. Oh also my wife has booted me out of the dinning room and the basement has become my electrical design room now. I read somewhere about a guy using one as a 144DC to 12VDC convertor instead of buying some expensive DC to DC convertor? If anyone has done this let me know how?
DIY Electric Car
MARCH 27, 2008
Like hydrogen the air is not actually the source of energy, it is the storage medium, but unlike hydrogen the production of an air powered car is surprisingly cheap. Unlike battery electric vehicles a full tank of air will stay more or less full for a long time, they have very low discharge rates.
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