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On National Golf Cart Day (seriously), here’s 10 ways they beat cars

Baua Electric

Golf carts are no longer just for cruising the country club. Thanks to US golf cart maker E-Z-GO , which partnered with National Calendar Day to help establish National Golf Cart Day in celebration of the brand’s 70th anniversary, we can now all celebrate these pint-sized car replacements with their own holiday.

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Paired Power’s EV chargers let customers mix and match solar, storage and grid power

Charged EVs

Tom McCalmont: PairTree is the product we’ve been selling for about a year, which is a pop-up solar canopy that can be a fully off-grid power source, or can be grid-connected. Solar trackers were common when solar was expensive, but now that solar panels are inexpensive, the maintenance for the motors that move the panels is not a good idea.

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Don't let those batteries just sit around

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

The two one-inch holes will get grommets for the high-current battery cables connecting the front batteries with the middle pack. The 8-volt golf cart batteries arrived over 24 days ago and have just been sitting on the garage floor, discharging. The 16 7-inch cables connect adjacent batteries.

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Own an electric bike and prepping for a hurricane? Do this right away

Baua Electric

That salty water can wreak havoc with electrical connections in submerged batteries. As part of pre-storm preparations, it’s a good idea to check your tire pressure and perform any other maintenance that you’ve been putting off. Bring the entire bike upstairs if you can.

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Reducing Carbon Emissions Quickly Is the Goal – Not Quarter-Mile Times (Commentary)

EV Adoption

With software controls and connectivity increasing on electric cars, speeds could potentially be limited based on location. The fast acceleration capability of electric vehicles was a key component to reducing the “golf cart” image of EVs that existed before the Tesla Model S emerged in 2012.

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Why this electric ‘car’ the size of two motorcycles should be on your list

Baua Electric

Owning an electric car is already fairly convenient because you don’t have many of the same maintenance concerns as combustion engine cars. I’ve touted the Eli ZERO several times in this article, largely because it’s fresh in the news (I’m not connected to the company, and I have no financial incentive – I just like the thing).

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Paired Power’s EV chargers let customers mix and match solar, storage and grid power – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Tom McCalmont: PairTree is the product we’ve been selling for about a year, which is a pop-up solar canopy that can be a fully off-grid power source, or can be grid-connected. Solar trackers were common when solar was expensive, but now that solar panels are inexpensive, the maintenance for the motors that move the panels is not a good idea.

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