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Kit can help convert any classic Mini to all-electric—but it's not cheap

Green Car Reports

British firm Swindon Powertrain has developed an electric conversion kit for the classic Mini. Available to order now and scheduled to ship in December, the kit includes one of Swindon's own electric motors (with peak output of 160 horsepower), mounted to a Mini front subframe with purpose-designed brackets.

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Cheap Electric Car Conversion Possible?

Electric Cars are for Girls

for a kit while another What would it take to convert a Saturn SC2 to electric? The information on web sites is all over the place. Some want $5,000.00

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Used Car of the Day: 2001 Lamborghini Diablo

The Truth About Cars

It also has a manual transmission, a $20K luggage set, tool kit, seat covers, and two factory keys. Today we bring you this 2001 Lamborghini Diablo that might be the most-expensive car we've ever listed in this feature. This Diablo 6.0 has 25,000 miles on it and comes with Arancio Atlas Orange paint. service was recently done.

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The best electric bicycle conversion kits

Green Authority

Electric bicycles are getting more popular, and if there’s something in you that wants to turn your conventional bike into an ebike, don’t worry because all it takes is to find the best electric bicycle conversion kit. These conversion kits work just like how you turn traditional skateboards into electric skateboards using conversion kits.

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SpaceX Starlink kit now available at select Home Depot stores

Teslarati

SpaceX Starlink standard kits are now available at select Home Depot stores. The majority of consumers SpaceX bringing Starlink’s standard $599 kit would make the tech more accessible and, hopefully, significantly decrease delivery estimates. First, customers can have the Starlink kit sent to the Home Depot store.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

Cars That Think

He'd been selling kits for his mount in small numbers. I'd read about such friction-drive arrangements and had followed the work of a cyclist in Australia known as Kepler who had devised a clever articulated mount that allows the motor to retract from the wheel when not applying power. I thought: "What could be easier?".

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Electrogenic Drop-In Kit Transforms The Classic Porsche 911 Into An EV

InsideEVs

It's a plug-and-play affair, but it's not cheap.

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